Opioid Task Force

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2017-09-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2017-07-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Celebrating the Multiple Pathways of Recovery!
2017-09-16 08:30 - 11:30 | Second Congregational Church, 16 Court Square, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
You’re invited! Join us on Saturday, September 16 from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield for the Celebrating Multiple Pathways of Recovery event.
In conjunction with National Recovery Month, this gathering will highlight the many paths of recovery that are available in our rural region. The event will feature a moderated panel of individuals in recovery who can share their lived experiences with ample networking time before and after. Our aim is to create a friendly environment where individuals can explore and share available community resources along the treatment and recovery path.

This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with community members, peers and partners, share information about treatment and recovery resources, and most importantly, celebrate recovery!
This event is free and open to the public. Questions? info@opioidtaskforce.org

Sincerely,
The Celebrating the Multiple Pathways of Recovery Event Planning Committee:
Sarah Ahern, The RECOVER Project
Kelly Broadway, CSO
Rose Evans, BHN
Tess Jurgensen, OTF
Debra McLaughlin, OTF
Lisa Pineo, CSO
Peggy Vezina, OTF

Physiology of Addiction Presentation for Court Staff and Attorneys
2017-09-15 13:00 - 15:00 | Franklin County Justice Center, 43 Hope Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
On Friday, September 15, from 1 – 3 PM Dr. Ruth Potee will be presenting at the Franklin County Justice Center on the Physiology of Addiction. This presentation is free and open to MA Trial Court Staff and Franklin County Bar Association Members. RSVP is requested to info@opioidtaskforce.org.
To learn more about Dr. Potee’s work, visit her website.

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2017-09-01 10:00 - 11:30, 2017-08-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2017-07-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2017-06-02 10:00 - 11:30 | Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus, 270 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Deb Neubauer at deb@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Greenfield Gardens Youth Talent Show
2017-08-12 13:00 - 15:30 | Shea Theater Arts Center, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, 01376, United States
You’re invited to support the Greenfield Gardens Youth Program at their 2017 Talent Show to benefit youth, families and community members affeted by the opioid crisis and the disease of addiction. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org.

Housing and Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2017-07-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

Active Bystander Training
2017-06-29 13:00 - 15:30 | The RECOVER Project, 68 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
On Thursday, June 29, from 1:00 – 3:30 PM we will be sponsoring a free Active Bystander Training in partnership with The RECOVER Project and Quabbin Mediation. To register or for more information, please email Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org.
As a bystander witnessing a harmful situation, you have a choice to make. Do you do something? What do you do?
Active Bystanders’ Training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders, analyze situations, and evaluate the consequences for everyone involved. The training heightens bystanders’ power. It teaches how bystanders can interrupt harm doing and generate positive actions by others. Active bystandership does not mean aggression against the harm doer. It means taking responsible action to help people in need instead of remaining passive and becoming complicit. Bystanders gain competencies they need if they decide to act when they witness something they feel is unfair, or wrong, or troubling.

Volunteer Meeting
2017-06-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Faith Baptist Church, 331 Silver Street, Greenfield , MA, 01301, United States

Education & Prevention Committee Meeting
2017-06-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Franklin County Justice Center, 43 Hope Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

Hope Remembrance, and Recovery: Healing from the Opioid Crisis
2017-06-15 05:00 - 20:00 | Union Station Ballroom, 125 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA, 01060, United States
The evening will include a wall of hope and remembrance, where people are invited to post pictures of loved ones and text about those who are in recovery and to remember those who have died. You are invited to come with pictures and text to begin building this important artistic representation of the toll this epidemic has taken in our community. Materials will be on hand so you can make your contribution to the wall that evening. In addition, photos can be sent ahead of time. Here are a few details to keep in
mind: 4×6 photos fit the best, but 5x7s will work also. There will be room to include names and text on the medium provided, and if photos are sent ahead of time, contributors may send along text that will fit in a 2×6 space and we can place it under the photo. If you cannot attend the event, but would like to have your loved one honored or express words about your own recovery, feel free to email csullivan@northamptonma.gov with your words and/or picture.
From the Hope, Remembrance and Recovery planning committee.

North/Central County Community Forum
2017-06-08 17:30 - 20:00 | Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Come and Lend Your Voice!
North/Central County Community Forum
Thursday, June 8, 2017, 6 PM – 8 PM
Greenfield Community College, Dining Hall Commons, One College Drive, Greenfield, MA

Please join us at one or more of our following Community Forums, which will allow members of the the Opioid Task Force to listen and learn about your ideas and experiences to address the continuing opioid epidemic in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region.
The Community Forums will be informal and active participation is encouraged by all that attend. Please come with brief and specific examples of your lived experience as it relates to prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services. What has worked? What hasn’t? The Opioid Task Force is looking for suggestions on how to make improvements as well as hearing the bright spots for individuals and families impacted by this disease.
Interested? RSVP here.
