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Imagining Inclusion Project Message
Imagining Inclusion E-Newsletter: The Complexities of Advocacy
Welcome to our second Imagining Inclusion newsletter. We have been busy all summer and into the fall with many project activities, including the Telling Your Story program and the Peer Researcher training…
Imagining Inclusion Experiences
Lisa Hansen – Change Agent
I am a Recreation Therapist who has worked at the Northeast Mental Health Team for 4 years and in community mental health for over 20 years. My manager is on the Advisory Board for the Imagining Inclusion…
Tracy Windsor – Peer Researcher
I’ve been a Peer Researcher with Imagining Inclusion since March, 2017. I learned about this research project through the Spotlight on Mental Health email list. One of the goals of the research project was to provide…
Kirsty – Peer Participant
I am fairly new to the Open Door Group. I had only been there about three months when I decided that my first program would be Telling Your Story and Being Heard. I was intrigued by the prospect of telling a piece of my story…
Imagining Inclusion Programs
Celebrating Peers: Telling Your Story and Being Heard Program
IMAGINING INCLUSION PROGRAMS Celebrating Peers: Telling Your Story and Being Heard Program Participants bravely shared their personal experiences of living with mental illness. The Telling Your Story and Being Heard program was developed because we were inspired by...
Peer Researcher Training Has Begun
IMAGINING INCLUSION PROGRAMS Peer Researcher Training Has Begun Our Peer Researchers have been involved in all stages of the Peer Research Training from creating the curriculum, coordinating the application process, organizing the training and teaching the program....