Eat Up for Heat Up!
2026-01-25 17:00 - 2026-01-31 21:00 (America/New_York)

January Massachusetts Landlord Workshop
2026-01-24 09:00 - 14:00
This virtual workshop includes an overview of basic residential rental property management in Massachusetts that provides an introduction to the Massachusetts laws that govern the rental relationship. Important for all owners of rental properties, including owners of 2-4 family homes.
Topics covered include:

proper tenant screening
relations with tenants
lead paint laws
types of tenancies
State Sanitary Code
fair housing laws
the eviction process
how to deal with drug problems

Certificates of completion are awarded at the end of the session; this workshop satisfies the course requirement for first-time buyers of multi-family homes.

BHN Abilities Learning Center Grand Opening Celebration
2026-01-23 10:00 - 12:00
Join us to learn about our program, meet our team, and explore resources for individuals with autism and their families.

January Virtual Credit Success workshop
2026-01-20 17:30 - 20:30
January 20 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
$10

Whether you want to buy a house or a car, pay off your student loan debt, or understand how to build your credit, Way Finders is here to help.
Our Credit Success Workshop provides the tools you need to reach your financial goals. Learn directly from a Way Finders’ certified counselor through interactive and engaging activities. After you complete your workshop, you will have the opportunity to meet with a HUD-certified housing counselor to discuss your individual goals.
There is a $10 fee to reserve your seat for the workshop. This fee will be refunded upon workshop completion.
Way Finders is dedicated to assisting low-to-moderate income clients achieve financial stability and success. You will not be turned away for inability to pay.
To request a one-time time waiver please contact our support department at homeownership@wayfinders.org or 413-233-1621.

Compassionate Accountable Conversations
2026-01-20 10:00 - 2026-01-23 14:00 | Zoom
Compassionate Accountable Conversations is a three-day training series preparing individuals, communities, organizations, and coalitions that are strengthening their transformative work towards healing and equity-based relationships in divisive times. Sometimes we engage with people who are exhibiting habits of dominance within their interpersonal conflict. We may also notice these habits within our own interventions. When this happens, we need to be prepared to hold Compassionate Accountable Conversations that help interrupt dominance patterns and safely create the conditions where change becomes possible.
January 20, 21, and 23, 10am-2pm each day

MLK Day Restoring Justice, Reclaiming the Dream
2026-01-19 12:30 - 16:00
Each year, as we gather to honor the life and enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we are reminded of the life, legacy and unshakeable moral leadership of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year’s theme, “Restoring Justice. Reclaiming the Dream.,” invites us all to rise together in a moment when Dr. King’s vision urgently calls for renewed commitment, courage, and collective action.The MLK Day Collaborative invites you to “MLK Day 2026: Restoring Justice. Reclaiming the Dream.” On Monday, January 19, 2026 at the MassMutual Center for an Arts & Wellness Expo from 12:30pm to 2:00pm with the program beginning at 2:00pm.12:30 – 2:00pm – Arts & Wellness Expo, MassMutual Center2:00 – 4:00pm – MLK Day Program, MassMutual CenterAll are welcome as we open the doors of the MassMutual Center to the public at 12:30pm with artistic expressions, exhibitions, and vendors in the lobby entrance followed by an awe-inspiring, purpose driven program where over 800 youth and supporting adult participants will manifest our theme through inspiring spoken word, dance & music presentations featuring: MLK Charter School of Excellence, Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services’ Youth & Clemente Program, Community Music School of Springfield’s Sonido Musica, String City Festival Orchestra, Springfield CommUnity Chorale, Young at Heart Chorus, Children’s Chorus of Springfield, Springfield Public Schools students, and more.Mark your calendars now and bring the family!This is our moment to step forward as the Living Legacies of Dr. King—to confront what’s broken, amplify what’s possible, and push the moral arc with intention and power.Join us at the events that will shape this year’s MLK Day and the next chapter of our movement by following our event page at the link below, including the City’s Flag Raising at Springfield City Hall on January 16, and Springfield Symphony Orchestra MLK Day Concert featuring MoTown & The Philly Sound on January 17. Event and other MLK events here: https://www.mlkjrfamilyservices.org/event/2755/Sponsorships available. Contact Claudia at cpazmany@mlkjrfs.org

