Families ACT! Addressing Mental Health Stigma Through Street Theater (Part 1 of 3)
Dual Diagnosis Alcohol: Families ACT! Addressing Mental Health Stigma through Street Theater (part 1 of 3)
Join Ms. Corine Fairbanks as she interviews Pablo Romero, Community Organizer for Families Act, Dr Barbara Lotito, Board Member for Pueblo, and Mr. Ben Shalant with the Consumer Advocate Coalition about their role in an exciting new street theater project that will be coming soon to the streets of Santa Barbara! “….educational, civic engagement and grassroots organizing- This theater project speaks to all three of those”- Dr. Barbara Lotito Families ACT! sprang out of a cluster of tragic deaths among young dually diagnosed adults in Santa Barbara in the winter of 2005-06. Families ACT! was founded in 2007 to address the whole range of injustices inherent in current policies that have led to the neglect as well as the criminalization of a significant portion of our society and the erosion of constitutional rights under the guise of “public safety.” For more information about Families Act familiesact.org For more information about Santa Barbara Pueblo www.sbpueblo.org For more information on AIMsb www.aimsb.org
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