NYAPRS Note: In March 2019, NYAPRS responded to the move to virtual presentations caused by COVID-19 with a webinar entitled “Taking on the Challenge of Working Remotely and in the Community during the Virus Crisis”. Since then, we have offered and posted on our website a substantial number of at least monthly webinars featuring state and national experts on some of the most timely issues of the day. See recorded webinars at https://www.nyaprs.org/nyaprs-presentations
Last week, we were particularly proud to host two presentations featuring seminal rights, peer support and employment pioneers. See the recorded webinars and additional resources below. Special thanks to NYAPRS’ Daniella Labate-Covelli, Ruth Colon-Wagner, Len and Rob Statham, Larry Hochwald, David Ferencz, Ellen Healion, Harvey Rosenthal and Eileen Negron and to all of our extraordinary presenters for arranging, hosting and/or making these extremely inspiring and informative presentations for our state and national community!
Watch New NYAPRS Webinars on Peer Alternatives to Coercion and
New Strategies to Avoid Long Term Unemployment
5-25-2022 — Alternatives to Coercion: Peer Street Outreach and Support in NYC and Beyond –
Last week, Surviving Race, Community Access and NYAPRS co-sponsored “Alternatives to Coercion: Peer Street Outreach and Support in NYC and Beyond!” featuring some of our most cherished longtime civil rights pioneers, including Laura van Tosh, Celia Brown, Peter Stastny and new champions Evelyn Graham-Nyassi, Vesper Moore, Tony Munoz-Hilliard and Jerald Jenkins. The panelists shared examples of how peer delivered supports voluntarily engage and support individuals who the public and public mental health systems have unjustifiably and unjustly believed should be subject to involuntary outpatient and inpatient programs.
Dedicated to the memory of Howie the Harp, this webinar framed the issue of coercion from historical and practical perspectives provided by peer advocates, peer specialists and community leaders. Also, see a 1993 paper entitled “Working For A Change: Employment of Consumers/Survivors in the Design and
Provision of Services For Person Who Are Homeless and Mentally Disabled,” written by Laura van Tosh.
Recording and Working for a Change paper
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5-24-2022 — If You Think Work is Bad for People with Mental Illness, What About Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Isolation?
Over 20 years ago, Joe Marrone, then Senior Program Manager for Public Policy at the Institute for Community Inclusion emerged as a leading proponent for employment for people with psychiatric disabilities with these famous words: “If You Think Work is Bad for People with Mental Illness, What About Poverty, Unemployment, and Social Isolation?” Accordingly, Joe’s impact on our work ranks akin to that of psychiatric rehabilitation founder Bill Anthony.
Last week, NYAPRS hosted Joe in a new webinar by the same name in which he advanced strategies on how to avoid long term unemployment and to promote employment as a key component of recovery centered systems of care.