The SPIFFY Team welcomes our new Coalition Coordinator, Amy Cronin DiCaprio. Most recently, Amy worked at Safe Passage in Northampton, where she managed the community and youth violence prevention programming,…
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Diane Long
…in Fall River, MA. Many of her students exhibited challenging behaviors both academically and socially/emotionally, and this ignited her passion for working with students with disabilities as well as various…
Dana Mengwasser
…Certified Infant/Toddler Teacher and an experienced mediator, facilitator and youth educator. They previously worked as an Executive Director for a small community center serving youth and families in Franklin County….
Occupational Therapy Center
…blog 2017 06 28 mahar student attending global youth summit on the future of medicine mahar 4 ( Page 41 ) Caring and Experienced Therapists with Special Expertise Our therapeutic…
Paul Hyry Dermith, Ed.D
Paul Hyry Dermith is the Director of Bridge Resilient Youth in Transition, a program of the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, which offers a model to transition youth back…
First annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference to be held October 15th at Holyoke Community College.
…is to connect and grow a local network of committed educators, students, and community members focusing on social justice and equity issues. Over the past few years, CES has been…
Western MA Prevention Professionals Meet with Cannabis Control Commissioners
…public health and youth substance-abuse prevention interests met in-person with staff and commissioners from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). The goal of this meeting was to build relationships with CCC…
2024 CADCA National Leadership Forum
Along with numerous staff from other Western MA prevention coalitions, SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator Amy Cronin DiCaprio and SPIFFY Policy, Youth, and School Coordinator Lexi Polokoff attended the 2024 CADCA National…
SPIFFY’s New Coalition Coordinator
…an increase in youth engagement and the creation of the Youth Steering Committee, and taken the lead in implementing many of our strategies. We are excited about the next phase!…
Evelin Aquino
Evelin Aquino is a Boricua/Dominicana from Western MA and Washington Heights, NYC. She is a graduate of UMass Amherst and has worked with hundreds of youth and communities across the…