THINK GLOBALLY & ACT LOCALLY A three-part series looking at global issues from a local level MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 at 6PM LUIS JIMÉNEZ Mexico provides more than 90 percent of America’s heroin. As an addiction epidemic ravages New Hampshire, communities across the border have also paid a price as violence soars. How has U.S. foreign […]

DESCRIPTION: Active Bystander Training is a short, interactive opportunity to think about what you would do if you witness someone doing harm to another. Active Bystander training helps participants recognize when they are bystanders, analyze the situation and their options, and evaluate the consequences of their actions. It increases bystanders’ effectiveness by teaching how we […]

Becky Sakellariou, who lives in both New Hampshire and in Greece, has been involved with the refugees in Greece since they began pouring into that country from Turkey 2 1/2 years ago.  She has visited transient camps with a team of midwives, emergency landing camps, and taught and worked in a couple of the 40+ […]

For educators, clinicians, and members of community-based organizations! WHEN: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 From 9 AM to 4 PM WHERE: The Foundation for Healthy Communities Room 1, 125 Airport Road, Concord, NH FACILITATOR: Mercedes Avila, PhD Workshop Objectives: At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to: 1. Demonstrate increased self-awareness of racial, […]

Is Our Town Your Town? 2:00 pm Franklin Pierce University's Global Citizens Club and First Year Inquiry Class lead the conversation, "How is Our Town Your Town?" Using Thornton Wilder's play, "Our Town", the US Constitution, the US immigration process, and the teaching of tolerance, as bases for discussion, the dialogue will center on the […]

The Hitchcock Foundation Presents the Thirty-Fourth Annual Schumann Lecture Team up, Take Action: Partnering for Health Equity Camara P. Jones MD, MPH, PhD Health equity means that everyone has the chance to be as healthy as possible. Health equity means reducing and eliminating disparities in health and its determinants that adversely affect excluded or marginalized […]

The NH Health & Equity Partnership’s Culturally Effective Organizations Priority Work Group is pleased to present a learning forum for leaders of organizations from health, healthcare, human, social service, people-serving, education, and non-profit organizations.  Culturally effective organizations enable, cultivate, and support the delivery of high-quality care and services for all people.  Decision makers from your […]

The Greater Concord Interfaith Council invites the Concord Community to participate in an evening Thanksgiving celebration. A reflection on an “attitude of gratitude” will be given by Reverend Jason Wells. Music and interfaith reflections will also be offered. Donations of non-perishable food items for the Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry are appreciated. Any monetary […]

Nashua’s 24th Annual Winter Holiday Stroll The event takes place each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving; and although it started small, it has steadily grown through the years. The Stroll is recognized as the largest community event of the year in Southern New Hampshire. Each year, over 30,000 people from across New England visit downtown Nashua to […]