Category: SAGA
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This Pride Month, let’s embrace love and acceptance
PEERS staff Kozi Arrington shares his vision of pride and love By Kozi Arrington Pride is defined as a becoming or a dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one’s position or character; self-respect; self-esteem and self-realization. Traditionally, June is Gay Pride Month in many countries throughout the world including the United States.…
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New HIV Wellness Group
Beginning on Friday April 20th, there will be a new PEERS Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) group for HIV+ community-members. This group will meet at The Pacific Center for Human Growth, 2712 Telegraph Avenue, in Berkeley on Fridays from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The name of this group is: Honor Integrity and Victory. WRAP focuses on…
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A PEERS Journey: PEERS and the History of the Mental Health Consumer Movement
Since 2016, the Pool of Consumer Champions (POCC) has been spearheading a project to review, curate, and present materials relating to the 50 year history of the Mental Health Consumer Movement. Community organizer Jay Mahler has been at the forefront of the effort, contributing documents and materials, and organizing ancillary events commemorating certain aspects of…
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SAGA Meeting
Today, PEERS’ Sexuality and Gender Alliance Committee (SAGA) met for the second time this month. Committee members reviewed guidelines for respectful outreach engagement, the POCC-MHSA values statement, hot topics in the news, and qualifications for committee membership. Nine SAGA members were in attendance. The next SAGA meeting will be on November 7th. SAGA advances health…
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Kozi’s Korner: PRIDE 2017 – What is Pride?
Written by Kenneth Kozi Arrington Pride is defined as a becoming or a dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one’s position or character; self-respect; self-esteem. As you may know, June is Gay Pride Month in the U.S.A. There are festivities and parades across the country and all around the world that celebrate …
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