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Events

Sept. 15 – Ideas on Tap: ‘Voting in America – The Good, the Bad, and the Absent’

Ideas on Tap returns on September 15 at 6 p.m. with “Voting in America: The Good, The Bad, and The Absent” in partnership with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics and the Grappone Center for the Humanities at Saint Anselm College. This free, online program will be facilitated by Dr. Tricia Peone, New Hampshire Humanities Public Programs Manager. READ MORE

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Civics

CDC eviction moratorium could help Granite Staters who lost previous eviction protections

“In halting evictions, the order will help many people stay in their homes and avoid exposure to COVID-19 in homeless shelters or on the street,” said Elliott Berry, NHLA Housing Justice Project Co-Director. “However, this does not absolve tenants from paying rent, and does not address what will happen to people on January 1, when their unpaid rent is due. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that tenants who are having trouble paying their rent pay as much as they can afford and apply for rental assistance as soon as possible.” READ MORE

FINDING rECOVERY
Point of View

Finding Recovery

For most of us at Hope, abstinence and time were never enough. Like sponges left to dry under a sink for days, weeks, months, even years, something inside us always yearned to get just another taste, whether of dope or booze or meth or whatever. In fact, for people like me, abstinence without a program of recovery was worse than any drug or alcohol issues—or at least life was less livable. Between the ages of, let us say, 12 and 47, I had two periods where I was denied access to drugs or alcohol for an extended period of time. At the end of each of those times, I was actively suicidal. Really.  READ MORE