Light & Love Community Food Drive for MLK Day
2026-01-19 10:00 - 13:00

In-Service Training - Suicide Prevention Outreach - Call2Talk`
2026-01-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Online via Zoom
Call2Talk is a confidential mental health, emotional support and suicide prevention helpline that provides a safe space for people in crisis or emotional distress to talk without judgment. During outreach presentations, staff educate the community on the importance of suicide prevention, how to recognize warning signs, and how to support someone who may be struggling.
Key points covered include:
What Call2Talk is: A 24/7 helpline available to anyone feeling anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, or suicidal.
Warning signs of suicide: Changes in behavior, withdrawal, hopelessness, mood swings, and talking about death or being a burden.
How to help: Listen without judgment, express care, ask directly about suicide, and connect the person to help.
The importance of reducing stigma: Encouraging open conversations about mental health saves lives.
Resources shared: How to access Call2Talk (via 2-1-1, direct number, or 988), and other mental health supports.
The presentation encourages participation, highlights the power of listening, and emphasizes that any one of us can save a life—you just have to be there.
Presented by: Eileen Davis, Vice President of Mass211 and Director of Call2Talk

Leaders Lounge
2026-01-15 08:30 - 10:00 | United Way of Pioneer Valley, 1441 Main Street, Suite 137, Springfield, MA, 01103, United States
Join us in kicking off the new year by gathering YOUR ideas and feedback on what you would like to see upcoming in the Community Leadership Connect program. We will spend part of the coffee hour discussing new ideas, while later sharing and reflecting on our own personal successes. Help decide what CLC will do in 2026!

Holyoke Leads, Holyoke Works
2026-01-15 08:00 - 17:00
HOLYOKE RESIDENTS:
READY TO LEVEL UP?
WE’RE HERE TO HELP!

Holyoke Leads, Holyoke Works is a FREE employment readiness program designed to help you grow, change, and improve your life through classes and training – plus a year of free support and services.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

Confidence to tackle challenges head-on
Basic computer skills to become more work ready
Practical financial skills to manage your money and plan for the future
Interview techniques that’ll help you ace your next opportunity
Job placement support to find the right fit or level up to a better position

Entrepreneurial orientation on how to start your own business
WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, YOU’LL RECEIVE:

A FREE Chromebook to help you stay connected
$150 to support your start
Networking opportunities to connect with local employers
A clear, actionable path to a brighter future

Registration deadline is January 15!

Living A New Day (L.A.N.D.)
2026-01-14 18:00 - 19:30

Eureka! Information Session
2026-01-14 18:00 - 19:00

Community Vision Board Event 2026
2026-01-14 17:30 - 19:30
Community Vision Board Event 2026

For the third year in a row, we are coming together to pause, reflect, and intentionally envision the future we want to build together as a community.

This annual Community Vision Board Event has become a meaningful space where community members, families, partners, and staff gather to honor what we’ve learned, name what our community needs, and co-create shared priorities for the year ahead. Through guided reflection, vision boards, and collective conversation, we will shape our path into 2026.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Tower Square – Suite 220
Springfield, MA 01105

Materials will be provided Light refreshments

RSVP is encouraged so we can plan accordingly.

Come imagine, create, and collaborate with us.
When we come together with intention year after year, meaningful impact follows.

Broadening the Lens
2026-01-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Our training and consultation series prepares individuals, communities, and coalitions that are strengthening their transformative work towards healing and equity-based relationships in divisive times.
This is our three-hour training for public health integration of racial and health equity.

