Girl Scouts of the USA has launched Fair Play, Equal Pay™, a new gender parity initiative that will engage businesses to take action now to help build a more equitable future for girls. One of the most comprehensive and solutions-oriented corporate gender parity programs to date, GSUSA’s Fair Play, Equal Pay initiative leverages the power… Read more »
You are invited to a free screening of the documentary film Bedlam in Tempe, Arizona, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, from 6:00-8:30 pm. Filmmaker and practicing psychiatrist Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D., visits ERs, jails, and homeless camps to examine our national mental health crisis. Dr. Rosenberg follows the poignant stories of people grappling with schizophrenia,… Read more »
Please click here for information about a free public screening of the award-winning documentary Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops at The Loft Cinema in Tucson on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. A panel discussion will follow the screening with producer/director Jenifer McShane, Joe Smarro (one of the subjects), and local panelists Judy Kowalick… Read more »
Please click here for an op ed that appeared in Morning Consult on combating the opioid overdose crisis and alleviating chronic pain, sent to us from the Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Pain Management (AACIPM). Click here for a press release about formation of the AACIPM.
Please help spread the word about 2019-2020 Arts Proficiency Seal Applications opening on the Arts Education Website. This is an important step in the direction of valuing arts in education in Arizona. http://www.azed.gov/artseducation/arizona-state-seal-of-arts-proficiency/ At the State Board of Education meeting on Monday October 28th 2019, rulemaking closed on the State Seal of Arts Proficiency R7-2-321. … Read more »
Ernie & Joe is a documentary portrait of two Texas police offers (part of the San Antonio Police Department’s 10-person Mental Health Unit) who are helping change the way police respond to mental health calls. The film takes audiences on a personal journey, weaving together their experiences during their daily encounters with people in crisis.… Read more »
Please click here for information on The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Transformation Index.
Arizona Public Media, in conjunction with University of Arizona Counseling & Psych Services (CAPS), is hosting a free screening of an original AZPM documentary, Not Broken, on Thursday, October 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Gallagher Theatre, 1303 E University Blvd., Tucson , 85719. This special screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring participants… Read more »
Click here to read The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Arizona 2019, a report on non-partisan research sponsored by the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona that examines the ability for families across Arizona to meet basic needs. It goes beyond federal poverty guidelines to show an accurate picture of what Arizona families need to survive without assistance.… Read more »
Click here to read a report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on Mental Health Conditions in Film and TV: Portrayals that Dehumanize and Trivialize Characters.