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Contact: Mary Kate Farley
The Consortium
(413) 536-2401 x5511
mfarley@wmtcinfo.org
Local Web Design Business Gives Back to Franklin County Community
During the holiday season, Common Media of Greenfield gifts gracious donation to the Consortium
HOLYOKE, MA January 25, 2021 – The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium is pleased to announce it has received a generous donation from Common Media, a […]
By Mattea Kramer
Published September 27, 2020 2:17AM (UTC)
This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
…Back in March, one of the first recommendations for reducing the transmission of the coronavirus was, of course, to stay home — but not everyone has a home, and when businesses, restaurants, libraries, and other public spaces locked their doors, some people were […]
By ANITA FRITZ
Staff Writer
Published: 10/8/2020 6:00:49 AM
…Amie Hyson, who has served as a peer counselor at the RECOVER Project, followed him, reading an original piece. “I’m a woman in long-term recovery,” she said before she started to read. “I was addicted to opioids. I facilitated my own healing through writing.”
Today, she works with women in […]
…“Advocates can help you to think about your personal situation and work with you to create a safety plan,” the statement reads, adding that a safety plan is a personalized, practical plan that identifies ways to remain safe while in a relationship, whether you are planning to stay or leave. “It may include telling […]
Published: 8/27/2020 1:36:25 PM
The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, which supports The RECOVER Project and The Salasin Project in Greenfield, is promoting Peggy Vezina, formerly the director of The RECOVER Project, to be the Consortium’s director of program and community development. Taking Vezina’s seat as RECOVER Project director is Abbi Cushing.
By ANITA FRITZ
Staff Writer
Published: 9/1/2020 4:07:44 PM
GREENFIELD – Sarah Ahern stood on Federal Street with several others on a recent cool summer night, clutching a large folder to her chest and mourning the loss of more than 70 people who have died of overdose or addiction-related complications in Franklin County over the past few years.
“In the first quarter of this […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mary Kate Farley-Dimino
The Consortium
(413) 536-2401 x5511
mfarley-dimino@wmtcinfo.org
New Directors Within the RECOVER Project and the Consortium Announced
Welcome Peggy Vezina and Abbi Cushing in their leadership opportunities!
HOLYOKE, MA August 19, 2020 – The Consortium is excited to announce the promotions of two strong advocates within the Western Massachusetts recovery communities. Peggy Vezina is to serve […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mary Kate Farley-Dimino
Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
(413) 536-2401 x5511
mfarley-dimino@wmtcinfo.org
Massachusetts One of Four States Participating in an NIH
Study Investigating Strategies for Addressing Opioid Epidemic
Holyoke Native Heads the HEALing Communities Study Coalition
HOLYOKE, MA July 22, 2020 – The bricks on the path of Rafael Rodriguez’s addiction and recovery journey were laid out before […]
By SHELBY ASHLINE
Staff Writer
Published: 7/15/2020 1:39:53 PM
A pair of $10,000 grants from the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts will benefit two Franklin County organizations that seek to support low-income teens and currently or formerly incarcerated women.
With the funding, The Salasin Project at 474 Main St. in Greenfield plans to intensify its work with incarcerated or formerly […]
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Media Contact: Kelley Bryant
413-529-0087 x113
kbryant@mywomensfund.org
July 1, 2020
Springfield, Mass. (July 1, 2020). The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts has announced $45,000 in grant awards based on recommendations of a committee led by local survivors of sexual violence and harassment.
The Women’s Fund employed a participatory process, convening a committee of women from across Western Mass. […]