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Presentations by The TC at Alternatives!

Find us in Boston at Alternatives 2017: Building Healing Communities Together
Friday 18th – Monday 21st

Boston Park Plaza
50 Park Plaza at Arlington St., Boston
617-654-1912

Program & Schedule

Friday Welcoming Keynote 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm (Grand Ballroom)
Creating Trauma-Informed Healing Communities, keynote address by Brenda Vezina, Director of the Central MA Recovery Learning Community  Link to keynotes

PDF to SAMHSA’s Spotlight on the Central MA RLC as a “Resilient and Trauma-Informed Community”.   Link to all six featured communities here.

Saturday Workshop 10:00am – 11:30am (Georgian Room)
Promoting Access and Inclusion in Peer Leadership with Deborah Delman, The TC’s Executive Director, presenting with Zobeida Medero, Clara Carr, La Verne Saunders, Nan Donald

Saturday Workshop 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm (Clarendon Room)
Culturally Sensitive Trauma-Informe Awareness with Thomas Brown, The TC Board Member

Saturday Caucus 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Boylston Room)
Latinos en Acción:  Un caucus para personas que identifican como latinos o hispanos led by Jacqueline Martinez, The TC’s Board President
(Latinos In Action:  A caucus for people who identify as Latino or Hispanic)

Saturday Caucus 7:00pm – 8:30pm (Exeter Room)
Ally with Deaf and Hard of Hearing with Marnie Fougere, Deaf  Recovery Project Coordinator and Minh Vo, CMRLC member

Event Calendar for registration and more info

Brenda Vezina Keynote speaker @ Alternatives

Friday August 18

Alternatives 2017, a national peer-run conference, announces Brenda Vezina, Director of the Central MA Recovery Learning Community, as a keynote speaker.  Link to keynotes

On August 18, Friday, Brenda will speak about Creating Trauma-Informed Healing Communities, an initiative recognized by SAMHSA.

PDF or website link to SAMHSA’s Spotlight on the Central MA RLC as a “Resilient and Trauma-Informed Community”.   Link to all six communities here.

The 2017 Alternatives Conference is being held in Boston at the Boston Park Plaza August 18 – 21
Event Calendar for details and registration

Ongoing & Continuing Education Surveys still open

If you missed the Summit and our Community Voice Gatherings

we invite you to contribute to our database by completing an online survey:

For CPS’s about Continuing Education Units:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CEUforCPS

For all about Ongoing Education for Peer Support:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2017OngoingEduc

Our June 21st Certified Peer Specialist and Peer Support Worker Summit “Creating the Path for Continuing Education Units and Ongoing Education” generated a tremendous amount of feedback and data that we are sorting out.   Look for a report of what we learned in a future “News” item…

Summit Welcome by Devin Donohoe

Hats off to Devin!

Devin Donohoe is a CPS,  member of The Transformation Center’s board of directors and peer support program manager at Clinical and Support Options.

At the closing circle of our Certified Peer Specialist and Peer Support Worker Summit held June 21st, someone asked for a copy of Devin’s welcoming words and the room broke into cheers!

Download entire speech and a taste:

In a few moments, we will begin conversations regarding the future of our profession. There will be varying opinions, some of which we agree with, some of which we may not agree with… To bring about significant change, we must continue to unify.

The Transformation Center is Hiring

We are seeking a”Networking Coordinator” at The Transformation Center

Job Description

To apply for this position, please email a resume and cover letter to Justin Brown, The Transformation Center Director of Programs at [email protected].

We are also accepting applications for a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Training Program Director on-link listing (link)

Find peer worker job openings across the state and region at Peer Worker Jobs (link)