Public Meeting Notice

Public Meeting Notice  Statewide Mental Health Advisory Council - 5/15/2025

Thursday, May 15, 2025
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.
  • Posted: May 13, 2025 9:08 a.m.
  • Last Updated: May 13, 2025 9:08 a.m.

Overview

Place:

Zoom by video.

https://zoom.us/j/98574265714?pwd=3ySqCnQEk7H6NypxpbM1wCxwjhtiuR.1

Zoom by phone -646 931 3860              Meeting ID: 985 7426 5714

Contact:

Name:  Avis Somerville

Phone:  (617) 626-8130/Email:  avis.somerville@mass.gov

Agenda

8:30am:               Call to Order & Welcome by Chuck Weinstein, Chairperson

  • Welcome SAC members, DMH staff & guests
  • Review online etiquette and guest policy
  • Approval of the Minutes

8:40am:               DMH Updates

  • Commissioner’s Report: Brooke Doyle
    • Interagency Health Equity Team – Commissioner Doyle & Staff
      • Welcome and Introduction of Ashley Sproul, newly hired Director of Recovery and Empowerment: Crystal Collier, Chief of Staff

9:20am:               Panel: "Bridgewater State Hospital: Inside the Commonwealth's Psychiatric Prison."

  • Jordan Goldstein, Disability Rights Advocate, Disability Law Center
  • Tatum Pritchard, Director of Litigation, Disability Law Center

9:55am:               Old & New Business

                               Express Yourself, Wang Center, Thursday, May 22

10am:                   Adjournment

Next DMH SAC Meeting: Thursday September 18th, 8:30-10am

2025 Full Schedule

Summer Break, June, July & August

January 16, March 20, May 15, September 18, November 20

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