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Mental Health in Crisis

A Community Conversation on Compassion, Action, and Hope with Marsha Porter-Norton, La Plata County

Writers on the Range, along with the Colorado Springs Gazette is sponsoring a talk by Marsha Porter-Norton. The former social worker will talk about compassionate outreach for mental health crisis and how the county will use the Opioid Settlement, $1.8 million annually for 18 years, as a down payment on an inpatient treatment facility for addiction and mental health. Afterwards there will be light refreshment and one-on-one conversation among attendees.

Fort Lewis Innovation Center at Main Mall, 835 Main, 2nd floor, Suite 225, Colorado 81301
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