ALERT! Due to our cancelled meeting in February, our snow date for the UVGEAR collection will be at our March 25 meeting. Hold onto your donations until then. Thanks for your generosity!
- Bills in Concord Last Week
- March 10, Immigrant Storytellers
- March 10, CNN Town Hall: Delaney, Gabbard & Buttigeig
- March 18, Mass Shooting Discussion
- March 25, UVD Program, The Epidemic of “Deaths of Despair” in NH
- March 28, Energy 101 Spring 2019 starts (register by March 11)
- April 11, Vital Communities: Let’s Talk About Climate Change
- April 22, UVD Program: Food, Water, and Bugs at Risk
- Citizens Academy, videos
- How the 2020 Census will invite everyone to respond
IN CONCORD LAST WEEK
- Finance Committee Wrestles With Education Funding Bills, By Gail Ober, InDepthNH.org, March 4, 2019.
- NHPR All Things Considered: Listen to NHPR’s Peter Biello speak with Barbara Keshen, the chair of New Hampshire Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
- Links to other bills in the Senate and House.
 Monday, March 18, 4 p.m.Wheeler Hall, Ware Student Center, Colby SawyerMass Shooting DiscussionAnn Preston Roselle ’98 returns to campus to give a talk entitled “Guns, Mass Shootings and Mental Illness: Myth vs Fact.” Roselle ’98, a graduate of the Colby-Sawyer nursing program, deconstructs the psychology of the various types of shooters and touches on the laws and the public health problem mass shootings present. Roselle has worked as a nurse practitioner for the last 12 years. In 2015, she left cardiothoracic surgery and critical care to join an outpatient adult and geriatric psychiatry practice. She’s also an advocate for a stigma-free world. Hosted by the Cultural Events Committee. For more information, contact Connor Delaney at connor.delaney@colby-sawyer.edu or 603.526.3741. Free and open to the public.
Energy 101 Spring 2019 Energy touches every aspect of our lives, from public health to international economics to technological innovation and beyond. This eight-week, not-for-credit evening workshop series is organized by the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society and the Dartmouth Energy Collaborative. Each session digs into an important dimension of the role energy plays in human life and includes expert panelists, networking opportunities, and discussion on what’s most relevant to communities and individuals. Series starts March 28 at Dartmouth College. Sessions run from 6:30-7:45 pm. Apply to join the Spring 2019 Energy 101 series! Not Sure How to Talk About Climate Change?
The Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup will host its spring forum on April 11 from 4:30–8 p.m. “Let’s Talk About Climate Change” will prepare attendees to have more effective conversations about climate change, address common misconceptions, and build the skills necessary to feel more comfortable discussing the topic. (Attendance at this workshop would be good preparation for the UVDems Earth Day program on April 22: “Food, Water, and Bugs at Risk.”)
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Thursday, March 28 Start date 6.30 p.m.
Monday, April 22
Despite wide-spread recognition of the opioid crisis raging through New Hampshire and other states, there remains little awareness of a much greater health crisis underway in our communities: the overwhelming number of deaths due not only to opioids but also to alcohol and suicide. New Hampshire is among the worst states affected by this very different, but deadly, epidemic.
For the past five years, Peter has worked as the Vice President for External Affairs at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH. He is responsible for all public-facing activity at APD, including fundraising, marketing, communications, volunteers, community health, community relations, and government relations. Prior to working health care, he worked for 25 years as an administrator, fundraiser, and communications professional in higher education, including ten years at both Harvard University and Dartmouth College.