by Emily Bhargava | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
At last week’s annual kick-off breakfast for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention Connection Lab presented selected findings from the focus groups that we have been conducting with the Greater Boston Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition over the...
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 1, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
Once more, Connection Lab helped youth from the Allston-Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force Youth Coalition create a striking symbol from the national Above the Influence campaign. This year, the campaign’s arrow inside a circle are made of wood, and on the wood...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
This month’s Massachusetts Department of Mental Health newsletter includes a short article about the series of focus groups with culturally diverse communities that Connection Lab has been running with the Greater Boston Suicide Prevention Coalition. The...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
In working with the Greater Boston Suicide Prevention Coalition it was clear that the group is full of motivated, dedicated and skillful professionals. And yet it wasn’t exactly clear how all of their good work could come together to produce measurable...
by Emily Bhargava | Apr 9, 2015 | community health, Uncategorized, youth development
What better way to talk about change than through a story? The narrative arc of a story usually takes us from a problem all the way to a solution. As one way for the young people who are part of the HOPE coalition in Worcester to think about what they care about,...