Wisdom Circle For All
2026-01-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
How do you live in your Field of Peace during turbulent times? Wisdom Circle for All
Our training and consultation series prepares individuals, communities, and coalitions that are strengthening their transformative work towards healing and equity-based relationships in divisive times.
Come join our Wisdom Circle to cultivate a stronger sense of peace, possibility, healing and connection. You are invited to share space as we seek to meet one another in a field of peace and honesty.
Registration required.

Peer Grief Support: COSA
2026-01-13 10:00 - 11:00
Direct Service Providers (DSPs) working in the overdose crisis experience trauma as well as individual and collective grief due to the loss of clients, coworkers, friends and community. SADOD (Support After Death by Overdose) DSP program was created out of a need to offer grief support to the workforce impacted by substance use loss/suicide. SADOD’s DSP programming serves the community of providers such as recovery coaches, harm reduction staff, nurses, residential, MOUD program staff and more, by way of providing free monthly peer grief support groups and workshops via zoom. SADOD’s DSP workshops are developed and facilitated by DSP peers, covering topics related to grief /loss & resiliency while providing peers an opportunity to discuss these topics in community.

SADOD also provides free peer grief services to the general community offering 1:1 peer grief support as well as specialty virtual and in person peer grief support groups. Learn about all of SADOD’s community peer grief services which may be supportive resources for your loved ones, co-workers/staff and communities you are working with who might be grieving. You will be provided with information on how the DSP program can work with your organization, as well as the referral processes for the 1:1 peer grief services for the general community.

COMMUNITY SYRINGE PICK UP - HOLYOKE
2026-01-10 10:00 - 12:00

First-time homebuyer workshop
2026-01-10 09:00 - 14:00
January 10 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
$75

Become a certified first-time homebuyer with Way Finders! Learn from local real estate professionals about the homebuying process.
The course covers finding, financing, purchasing, and maintaining a home. Participants receive a certificate of completion that is necessary to access several down payment assistance programs and special mortgage products.
This is a two-part VIRTUAL workshop:
Saturdays, 9am-2pm
January 10 and 17
Cost of the workshop is $75 per household, nonrefundable.

System Navigation Workshop
2026-01-09 15:30 - 17:00

The Odds Are Changing: Online Casino Gambling and the Rising Risk of Harm
2026-01-09 12:00
Online sports betting became legal in Massachusetts in 2023, and now the Legislature is considering a bill (H4431) to legalize internet casino gambling—also known as “iGambling” or “iGaming”. What would more options for 24/7 gambling mean to the public health of our communities? Speakers include Mark Gottlieb of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, Samantha Hamilton from PHIWM, Victor Ortiz from the MA Dept. of Public Health Office of Problem Gambling, and State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions during a live Q&A.

Peer Grief Support
2026-01-09 10:00 - 11:00

Voices, Visions & Unusual Beliefs Intensive Overview
2026-01-08 12:00 - 16:00
Online via Zoom
Thursday January 8th, 2026
12-4pm Eastern Time (11am-3pm Central, 10am-2pm Mountain, 9am-1pm Pacific)

Learn new ways of supporting people through the experience of hearing voices, seeing visions, or unusual beliefs.

One in 10 people will hear voices at some time during their adult lives, yet these experiences are still deeply marginalized in the modern day United States. About 80-90% of experiences are connected to life adversity, trauma and grief. Many experiences are also connected to cultural or spiritual factors.
This overview will provide an introduction to new ways of understanding and working with voices and visions, based on the Hearing Voices approach. Trainers will cover factors that can influence voice-hearing, and explore a range of coping strategies that experiencers use (beyond pharmaceutical interventions).

