You’re invited to come. And please pass this on to people you know who might like to learn more about recovery and and peer-led crisis respite programs. We are working to try to get a program started in Massachusetts.
Daniel Fisher will speak at the Boston Public Library –Free and open to the public
Daniel Fisher will speak on Hope for Recovery Through Alternatives to Hospitalization on Monday, May 18, at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Mezzanine Conference Room. Dr. Fisher will speak about how to support people in their recovery by using innovative, community-based programs that use the Mental Health Peer Support Model including peer-run respites, warm lines, and self-help groups to reduce hospitalizations. Daniel Fisher, MD PhD, executive director of the National Empowerment Center and a practicing psychiatrist at Riverside Outpatient Clinic in Wakefield, MA, speaks nationally and internationally on recovery from his own experience as both a client and a clinician.
For more information: see here or contact Cathy Levin at 800-769-3728.
Dan Fisher is the founder of the National Empowerment Center and his bio can be read here.
I just wanted to share that Dr. Fisher (Dan) was just here in South Dakota for his third time. I met Dan in 2006 at a conference here in SD back in 2006. Since then with his help and the help of the National Emowerment Center I have been the central contact for a statewide consumer/survivor organization in our state. While Dan, Debbie Whittle (NEC Dir) and Judene shelley were here we had a very sucessful conference.
On the Saturday and Sunday before Monday April 20th and Tuesday April 20th.
Dan along with Mike Wood from IAMHR (Iowa Advocates for Mental Health Recovery)over Skype helped us finalize our articles of incorporation.
We filed the papers Mon the 21st and as of that day and South Dakota United for Hope and Recovery (SDUnited)became an organization and well on our way to non profit status.
We are amazed and appreciative of how much effort and ability to be here in South Dakota. Dan with his worldwide activities has been able to be with us. We are and have been truly honored by his being able to personally do so much for us
Jim
I hadn’t notice it is at your blog.
I became aware of Patricia Deegan at this site.
it’s on my blogroll
it’s the National Empowerment Center
I exchanged some e-mails with him about two years ago.
He has already visited Brazil. 🙂
I like power2u.org and don’t understand why it’s not at bloglists.