2015 Season Partners Supporters Events Exhibitions

2015 Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series

Presented in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and University of Baltimore, this five-part series addresses a range of historically contentious behavioral health topics. The series brings together impassioned individuals holding divergent views for respectful community conversation, with the goal of modeling and advancing a more healing world.

Kevin Shird: From Drug Wars to Redemption – A Community Conversation

Enoch Pratt Free Library, Pennsylvania Avenue Branch

October 24, 2015, 2:00 - 3:00pm

Part 1 of a five-part Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this event features activist, non-profit leader, and former drug dealer Kevin Shird reflecting on the powerful story from his…

Achieving Equity at School and in Health Care – A Community Conversation

Enoch Pratt Free Library, Southeast Anchor Branch

November 2, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm

Part 2 of a five-part Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this community conversation brings together Adrienne Ellis, Director Healthcare Reform and Community Engagement of the Mental…

Opiate Addiction: Best Practices & Better Treatment

Business Center Auditorium, University of Baltimore

November 4, 2015, 7:00 - 8:30pm

Part 3 of a five-part 2015 Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this event features those practiced in the art of opiate addiction recovery, and those who have been subject to different…

Treatment Not Jail: What Makes It Right – A Community Conversation

Enoch Pratt Free Library, Southeast Anchor Branch

November 16, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm

Part 4 of a five-part 2015 Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this community conversation brings together community members and professionals who work at the intersection of criminal…

Loving Thy Neighbor: Systemic Change & Kindness

Business Center Auditorium, University of Baltimore

December 9, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm

The final event in a five-part Mental Illness and Addiction Conversation Series in partnership with the Enoch Pratt Free Library, in which community-builders explore how greater kindness and systemic change can help our neighborhoods become more…