Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
On May 12, the MMA will host a webinar on leveraging arts and culture activities to aid in substance use prevention and recovery.
Representatives from the town of Franklin, the Mass Cultural Council, and Art Pharmacy will discuss how communities can use their opioid settlement funds for prevention and recovery services through arts-based “social prescribing” — a practice through which health care providers and other trusted community members refer individuals to non-clinical community supports.
Mass Cultural Council Executive Director Michael Bobbitt will discuss the MCC’s pioneering role in social prescribing in the United States, established through a partnership with Art Pharmacy, an Atlanta-based organization that is also working with partners in several other states.
Art Pharmacy will also present its findings on the therapeutic benefits of non-clinical, community-based activities.
MMA President and Franklin Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Franklin Deputy Town Administrator Amy Frigulietti will share how their town became the first municipality in Massachusetts to leverage social prescribing to support substance use prevention and recovery, and how to initiate a similar effort.
Online registration is available for this 75-minute webinar, which will begin at noon.
Only MMA members may register for the webinar. MMA members include elected officials and municipal employees from MMA member communities across the state. Media members are not permitted to attend.
Contact
MMA Education and Training Coordinator Kristianna Lapierre, klapierre@mma.org
Registration
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