Newsletters

This issue, available here, features a column by Nicole St. Hilaire, CONNECT Outreach Manager with the Opioid Task Force, who reflects on the importance of shared responsibility in social media community spaces. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

In this month’s message, found here, the OTF Co-Chairs reflected on the thoughtful discussion OTF Executive Council members held with staff and members of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Advisory Council on Substance Use and how they can incorporate this feedback into their priorities.

This issue, available here, features a column by Karen Carmona, Program Associate of the Opioid Task Force, who reflects on the concept of exercising hope as a muscle. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

This issue, available here, features a column by Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator of the Opioid Task Force, who reflects on the courage of assuming good intentions in this complex political environment. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

In this month’s message, found here, the OTF Co-Chairs reflected on the decline in opioid-related fatalities in our rural region between 2023 and 2025. They also provided an update on the status of the Opioid Task Force’s FY27 state funding request.

This issue, available here, features a column by Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager, who reflects upon the importance of families in recognition of the International Day of Families. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

This issue, available here, features a column by Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager for CONNECT, who talks about the importance of having voices of lived experience guide this work. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

In this month’s message, found here, the OTF Co-Chairs reflected on the meeting with Congressman Jim McGovern at the April 10th Executive Council Meeting. It also recognized the importance of recognizing April 29th as National Fentanyl Awareness Day, highlighting the work of the OTF’s Education, Prevention, and Resilience Committee to increase awareness and education about the illicit use of fentanyl.

This issue, available here, features a column by Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager for CONNECT, discussing how addiction is a generational crisis. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.

This issue, available here, features a column by Karen Camona, Program Associate, discussing the importance of keeping children safe as part of recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. This issue also features information on other community events, resources, announcements, meetings, and trainings.