There will be an Angier Project Update meeting on Thursday, November 13th at 7pm at the Waban Library Center.

The Waban Area Council will hold its monthly meeting immediately following at 7:30pm. Please visit the Waban Area Council website to view the agenda and learn more about issues of importance to Waban.

Do you know someone who might be depressed, but don’t know how to help? Are you interested in bringing greater awareness and destigmatization to mental illness? Do you care about your Newton friends and neighbors?

If yes, then join us at the next Newton Cares meeting on Thursday, November 20th, 4-6pm at the Newton Senior Center, 345 Walnut Street.

Thursday, November 20, 4-6pm
Newton Senior Center, 345 Walnut Street

The Newton Cares Coalition was formed last year to bring greater awareness to mental health issues, to help prevent suicides in our community, and to find ways to support those who have been bereaved by suicide. Newton Cares is a community partnership that requires active and broad-based involvement.

Once a month the Coalition holds meetings to develop working plans for the coming year. Anyone is welcome to come, whether you have attended in the past. Municipal and school leaders, mental health experts, adults and youth convened at the Newton Senior Center to discuss the Newton Cares mission and structure, activities to date, and future plans. Accomplishments include the creation of a web-based mental health screening service offered by the City, a number of recently completed and upcoming suicide and mental health training programs, coping and support strategies, and programming for youth and adults.

Meeting attendees participate in one of four Newton Cares working subgroups–Postvention (the short-term response following a suicide), Youth, Adult, Advocacy–to brainstorm ideas and develop priorities for the next six months.

For a complete set of meeting notes, visit the Newton Cares website at www.newtonma.gov/newtoncares.

HISTORIC NEWTON BOOK CLUB
Thursday, November 20, 7:30 PM

The next selection of Historic Newton’s book club is Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade and the American Revolution, by Charles Rappleye. This is the story of Moses and John Brown, members of one of the most prominent families of Providence and benefactors of the University that bears their name. Moses, a convert to Quakerism, became an ardent abolitionist, while John had commercial interests that included stave trading. Rappleye deftly details the complex and difficult relationship between these brothers, whose differences over slavery sorely tested but never destroyed their friendship.

The book club is free and new members are always welcome. At the Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington Street.