The New Day Campaign’s 2015 events educated the public, support advocacy, offered healing experiences, and facilitated people-to-people connecting. The 63 events created fertile ground for authentic healing at an individual and community level by encouraging participants to grow beyond old ideas. The emotional environment of events was non-judgmental, safe and accepting, and respectful of diverse experiences and outlooks; this continues to be the core spirit of the New Day Campaign experience.
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
October 1, 2015, 5:00 - 8:00pm
Celebrate the kick-off of the New Day Campaign and the opening of its inaugural exhibition. People & Places: A Primer features artists’ portrayals of 22 diverse individuals who have moved through the behavioral health ecosystem in some way,…
Falvey Hall, MICA’s Brown Center
October 2, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
The Anonymous People (2013) is a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. This screening takes place immediately before the UNITE to Face Addiction October 4…
Single Carrot Theatre
October 5, 2015, 7:00 - 9:30pm
A performance of a play by Bill Leary uncovering the human side of those who have fallen prey to sex trafficking. A discussion with Bill Leary and Denene Yates, Founder and Executive Director of Safe House of Hope, follows the performance. Special…
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
October 6, 2015, 5:30 - 7:30pm
The Many Pathways Series includes performance, personal sharing, conversation, and information on the many pathways to healing that are available to us. Many Pathways: Alcoholism starts with a 5:30pm reception and art exhibition viewing followed at…
Rosenberg Gallery, MICA
October 7, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Opening reception for First the Pain I, an exhibition co-curated by Peter Bruun and Alyse Ruriani, featuring art by Kaitlin Beebe, Ben Cricchi, Amanda Davies, Michelle Labonte, Bess Lumsden, Alexa Rich, Alyse Ruriani, Garrett Seidman, Emma Jo…
Peterson Hall, McDaniel College
October 8, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Directed by Greg D. Williams, the 2013 feature documentary film The Anonymous People sheds light on the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. The screening will be followed by a public…
Art Gallery, Arts & Humanities Hall, CCBC Essex
October 9, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception for Touched with Fire: Behind the Curtain, an exhibition featuring uplifting and life-affirming art alongside words and journal entries which reveal a harrowing darkness: how to reconcile these two internal forces? Exhibiting…
Opening reception of Sandtown-Winchester: A Love Song, an exhibition featuring artists Tiffany Jones and Sallah Jenkins, and writer Devlon E. Waddell inviting, through art and words, reflections on who we are as a community and how we create a…
Falvey Hall, MICA’s Brown Center
October 10, 2015, 2:00 - 6:00pm
A half-day event featuring keynote speaker Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner, starting us off with comments on the topic at hand: creating resources and safety for young people, and addressing the opiate overdose epidemic. The first…
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
October 13, 2015, 5:30 - 7:30pm
The Many Pathways Series includes performance, personal sharing, conversation, and information on the many pathways to healing that are available to us. Many Pathways: Mental Illness begins with a 5:30pm reception and art exhibition viewing followed…
BlueGreen Acupuncture & Bodywork
October 15, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception for Art & the Receptive Mind, an exhibition featuring the work of Yumi Hogan, whose work intentionally “has no focal point, no beginning, no end.” The event is part of the Healing Experiences Series and includes a guided…
McDaniel College, Decker Auditorium, Lewis Hall of Science
October 15, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Directed by Laura Cain, the documentary film Healing Neen (2010) presents the life of Neen, who overcame trauma, addiction, homelessness, and incarceration to become an inspiring activist and speaker for justice for others. A panel discussion will…
Arts & Humanities Hall, Recital Hall, CCBC Essex
October 17, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Part of the New Day Campaign 2015 Film Series, and shown in conjunction with Touched with Fire: Behind the Curtain at CCBC Essex, Crazy Art (2009) is a compelling, revealing examination of the therapeutic relationship between art and mental illness.…
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
October 20, 2015, 5:30 - 7:30pm
The Many Pathways Series includes performance, personal sharing, conversation, and information on the many pathways to healing that are available to us. Many Pathways: Addiction begins with a 5:30 reception and art exhibition viewing followed at…
The Pavilion, Stevenson University
October 21, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
College communities are under-resourced to handle the onset of active addiction or mental illness among their student populations. This forum, at Stevenson University in conjunction with Elisif’s Story, is an opportunity to bring awareness of all…
Art Gallery, Stevenson University
October 22, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception of Elisif’s Story, an art installation by Peter Bruun about his daughter, Elisif Janis Bruun, the inspiration and guiding spirit of the New Day Campaign, who died of a heroin overdose at age 24 on February 11, 2014. The evening…
Art Gallery, College Community Center, CCBC Dundalk
October 23, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception for Touched with Fire: A Family Tale, an exhibition featuring eerily related art by three generations of the same family (Mogens Christiansen, Peter Bruun, and Elisif Bruun), two members of which were significantly affected in…
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…
Cary Beth Cryor Gallery, Coppin State University
October 25, 2015, 4:00 - 6:00pm
A celebration of art and of the programs the exhibiting artists are affiliated with. The reception features sharing from those who are part of Mosaic Community Services, Make Studio, On Our Own Baltimore and Coppin State University.
