Community Foundation of Western Mass. names VP SPRINGFIELD The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts has appointed Denise Hurst as vice president for community impact and partnerships. Hurst will oversee community investments, including.
A federal lawsuit filed this week alleges that on the night of April 16, 2019, Robert Miller lay chest-down in his Hyannis home, struggling for air, as a Barnstable police officer applied pressure to his back.
The officer, Sean Roycroft, had been sent to Miller’s home for what a dispatch log coded as a “mental health emergency” after his girlfriend called 911.
Miller, the lawsuit says, was suffering a psychotic break and needed help.
When Officer Spencer Jackson arrived, he struck the 63-year-old man “supposedly to assist in handcuffing him,” according to the lawsuit. By the time police put Miller in handcuffs minutes later, he had no pulse, the suit says.
By Nina Jackson
Apr 26, 2021
Nina & Kevin talk with Jonathan Thompson, of JT’s Chronicles, the block party is an interactive discussion with Children’s Cove, Cape Cod Moms and the Institute for Responsible Online and Cellphone Communication (IROC2). This educational and entertaining event is free for anyone who wants to learn more about body safety and ways to reduce the chances of the online sexual exploitation of children.
Children’s Cove and JT Chronicles to Host Interactive Virtual Block Party with Tips for Online Safety
Hyannis, MA – As part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Children’s Cove will livestream a virtual block party to have some fun while starting the conversation with parents, caregivers, and teens on how be smart and be safe online. Hosted by motivational speaker and social influencer Jonathan Thompson, of JT’s Chronicles, the block party is an interactive discussion with Children’s Cove, Cape Cod Moms and the Institute for Responsible On
Black peer support: A role in mental health recovery Posted April 08, 2021, 10:30 am
Guest contributor
It’s been a troubling year for millions of Americans, marked by public reckonings over inequities in justice, health care, and most certainly mental health care. None of these inequities are new. Estimates suggest that only 22% of Black Americans fewer than one in four who need mental health care actually receive treatment. In addition to financial and insurance barriers to mental health treatment, a long history of discrimination in medicine makes it difficult for some people of color to form trusting relationships with medical providers. And that’s one reason why peer support has been gaining traction to help address unmet needs.
When former Newton resident Tim Duncan and his wife were walking to the grocery store in May, they expected a leisurely stroll. Instead, Duncan, a Black man,.