Trauma Champions, FREE all day workshop, Wed 6/20/07, Core Service Agency, RSVP!

Hi, I'm passing along a really interesting all day workshop on trauma and
healing. Email from Kim Allen, below, and flyer attached in PDF. PLEASE RSVP
to Kim Allen, info below!!!

"Hello Everyone -

The Office of Consumer Affairs of the Montgomery County Core Service
Agency is holding a Trauma Champions Institute on Wednesday, June 20th.
We are encouraging consumers to come and participate. Please RSVP as we
will have lunch. It would be great if we could show Jacki a warm
welcome, so consider attending the morning session and lunch or the
lunch and the afternoon session if you cannot attend the full day.

Thanks and call me if you have any questions.

Kim Renee Allen
Program Manager
Office of Consumer Affairs
240.777.4571"

Text of flyer:
Trauma Champions Institute

Trauma Healing and Peer Counseling

June 20, 2007 9:00 - 4:00

Presenters: :

Jacki McKinney

Director - Trauma Knowledge Utilization Project

Susan Mockus

Trauma Practitioner - Trauma Knowledge Utilization Project

Rhonda Elsey -Jones

Trauma Project - Trauma Knowledge Utilization Project

Networking Brunch for Service Providers

12:00 - 2:00

Part 2: How Women Heal

Presenters: Trauma Knowledge Utilization Project

2:00 2:- 4:00 4:

Location:

Mental Health Core Service Agency

751 Twinbrook Parkway

Rockville, MD

Please Contact and RSVP: Please Contact and RSVP:

Kim Renee Allen, Program Manager Kim Renee Allen, Program Manager

Office Of Consumer Affairs Office Of Consumer Affairs

Mental Health Core Service Agency Mental Health Core Service Agency

240.777.4571 240.777.4571

Kim.Allen@montgomerycountymd.gov

The Goals of this Training: The Goals of this Training:

To assist mental health consumers address trauma issues and To assist mental
health consumers heal. To introduce therapists to trauma informed care and
its impact on therapy retention, peer involvement, empowerment , and
meaningful recovery. .

Miriam L. Yarmolinsky
Director
Silver Spring Drop-In Center at Affiliated Santé Group
7961 Eastern Ave., First Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Voice: (301) 589-2303 X 108; X 111 direct, during drop-in center hours
Fax: (301) 585-2965
myarmolinsky@santegroup.org
visit www.thesantegroup.org and click on Drop-In Center (left on menu)
~ The Silver Spring Drop-In Center's current hours of operation (for
visiting the center) are M, T, and Th 4 - 7 pm, and Sat 1 - 5 pm.~
* If you have never visited the drop-in center before, please arrange for a
brief interview beforehand. Membership applications are available online at

https://dropin.thesantegroup.org/membership_application.htm or you can
request an application in person. Thanks! *

________________________________

From: Yarmolinsky, Miriam
Sent: Wed 6/13/2007 7:46 PM
Subject: NAMI In Our Own Voice presentation, Sat. June 16, 2 pm

Please pass this information along ....
plain text below, flyer attached in PDF:
(scroll down for more June events in previous email)

Silver Spring Drop-In Center hosts a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental
Illness) Montgomery County chapter sponsored "In Our Own Voice" presentation
on Saturday June 16, 2007, at 2 p.m.

(We may have a pet visit this day as well)

Where: Silver Spring Drop-In Center at the Affiliated Santé Group, 7961
Eastern Rd., 1st floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910

For driving directions, check out www.mapquest.com; for accurate public
transportation info, visit www.wmata.com

Today's speakers will be Brenda McArthur and James Vurpillot

Light refreshments will be provided

What It Is:

¨ A presentation by consumers that creates awareness about what is
involved in recovery from mental illness

¨ A powerful anti-stigma tool to change hearts, minds, and attitudes
about mental illness

¨ Living proof that recovery from mental illness is an ongoing reality

The Presentation:

¨ Hear from people who have struggled with disorders such as
depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other severe mental
illnesses

¨ A brief video features consumers speaking about the topics of Dark
Days,
Acceptance, Treatment, Coping Skills, and Successes, Hopes, and Dreams

¨ Gain insight into how people with serious mental illnesses cope with
the realities of their disorders while reclaiming productive lives

¨ Ask questions from the real experts -- the consumers are the ones
who "have been there"

¨ A Take Home Folder is distributed to all attendees, which includes
resources and an opportunity for program evaluation

RSVPs preferred but not required:
Miriam at 301.589.2303 X 108 or

email myarmolinsky@santegroup.org

The Silver Spring Drop-In Center's current hours are normally M, T, & Th.
4 - 7 pm and Sat 1 - 5 pm

Thanks!