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
October 27, 2015, 5:30 - 7:30pm
The Many Pathways Series includes performance, personal sharing, conversation, and information on the many pathways to healing that are available to families affected by mental illness and addiction. The Many Pathways: Family Support event kicks off…
Arts & Humanities Hall, Recital Hall, CCBC Essex
October 28, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30pm
In the first of a three-part 2015 Talking Touched with Fire Series, creative people come together to share their reflections on the relationship between mental illness, addiction, and creativity. The event opens with a mindfulness experience led by…
The Institute for Integrative Health
October 29, 2015, 5:00 - 8:00pm
Opening reception for Art. Therapy., an exhibition curated by Isa Gonzalez and Peggy Kolodny, uncovering art therapy’s relevance to both strong art and strong therapy, and including examples of other health-focused art activities. The event is…
Peterson Hall, McDaniel College
October 29, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Directed by Justin Thomas Rowe, Crazy Art (2009) presents a compelling, revealing examination of the therapeutic relationship between art and mental illness. Following the screening, Dr. Pamela Zappardino, McDaniel College Graduate Studies Adjunct…
Roy N. Staten Building, Room 102, CCBC Dundalk
October 29, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Part of the New Day Campaign 2015 Film Series, and shown in conjunction with the exhibition Touched with Fire: A Family Tale at CCBC Dundalk, Dark Side of the Full Moon (2014) delves into the unseen world of maternal mental health, uncovering the…
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…
Cary Beth Cryor Gallery, Coppin State University
November 3, 2015, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Is love the healing ground upon which we all stand, or is there doubt when challenged by mental illness? Coppin State University students and their professors discuss the theme from the perspective of their chosen discipline.
The Institute for Integrative Health
November 4, 2015, 5:30 - 8:00pm
In conjunction with the exhibition Art. Therapy. and part of the Healing Experiences Series, this event offers information and experiences for better understanding the spectrum of expressive arts therapies that include art, movement, music, and…
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…
Opening reception for Love Thy Neighbor: Hamilton/Lauraville, an exhibition featuring artists Crystal Dunn and Maximilian Franz and writer Steven Leyva, sharing through art and words their insights on what make the community healing for all. The…
Opening reception for Touched with Fire: Jeffrey & Michelle, an exhibition featuring art by Jeffrey Kent, who explores his path from crack addiction to art making, and Michelle Labonte, whose autobiographical work delves into her mental illness…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
November 7, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Opening reception for What Love Looks Like: Sisters, an exhibition portraying a relationship between sisters touched by mental illness, addiction, death, and love. Cheryl Maxwell, Founding Executive Director of the Carolyn Anne Foundation and sister…
One of a four-part 2015 Book Club Series, Clarence Brown in conversation about his debut novella, Needs, a detective mystery and love story set within Baltimore's drug world and street life. The conversation is hosted by Clarinda Harriss, whose…
Cary Beth Cryor Gallery, Coppin State University
November 11, 2015, 5:00 - 6:30pm
Zooman and the Sign, performed at Coppin State University from November 20-23, shares the tale of a bereaved father who, after the killing of his 12-year-old daughter, posts a sign accusing the entire community of cowardice in the face of…
The Pavilion, Stevenson University
November 11, 2015, 5:00 - 7:00pm
In a format familiar to Baltimore audiences and in conjunction with the exhibition Elisif’s Story, seven 7-minute stories of college life experiences associated with mental illness and addiction. Storytellers are Shawn Burnett, Taylor Evans, Ashby…
The Institute for Integrative Health
November 11, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
This free experiential workshop presented by the Institute for Integrative Health will offer practical techniques to help participants relieve stress, increase self-awareness, and enhance mental resilience in daily life, outside a clinical setting.…
John E. Ravekes Theatre, College Community Center, CCBC Dundalk
November 13, 2015, 1:00 - 5:00pm
Poverty. Genetics. Family dynamics. Environment. These and other factors contribute to an array of traumas passed down from one generation to the next. Come explore and experience with us what intergenerational trauma is, why it occurs, and how…
Artist Tiffany Jones, funded in part by a 2015 Maryland State Arts Council Mini Grant, leads an art/healing project inviting community members to create Safe Love “shawls” dedicated to their own recovery or to loved ones affected by mental…
Opening reception for What Love Looks Like, an exhibition about revelations on love when challenged by mental illness, addiction, and recovery from life issues: examples of compassion in a world of judgment, blame, and dismissal. The event includes…
Opening reception for First the Pain II, an exhibition featuring works about journeying through pain. The opening reception is part of the Healing Experiences Series and includes a performance of Intrepid I by the New Day Campaign’s resident…
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…
Tuttle Gallery, St. John Building, McDonogh School
November 17, 2015, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Opening reception for an exhibition featuring works by two artists who died young, Kristin Rita Strouse and Elisif Janis Bruun, whose journeys through creativity illuminate and obscure their passages through mental illness and addiction.…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
November 17, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Faith-based communities are ripe settings not only for breaking silence around mental illness and addiction, but also for undoing stigma associated with traumatic experience or sexual victimization. At this community dialogue, we explore such topics…
The Institute for Integrative Health
November 19, 2015, 6:00 - 9:00pm
In conjunction with the exhibition Art. Therapy., writers Ann Bracken, Fred Foote, and Alonzo LaMont share from their own work and reflect with the audience on the healing aspects of reading and writing.
