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SUMMARY:Big Gay Bingo Brunch 2026
DESCRIPTION:Big Gay Bingo Brunch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS: $160 \n\n\n\nSHOW @ 11:30 AM / DOORS @ 11:00 AM /  21+ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Aspen Out. For any questions regarding ticketing or the event \, please contact k.kuliga@aspenout.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT Big Gay Bingo Brunch\n\n\n\nAdmission to the Big GAY Bingo Brunch on Sunday\, June 7\, 2026\, includes brunch and one reusable bingo board. • 11AM • TACAW\, Basalt\, CO • In Partnership with TACAW benefitting the Jack Raife Mental Health Fund \n\n\n\nIf you would like to sit next to someone\, please note your seating request during the billing checkout process. \n\n\n\nExperience our annual fundraiser with Drag Queen Bingo\, hosted by none other than the sassy clown in a gown herself\, all the way from San Diego. It’s She\, Her\, Me\, Ms. Mariam T. Doors open at 11:00AM\, with games starting around 11:45AM. \n\n\n\nThis beautifully crafted brunch will include morning eats and options for non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. \n\n\n\nAdditional Reusable Bingo cards will be available for purchase during the brunch via cash or card\, one for $35 or 3 for $40. \n\n\n\nEstablished in 1996 as a 501(c)3 and located in the Roaring Fork Valley\, AspenOUT\, also known as the Roaring Fork Gay & Lesbian Community Fund\, provides support and services to the valley’s diverse LGBTQ+ population. \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO SHOW YOUR NAME AT THE DOOR FOR ENTRY. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\nVIEW CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented by Aspen Out. For any questions regarding ticketing or the event \, please contact k.kuliga@aspenout.org\n\n\n\nSHOW @ 11:30 Am / DOORS @ 11:00 Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: The Arts Campus At Willits
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/big-gay-bingo-brunch-2026/
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SUMMARY:GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!
DESCRIPTION:GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHOW @ 6:00 Pm / DOORS @ 5:00 Pm \n\n\n\n$25 MEMBERS / $30 ADVANCE / $35 DAY OF \n\n\n\nSTANDING ROOM SHOW  / ALL AGES (UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LEGAL GUARDIAN) \n\n\n\nRECOMMENDED AGES 5-12 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALL TICKET SALES ARE FINALLIMIT OF FOUR TICKETS PER PURCHASER \n\n\n\nUNDERWRITTEN BY \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT GOLDEN: A K-POP KIDS PARTY!\n\n\n\nPrepare yourselves for a family-friendly dance party featuring remixes inspired by familiar soundtracks\, K-Pop songs\, remixes\, and iconic pop anthems from the movies. Costumes\, dancing\, and shining bright are encouraged! Brought to you by @thekawaiirave and VNK Entertainment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\nVIEW CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHOW @ 6:00 Pm / DOORS @ 5:00 Pm\n\n\n\nSTANDING ROOM Show | All ages. Under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian\n\n\n\nThis show has a 4-ticket limit per customer or email address\n\n\n\nLocation: TACAW\, 400 Robinson St\, Basalt\, CO 81621\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: TACAW
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/golden-a-k-pop-kids-party/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:First Draft: A Dialogue On Writing W/ Ben Fountain
DESCRIPTION:First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing\n\n\n\nW/ BEN FOUNTAIN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent @ 6:30 pm / DOORS @ 5:30 pm \n\n\n\nFREE W/ RSVP \n\n\n\nSEATED SHOW / ALL AGES (Under 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLIMIT OF 4 RSVP PER PERSONGroup Sales are available to our Business Advocates\, learn more \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent @ 6:30 pm / Doors @ 5:30 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT FIRST DRAFT: A DIALOGUE ON WRITING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenre: PANEL \n\n\n\nFirst Draft: A Dialogue on Writing is a literary podcast produced and hosted by Mitzi Rapkin. Each week the podcast features an in-depth interview with a fiction\, non-fiction\, essay\, or poetry writer. The show is equal parts investigation into the craft of writing and conversation about the topics of an author’s work. \n\n\n\nABOUT RASPUTIN SWIMS THE POTOMAC \n\n\n\nRasputin Swims the Potomac is a biting satire of American politics and a searingly intelligent novel about the cruel absurdities of contemporary life\, centering on a world champion professional wrestler with