Thursday January 9th and Monday January 13th on People First Radio…

 Samaritan House Launches Campaign

Nanaimo’s Samaritan House in is operated by the Island Crisis Care Society. It has been in operation since 1989 and is badly in need of upgrades and expansion. Rezoning approval was received late in 2013 and now the ICCS is looking forward to a major building campaign to raise the funds required. On Thursday, January 9, 2014, we will be speaking with Violet Hayes, ICCS’ Executive Director and Ronell Bosman, Director of Samaritan House Emergency Shelter and of the Samaritan House Transition Units. We will be exploring both their dreams and plans for Samaritan House and the role and contribution of faith based non-profits in the delivery of mental health and addictions recovery programs.

Hear the interview here 307_January_9_2014

Also on Thursday, we heard a rebroadcast from People First Radio, first aired on December 8, 2011 about Ruth Ruth Stackhouse, award winning mental health activist.  Ruth is a proud member of the psychiatric survivor community and a long-standing social and health activist.  Her extensive community work includes organizing Mad Pride, establishing The Friendly Spike Theatre Band, working with anti-violence education, and academic research work on a project about the exploitation of mental hospital patient labour called Out From Under.  Ruth Ruth has been named this year’s recipient of the City of Toronto’s Access Award for Disability Issues, which recognizes a person or an organization whose efforts have significantly contributed to improving access for people with disabilities in Toronto.

Listen to that interview here 366_december_08_2011_sm

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