Mind, Body and Spirit Wellness Group
2026-01-07 13:00 - 14:00

Building Resilience from Within
2026-01-07 11:00 - 11:45 | Online via Zoom
Our popular six-week virtual self-care series for caregivers and anyone experiencing heightened stress in their lives. Learn simple techniques to build core resilience, balance the nervous system and deepen a healthy connection to your body.
The free program takes place on Zoom, is open to all, and no experience is required. To ensure accessibility, all exercises can be done seated or standing and every session is recorded so participants can watch or rewatch at their convenience.
Prior to the first class, a Zoom link will be sent to everyone who registers.

South End Community Center Discovery Zone
2026-01-05 08:00 - 17:00
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South End Community Center Winter Basketball
2026-01-03 09:00 - 11:30

Winter Session Registration Open
2026-01-02 08:00 - 17:00
Registration for our winter session is officially open! Classes start Jan. 6 and run until Feb. 28. View the full class catalog and register: https://hubs.la/Q03VsSwQ0

These social and recreational classes are open to people of ALL abilities, from age 3 through adulthood, with a focus on making them inclusive and accessible for everyone. Classes include interests like performing arts, gaming, movement, and more. All age ranges are suggestions.

Winter membership also gets you FREE entry to our special event nights. This session we have a Holiday Party, Movie Night, and Pal-entine’s Karaoke Party (all are open to the public/non-members for $10 each).

Home Dedication
2025-12-22 13:30 - 15:30
HOLYOKE – Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity (GSHFH) will host a dedication celebrating the completion of its newest home and the collaboration that made it all possible.
GSHFH partnered with Holyoke Housing Authority (HHA) and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) DesignBuild program to make one local couple’s dream come true. HHA donated a plot of land on Chestnut Street. Greater Springfield Habitat prepared the site and built the foundation. UMass DesignBuild professors and students designed and constructed the modular home, and oversaw delivery to the Holyoke site. GSHFH will soon sell the new home to Pedro and his wife Damaris, longtime Holyoke residents.
“This is a great collaboration to give the students practical, hands-on experience, and for Habitat to provide a home to a family that might not have qualified for one of our traditionally built homes,” said Aimee Giroux, GSHFH executive director. “Family size is one of many factors taken into consideration when building our homes and partnering with the future buyer. There is a need for affordable housing to benefit a variety of family sizes; not everyone needs three or four bedrooms. This project helps us to be able to make that happen.”
The design of the 575-square-foot modular home emphasizes energy efficiency via highly-insulated and air-sealed exterior assemblies, triple-glazed windows, all-electric appliances/utilities, and low-embodied carbon building materials, such as wood fiber, hemp, and straw, said Ben Leinfelder, construction manager of this year’s DesignBuild project and an alumnus of the program.
The UMass DesignBuild team conceived the home in spring. Construction commenced in the summer and the house was delivered in November.
Pedro, who is retired, attended every info HHA session, and submitted the necessary forms two days after the application cycle opened. He and his wife currently live in a one-bedroom apartment and have complained about their unfriendly neighbors who they say makes their everyday life unenjoyable. Pedro and Damaris don’t have children together, but have a large blended family. Pedro has two daughters from a previous relationship and seven grandchildren. Damaris has three children and five grandchildren.
GSHFH is a housing ministry dedicated to strengthening communities by empowering low-income families to change their lives and the lives of future generations through homeownership and home repair opportunities. This is accomplished by working in partnership with diverse people, from all walks of life, to build and repair simple, decent, affordable housing. Habitat’s mission to provide homeownership opportunities to low-income families is unique as it requires partner families to work alongside the community that is reaching out to help them. GSHFH has helped roughly 100 local families realize their dream of homeownership over the last 38 years.

Following the ceremony will be a tour of the house and a reception. Street parking is available.
For more information, contact Olga Callirgos, Homeowner Programs coordinator, at callirgos@habitatspringfield.org or (413) 739-5503 x1003.

South End Community Center Holiday Programming
2025-12-22 08:00 - 17:00
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Winter Solstice Celebration
2025-12-20 18:00 - 21:00
