This meeting takes place virtually on the third Monday of every month at 3 PM. Please contact Kathy Sullivan at ksullivan@risas.org for more information and the joining link.
Events
[Webinar] Adoption of a Public Health Approach for Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use and Associated Short-term Outcomes and Chronic Conditions
This month's General Member will cover: • Public health impact of excessive alcohol use, including alcohol and chronic diseases • Alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic • Tools and resources on the prevention of excessive alcohol use • Preventing excessive alcohol...
Drug Take Back
Help reduce access to medication that can contribute to an accidental overdose, addiction or suicide by participating in Drug Take Back and dropping off unused or expired medication at participating police stations and pharmacies.
[Webinar] Stop Crisis Before It Starts
We can build support to help people before they are in crisis. Join us for a conversation on early intervention and prevention in schools, workplaces, and anywhere we live. Prevention should be a foundation for any and all approaches for mental health and addiction....
[Webinar] Care Where We Need It
The last year has exposed the barriers that have always existed to accessing mental health care. Join us for a conversation on how we can more effectively deliver care in a team-based way and have that care paid for. We will discuss mental health parity, equity in...
[Webinar] Rethinking Workforce
Our mental health clinicians are under-resourced and often not positioned to be in the places people show up with need. Join us to discuss how we can best equip the current, future, and community workforce to better address mental health and addiction. Click Here to...
[Webinar] Mental Health Is Not a Crime: How 988 and Crisis Services Will Transform Care
A conservative estimate says 900,000 people with mental illness end up incarcerated every year. Join us for a discussion outlining the latest policies changing our emergency response to people in crisis. Click Here to Register
[Webinar] Understanding the Problem; Crafting the Right Response
This conversation will break down the mental health and addiction crisis facing the nation and lay out how we can begin to stop it. Join us for a lively conversation featuring NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon, Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, founder of the Kennedy...
Tobacco-Free Generation Virtual Week of Action
Join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for our 2021 Tobacco-Free Generation Virtual Week of Action from April 5th to April 9th! Register below to receive...
Tobacco-Free Generation Virtual Week of Action
Join the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for our 2021 Tobacco-Free Generation Virtual Week of Action from April 5th to April 9th! Register below to receive...