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Since 2015, each spring and fall Howard Center offers its free and open to the public community education series on a wide range of topics related to mental health, substance use and recovery, and developmental disabilities. The series is designed to provide education, reduce stigma, and offer opportunity for discussion around topics like, ADHD, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, Autism, safe injection sites, and many others. Presentations and film screenings are held at Dealer.com in the KB Theater or at Main Street Landing’s Film House. Thanks to our sponsors Dealer.com and Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM).
The Community Education Series archive is a video collection of all presentations since 2015. Thanks to Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM) for their work to ensure our presentations are available for future use and viewing.
In our first session in our Spring Community Education Series, Dr. Simha Ravven, Howard Center’s Chief Medical Officer, will offer insights and perspectives on mental health treatment and services within our community. Using a case study to provide background and...
Thanks to everyone who attended this session. Howard Center’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Catarina Campbell (they/them), invited participants to understand racism through a trauma lens and to contextualize social justice through a frame of healing across generations. Through...
April 13, 2023 6:30 – 8:00 pm Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops an Emmy award-winning HBO documentary. Film followed by panel discussion and Q & A. Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops Free and open to the public virtual film screening...
Howard Center’s third annual World Mental Health Day (WMHD) speaker event, featuring Dr. Alice Chen and Ferene Paris Mayer. WMHD is on October 10 and is an opportunity for community education and engagement to reduce stigma, raise awareness, and...
March 28, 2022 Problem gambling and its effects: help and treatment is available. Panelists are Dan Hall, LADC and Mallory Stunell, LADC, LCMHC, from Howard Center, Jacqueline Posley from Vermont Department of Liquor and Lottery, and Cait Huble from the...
Howard Center will be connecting to the global world mental health movement and hosting its second annual community-wide recognition and celebration of World Mental Health Day (WMHD) with events throughout the month of October. This year WMHD is on October...
October 2021 October 7 | Supporting resilience in the face of unrelenting uncertainty. Simha Ravven, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Howard Center Dr. Ravven talks about ways caretakers can care for themselves and support resilience in themselves and others in times...
On May 6 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Howard Center is pleased to present a special screening of the documentary Angst followed by a panel discussion. Angst is an IndieFlix Original documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. The film...
What is alcohol, what are the effects of alcohol, and why we should be talking about it with Dr. John Brooklyn.
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