Presented and recorded before a live audience, song-and-story-alchemist ellen cherry brings her webcast “Listen in with ellen cherry” into new territory, exploring the topics of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and healing through music,…
The second in a three-part 2015 Talking Touched with Fire Series, a conversation with Michelle Labonte, who found her artistic voice after a severe mental breakdown in 2011, creating powerful narrative work about her illness, treatment, and…
The third in a three-part 2015 Talking Touched with Fire Series, in which creative people come together to share their reflections on the relationship between mental illness, addiction, and creativity.
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
December 1, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
When risk is high for mental illness and addiction, interventions must be designed to meet the needs of children in school. How do we recognize a child’s mental health symptoms, and what do we do? What must happen to bring effective means of…
BlueGreen Acupuncture & Bodywork
December 1, 2015, 7:00 - 8:30pm
One of a four-part 2015 Book Club Series and in conjunction with the exhibition Art & the Receptive Mind, author Ann Bracken discusses The Altar of Innocence, a personal glimpse into a secret world of alcoholism and depression so many still…
Inscape Theatre, Stevenson University
December 1, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Part of the New Day Campaign 2015 Film Series, and shown as a selection of clips in conjunction with Elisif's Story at Stevenson Gallery, Written Off: The Short Sad Beautiful Life of Matt Edwards presents a compassionate look at the life and death…
Klein Lyceum, McDonogh School
December 2, 2015, 7:00 - 8:30pm
In conjunction with the exhibition Touched with Fire: Kristin & Elisif, parents Sharon Strouse and Peter Bruun share insights from their own hard-earned wisdom from the loss of their daughters for school communities that can make them safer,…
Opening reception for Love Is a Wild Horse, an exhibition curated by Kathleen Hamill about love when challenged by mental illness and addiction: examples of compassion in a world of judgment, blame, and dismissal. Gallery conversation begins at…
Inscape Theatre, Stevenson University
December 5, 2015, 1:00 - 5:30pm
An array of experts, testimonials, readings, performances, and community discussions on how much control one really has over one's own choices when mental illness and addiction are in play. With its convergence of artists across multiple mediums,…
Presented and recorded before a live audience, song-and-story- alchemist ellen cherry brings her webcast “Listen in with ellen cherry” into new territory, exploring the topic of intergenerational trauma in the city of Baltimore through music and…
In conjunction with the exhibition First the Pain II, New Day Campaign’s resident healing artist, Phylicia Ghee, performs and presents others in performing Intrepid, a full-body drawing and healing experience about letting go and letting in. This…
In one of a four-part 2015 Book Club Series, psychologist, speaker, educator, and best-selling author Dr. Brad Sachs discusses with readers his forthcoming collection of poems, Why Am I Telling You This? The first 10 people to register will receive…
Blaustein Lecture Hall, The Park School of Baltimore
December 8, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00pm
The Hungry Heart (2014) provides an intimate look at the often hidden world of prescription drug addiction through the world of Vermont Pediatrician Fred Holmes who works with patients struggling with this disease. In addition, the film interviews a…
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…
Here One Day is a visually arresting, emotionally candid documentary film about a woman coping with mental illness, her relationships with her family, and the ripple effects of her suicide on those she loved, including her daughter, the film’s…
One of a four-part 2015 Book Club Series, author Devlon E. Waddell and poet Fred Foote in conversation about their books Syrup Sandwich and Medic against Bomb, and their relationships to trauma. The first 10 people to register will receive…
In conjunction with the exhibition Love Is a Wild Horse and inspired by the children’s book The Village Bully by Baltimore actress, dancer and storyteller Maria Broom, a vision of compassion as an alternative to punishment. This event features…
New Beginnings Barbershop & Gallery
December 15, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00pm
In a culture where the notion of “blackness” equaling inferiority is still far too prevalent, an entire generation of young people is at risk of not achieving the self-actualization essential to ongoing mental health. How do we engage young…
A reception and viewing of Love Is a Wild Horse, followed at 7:00pm by a conversation with exhibiting artists, followed at 8:00pm with a closing party for the New Day Campaign. Catering provided by Christine Horensky.