Miriam L. Yarmolinsky
Director
Silver Spring Drop-In Center at Affiliated Santé Group
7961 Eastern Ave., First Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Voice: (301) 589-2303 X 108; X 111 direct, during drop-in center hours
Fax: (301) 585-2965
myarmolinsky@santegroup.org
visit www.thesantegroup.org and click on Drop-In Center (left on menu)
~ The Silver Spring Drop-In Center's current hours of operation (for
visiting the center) are M, T, and Th 4 - 7 pm, and Sat 1 - 5 pm.~
* If you have never visited the drop-in center before, please arrange for a
brief interview beforehand. Membership applications are available online at

https://dropin.thesantegroup.org/membership_application.htm or you can
request an application in person. Thanks! *

________________________________

From: Yarmolinsky, Miriam
Sent: Wed 6/6/2007 6:24 PM
Subject: June activities update

Next series of announcements...

Thur June 7: Open 4 - 7 pm; Resources & Referrals, by appt. Sign up for help
w/ specific issues, like housing, food stamps, disability, etc.

PLEASE NOTE: Poetry w/ JoAnne Growney HAS BEEN CANCELLED due to family
health issues. You may still come and share your poetry or hang out and
discuss literature and poetry, or get help in editing from staff. We will
let you know when the next Poetry class will resume

Sat June 9: Open 1 - 5 pm; NAMI C.A.R.E. support group, 3 - 4:30 p (Miriam
will be at the offsite event below that day)

OFFSITE: Borderline Personality Disorder conference/symposium, at Suburban
Hosp, 9 - 4 pm, visit

www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/Conferences/Washington-07/WDC-07-registration.shtml

for more info; ($20 registration for consumers)

Mon June 11: Open 3 - 7 pm; Intro to Mindfulness Meditation w/ Leah Harris,
3:15 - 4:45 pm flyer attached
PC/Computer help will be available from 3 - 7 pm, by Mike Wells. We're
trying to get a group going for computer lessons, so come w/ questions and
suggestion. flyer attached

Tues June 12: Open 4 - 8 pm; CLASS (1 of 4) of WRAP - Wellness Recovery
Action Plan, with Beverly McCollum We may have one or two more slots left.
You must contact Miriam in advance and plan to attend all four classes.
flyer attached (NOTE: This class has a 15 person limit, so please RSVP in
advance)
Thur June 14: Open 4 - 7 pm; Game Day (board games)

Sat June 16: Open 1 - 5 pm; NAMI Montgomery's In Our Own Voice's Brenda
McArthur and James Vurpillot will present powerful stories of their journey
in recovery, starting 2 pm; Pet visit (usually a cat, but contact me if you
want your pet to be the June guest visitor!)

Mon June 18: Open 4 - 9 pm; NAMI Peer to Peer class (1 of 10), 6:45 - 9pm;
open later for 10 successive Mondays due to the class, but the kitchen and
the back rooms will be off limits except to the Peer to Peer class, starting
6:30 pm

Tues June 19: Open 4 - 8 pm ; Pizza eve, 3rd Tues of month, starting around
4:30 pm; WRAP (week 2 of 4), 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Thur June 21: Open 4 - 7 pm; Resources & Referrals - sign up for help w/
housing, food stamps, benefits, SSI/SSDI, whatever, or drop by.

Fri June 22: OFFSITE: DORS/MHA conference, on employment & dual diagnosis,
8 - 4:30 pm, Best Western Conference & Hotel Cntr., Baltimore, MD . Call
410.646.7758 or Steve Reeder 410-402-8484

Sat June 23: Open 1 - 5 pm; NAMI C.A.R.E. support group, 3 - 4:30 pm

Mon June 25: Open 4 - 9 pm ; NAMI Peer to Peer class 2 of 10, 6:45 - 9 p

Tues June 26: Open 4 - 8 pm ; June Birthdays around 4:30 p; WRAP (week 3 of
4), 5:30-7:30 pm

Thur June 28: Open 4 - 7 pm; Game Day (board games) or, if people prefer,
some other activity

Sat June 30: Open 1 - 5 pm; Arts & Crafts, 2 p.m.

Stay tuned for July: follow-up focus group on Trauma-Informed Care by Mary
Blake, formerly of CAN-DC may be scheduled. (Consumer Action Network of DC)

If you'd like to be removed from these mailings, please send an email w/
UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line, and we'll try to take care of it. Thanks!
(it may take a couple of attempts to get it sorted out)

Miriam