Lectures & Presentations

The 8th conference on Dismantling Systemic Racism, sponsored by the State Education Resource Center (SERC) in collaboration with the SERC Foundation, focuses on ways to support, promote, and develop racial equity in education. The full-day conference supports educators, families, and community leaders who seek to confront racist structures and practices to better serve Connecticut’s students […]

Parenting is Hard. Despite how "mommy wine culture" on social media portrays it, drinking alcohol to cope with stress actually can make parenting and life in general even more of a challenge. Join Liz Langevin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with South Windsor Youth & Family Services to talk about what alcohol provides for us, […]

Healing Ourselves and Others: A Meditation Retreat, Saturday, May 18th, 10am at Odiyana Center, Glastonbury.  Join us for this half-day retreat to practice transforming the simple act of breathing into a powerful healing practice that causes mental peace and happiness, improves concentration, enhances our love, compassion, and wisdom, and brings great meaning to our life. […]

Join Father Roger Landry as he speaks about the Catholic journey of faith before embarking on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The session will include introductions of the Perpetual Pilgrims who will process with the Eucharist along the eastern (Seton) route, from New Haven to Indianapolis.

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and […]

Join us for an informative session by a representative from the American Legion who will talk about the "Be the One" and "SAVE" programs.