presidential ambitions. Reporter Clarence Thomas Jr. is looking for a great story\, former country music teen star Faith Spack has parlayed her fame into a job at the White House\, and the two-term incumbent president is campaigning for a constitutionally dubious third term. After an outbreak at a campaign rally\, a mysterious new pandemic of “weeping sickness” sweeps the nation\, threatening the president’s hold on the Oval Office. Desperate to retain power\, he enlists the mystical pro wrestler Rasputin to help ensure his reelection and guarantee additional seasons of his presidential reality TV show\, The Real West Wing. But as Rasputin’s appeal threatens to exceed the president’s\, and the wrestler’s supposedly supernatural powers start to seem like the real thing\, the campaign finds itself trapped in a spandex-clad destiny no number of executive orders can control\, one in which both Clarence and Faith are compelled to play increasingly large parts. Hilarious\, compelling\, and tragically relevant\, the novel is both an escape and a warning\, a scathing satire that explores the twists and turns of American democracy as it hurtles toward authoritarianism. \n\n\n\nABOUT BEN FOUNTAIN \n\n\n\nBen Fountain is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction including the award winning Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk\, which won the National Book Critic’ Circle Award for Fiction. Some of his other work include Brief Encounters with Che Guevera\, Beautiful Country Burn Again\, and Devil Makes Three. His work has received the PEN/Hemingway Award\, the Los Angeles Book Prize for Fiction\, and a Whiting Writers Award\, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives in North Carolina. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Ben Fountain: WEBSITE \n\n\n\nABOUT MITZI RAPKIN \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMitzi Rapkin is the founder\, host and producer of the literary podcast\, “First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing\,” which features a new author interview each week. She has interviewed more than 500 contemporary writers of fiction\, nonfiction\, essays\, and poetry over the past eleven years. Her conversations explore essential questions about what it means to be human alongside the craft of writing and the themes of the writers’ works. Rapkin is also a journalist\, fiction writer\, certified integral coach\, facilitator\, and fiction-writing instructor.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about / Listen to First Draft: WEBSITE  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\nVIEW CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT @ 6:30 pm / DOORS @ 5:30 pm\n\n\n\nSEATED SHOW / ALL AGES (Under 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian)\n\n\n\nLimit of 4 tickets per purchaser\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: The Arts Campus At Willits
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/first-draft-a-dialogue-on-writing-w-ben-fountain/
CATEGORIES:Free,Thought-Provoking Programming
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SUMMARY:Building Better Relationships With Nature With Emma Marris
DESCRIPTION:Building Better Relationships With Nature With Emma Marris\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM @ 7:00PM / DOORS @ 6:30PM \n\n\n\nGENERAL ADMISSION $20 \n\n\n\nSEATED SHOW / ALL AGES \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ROARING FORK OUTDOOR VOLUNTEERSLIMIT OF 4 TICKETS PER PURCHASER \n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT BUILDING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATURE WITH EMMA MARRIS\n\n\n\nGENRE: PRESENTATION + Q+A \n\n\n\nHumans have done a lot of damage to the environment\, but we can also be a force for good. Some ecosystems need ongoing care and stewardship to thrive\, especially in a warming world. This talk will suggest how a perspective shift from saving nature from humans to improving human relationships with other species can enlarge our thinking\, make new approaches possible\, and create an energizing space for mutual human-nonhuman flourishing. \n\n\n\nABOUT EMMA MARRIS  \n\n\n\nEmma Marris grew up in Seattle\, WA\, and while she has lived all over\, she eventually ended up in Portland\, Oregon\, just a few hours away from her hometown. What can she say? She missed the moss. \n\n\n\nEmma has been writing about the environment for over 20 years\, beginning as a staffer at the journal Nature and eventually freelancing for National Geographic\, Wired\, the Atlantic\, Nature\, the New York Times\, among others—as well as writing two popular science books\, Rambunctious Garden (2011) and Wild Souls (2021). She has a Master’s in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins\, 