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SUMMARY:Supported Decision-Making: Eliminating the Need for Guardianship
DESCRIPTION:Join Center for Public Representation and Nonotuck Resource Associates to learn more about the Supported Decision Making model\, hear the results of their first-in-the-nation pilot program to move adults supported by DDS from a model of guardianship to supported decision making\, and discuss the future of this practice. Providers with clients supported by DDS and DMH welcome.
URL:https://businesswest.com/eventcalendar/supported-decision-making-eliminating-the-need-for-guardianship/
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Gerard Doherty\, Advisor to the Kennedys
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day\, College of Our Lady of the Elms will host an evening with Gerard F. Doherty\, author of They Were My Friends – Jack\, Bob & Ted: My Life in and out of Politics\, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday\, March 15\, in Elms College Veritas Auditorium. This event\, one of a series of events around the region during the week of St. Patrick’s Day\, is free and open to the public.\nDoherty\, an attorney\, was a trusted political adviser to President Kennedy\, Sen. Robert Kennedy\, Sen. Edward Kennedy\, President Johnson\, and President Carter. They Were My Friends offers a rare\, firsthand account of the behind-the-scenes work that led to some of the most influential moments of the Kennedy brothers’ political lives — and how the son of a Boston firefighter became the only man with a seat at the table with all three Kennedy brothers. The book takes the reader through the history of Massachusetts politics and the golden age of the Kennedy political dynasty. \nFor more information about this event\, contact Barbara Mulcahy at 413-265-2448.
URL:https://businesswest.com/eventcalendar/an-evening-with-gerard-doherty-advisor-to-the-kennedys/
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SUMMARY:Reading by Writer Khadija Queen
DESCRIPTION: \nThe Blue House Visiting Writers Series at College of Our Lady of the Elms will host a reading by writer Khadija Queen at 4:15 p.m. Thursday\, March 22\, in the Borgia Gallery. An author reception will be held in conjunction with this reading\, which is free and open to the public. \nQueen is the author of five books\, most recently I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On. Her poetry and prose have appeared in Fence\, Tin House\, Gulf Goast\, Memoir\, DIAGRAM\, Buzzfeed\, and widely elsewhere. In 2015\, her verse play Non-Sequitur won the Leslie Scalapino Award for Innovative Women’s Performance Writing and was produced off-Broadway for a 10-day run. Queen teaches in the Mile-High MFA program at Regis University\, and is the visiting scholar in creative writing at University of Colorado at Boulder. She is also raising a teenager. \nQueen has been named a finalist for the 2015 National Poetry Series for I’m So Fine: A List of Famous Men & What I Had On; winner of the 2014 Leslie Scalapino Award for Innovative Women Performance Writers; winner of the Noemi book award for poetry 2010 (Black Peculiar\, also a finalist for the Gatewood Prize at Switchback Books); and a Cave Canem fellow in 2007\, 2008\, and 2011.
URL:https://businesswest.com/eventcalendar/reading-by-writer-khadija-queen/
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SUMMARY:Difference Makers
DESCRIPTION:Honorees Announced in the Jan. 22\, 2018 issue of BusinessWest\nJoin us as we honor the 2018 Difference Makers with a celebration of their contributions to the community we call Western Massachusetts. Through their hard work to improve the quality of life of everyone in this region\, these individuals are motivating others to understand that they too\, can make a difference. Come get inspired! \n\nTICKETS ON SALE JANUARY 2018! \n  \n 
URL:https://businesswest.com/eventcalendar/difference-makers/
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SUMMARY:"Swish Night" hosted by Make-A-Wish® Massachusetts and Rhode Island
DESCRIPTION:Make-A-Wish® Massachusetts and Rhode Island is hosting the 7th annual Swish Night\, an evening of wishes and college championship basketball at Springfield Country Club\, 1375 Elm Street\, West Springfield on Saturday\, March 24\, 7 – 11 p.m. Watch the magic happen on the court on large screen TVs and enjoy food and beverages in luxurious surroundings\, while helping to create life-changing wish experiences for children with critical illnesses in western\, Massachusetts. For details and tickets\, contact Peg Wheble\, pwheble@massri.wish.org\, 413-733-WISH or visit massri.wish.org/swishnight.
URL:https://businesswest.com/eventcalendar/swish-night-hosted-by-make-a-wish-massachusetts-and-rhode-island/
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