GREENFIELD — The Salasin Project invited the community to check out its new digs inside the Riddell Medical Building during an open house on Wednesday. The nonprofit works closely with entities such as Stone Soup Cafe and the Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, which set up tables in the new space to greet guests and provide information to anyone interested. Becky Lockwood, who has been director of the Salasin Project since 2020, said the move from Main Street to 33 Riddell St.
came with several complications, but she and the rest of the staff are settling in well. “It’s so nice to be in a beautiful ..
. freshly painted space and have all the rooms that we need,” Lockwood said. “We work with individuals, so people can come here and have meetings or we go out to their homes and meet with them.
And then we have groups, so we’ll have an art group, we’ll have a yoga group. We have a weekly meeting called Nurturing Families, for families that are in recovery.” Some of the various programs offered by the Salasin Project include “Healing Trauma,” a confidential support and discussion group that explores the impact of interpersonal violence and trauma on individuals; an in-person writing group for women; and “Breaking Barriers Group for Women,” for female-identified people who have experience with the legal system.
Jansyn Thaw, who handles fundraising and marketing for Stone Soup Cafe, said she loves the Salasin Project’s new home. “Their new space is incredible. I’m blown away.
It’s gorgeous. Especially compared to their tiny, cramped old space, this is beautiful,” she said. “I’m met so many people that I haven’t seen in a long time.
” Stone Soup Cafe offers pay-what-you-can meals on Saturdays, a free store and a culinary institute program. The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium, based in Holyoke, consists of at least 11 programs to assist communities facing marginalization and oppression. One of the those programs is the People’s Medicine Project, which had a table at the open house.
It is a small grassroots health justice organization offering programs and resources to increase access to complimentary and alternative health care and plant medicine. Article continues after..
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