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Guest Speaker Series

Join us on the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:30pm via Zoom for our NAMI Boston Guest Speaker Series.

In collaboration with NAMI Boston, the MBRLC hosts guest speaker events each month via Zoom. Our inspiring and enlightening guest speakers are people with lived and living experience who showcase their knowledge, offer mental health resources, and share their journey and experiences of healing.

The meetings are free and open to the public. All are welcome!​​​

Learn more about the NAMI Boston Guest Speaker Series, including our past speakers at
https://namiboston.org/events/category/speaker-series

Our Guest Speaker Series uses the same Zoom ID each month:

Join our Zoom Meeting

​Meeting ID: 969 8487 4345

https://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345

Upcoming Guest Speakers

We will not be hosting a guest speaker for January 2025.

February 6th, 2025

Christopher Laureano, CPS

Christopher's Bio

Christopher Laureano is a Certified Peer Specialist and Director of the Recovery Education and Learning (REAL) Program at Bay Cove Human Services. Christopher is an autistic person who has also experienced anxiety and trauma through various life situations due to having trouble with reading social cues and learning differently from others. He is passionate about both making peer support trainings and the REAL Program equitable and accessible for all, and including neurodiversity in peer support.

Description of the Talk

Christopher Laureano will be sharing his recovery story and speaking about the importance of 'breaking the cycle' when overcoming anxiety, trauma, and life challenges with living as an autistic person, along with the importance of 'self-evolvement' in recovery.  He will be discussing his work as the Director of the Recovery Education and Learning (REAL) Program at Bay Cove Human Services, which offers both in-person trainings at the fifth floor of Center Club, and online trainings through the Zoom app with the purpose of preparing people for the workforce in human services. Christopher will also be sharing information on expansion developments of the REAL Program. 

Past Guest Speakers

December 5th, 2024  Justin Coonan, CPS

Justin Coonan, CPS, Program Director at the Fall River Recovery Connection Center
649 Bedford Street Fall River, MA 02723
coonanj@vinfen.org
(857) 895-6503
Justin's Biography
I grew up in the small town of Duxbury, located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. I have since moved to Fall River and I am currently the Program Director at the Fall River Recovery Connection Center. I have been in recovery since 2010, and I worked at the Atlantic Clubhouse in Quincy from 2022-2024 before taking my current position. I have been at the Fall River RCC since June of this year and have been enjoying my time getting to know the peers who make our program so wonderful. I am able to spend time in each of the special groups that our RCC has to offer, and I have also got to know the amazing staff that we have. I completed my CPS Training through Kiva Centers in the beginning of September and will always value all of the tools and knowledge that I gained from that program. I graduated from Quincy College in 2018 with an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts with a focus in Behavioral Science. I was drawn to the Recovery Connection Center because of my belief that groups and peer engagement can play a vital role in anybody’s recovery. I enjoy spending time with loved ones, listening to my favorite music on repeat, and taking photographs while immersed in nature.
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Our Guest Speaker Series uses the same Zoom ID each month:

 

Join our Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 969 8487 4345


https://bostonmedicalcenter.zoom.us/j/96984874345


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For more information on upcoming and past speakers, please go to the NAMI Boston website.

 

​​https://namiboston.org/events/category/speaker-series/

Contact Howard Trachtman at howarddtrachtman@gmail.com for more information or to be a guest speaker.

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