2004. \n\n\n\nEmma has written several peer-reviewed papers for environmental ethics and conservation science journals and contributed to scholarly edited volumes. Her core interest is in human relationships with the nonhuman world\, but she has also written about music\, film\, and even true crime. \n\n\n\nEmma believes in hope\, and she believes that good futures are still available to us. Imagining those good futures and writing towards them is her life’s work. \n\n\n\nLEARN MORE ABOUT EMMAR MARRIS: WEBSITE \n\n\n\nABOUT ROARING FORK OUTDOOR VOLUNTEERS \n\n\n\nFounded in 1995\, Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers aims to foster a diverse and engaged community of outdoor stewards working collectively for the benefit of our public lands. RFOV connects people to the land and each other through hands-on conservation projects and education programs. Much more than just a “trails group\,” the organization strives to create an enduring positive impact across the region\, conserving the iconic landscapes we all cherish and uplifting local communities. \n\n\n\nLEARN MORE ABOUT ROARING FORK OUTDOOR VOLUNTEERS: WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\nVIEW CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open @ 6:30pm / Program @ 7:00pm\n\n\n\nSeated Show / All Ages\n\n\n\nLocation: TACAW\, 400 Robinson St\, Basalt\, CO 81621\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: TACAW & in Partnership with Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/building-better-relationships-with-nature-with-emma-marris/
CATEGORIES:Thought-Provoking Programming
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SUMMARY:Teen Night: Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Teen Night: Open Mic Night\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHOW @ 7:00 pm / DOORS @ 6:00 pm \n\n\n\nFREE W/ RSVP \n\n\n\nSTANDING SHOW / AGES 13-18 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nONE RSVP PER PERSONFREE PIZZA W/ RSVPNO RE-ENTRY ALLOWED \n\n\n\nSHOW @ 7:00 PM / DOORS @ 6:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT TEEN NIGHT: OPEN MIC NIGHT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re looking to workshop a new project\, test out a skill\, or just get comfortable on stage\, Open Mic Night is a chance to share what you’re working on. From live music and spoken word to comedy and instrumentals\, all performances are welcome. Come to perform\, collaborate\, or just hang out and hear what others are creating. For those interested\, professional local artists will be on-site to offer support and ideas\, only for those who request. \n\n\n\nTeen Night is a series of free arts and culture events exclusively for ages 13–18. Local teens take over TACAW\, on stage and in the audience\, for a night all their own. This night is for teens only: ages 13–18 invited. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHOW @ 7:00 pm / DOORS @ 6:00 pm\n\n\n\nSTANDING ROOM SHOW / AGES 13-18\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: The Arts Campus At Willits
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/teen-night-at-tacaw/
CATEGORIES:Education / Workshops
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SUMMARY:GALA 2026
DESCRIPTION:GALA 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTACAW’S GALA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalent includes Tig Notaro\, Monophonics\, Duet Performance by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance \, Tristan Trincado\, and Beth Malone accompanied by David Dyer on the piano. \n\n\n\n5:00pm Cocktail Hour6:30pm Theater Program 7:30pm Dinner & Paddle Raise9:00pm Concert10:00pm Late Night Bites \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe GALA brings the full TACAW campus to life. We invite you to explore and enjoy our distinctive spaces\, many honoring the generosity of our lead donors: Lewis Stage\, Lipkin Commons\, Alpenglow Foundation Listening Lawn & Amphitheater\, Steiner Terrace\, Alchemy Plaza\, Alpine Bank Community Room\, Stafford Lounge\, Joan & Rodger Gurrentz Family Entry\, Carter Bar\, Marshall Green Room and Orsulak Control Room. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$500 per person/ $6000 – VIP TABLEThe 2026 TACAW GALA is SOLD OUT. Please join our waitlist below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWAITLIST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINFORMATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen bar all night\, so please contact Valley Hopper for your transportation needs using our special GALA rates. \n\n\n\nComplimentary valet parking will be available.\n\n\n\nFor hotel needs we’ve partnered with our friends at The Hoffmann Hotel\, contact Jenny Jones at jjones@tacaw.org for promo code.  Availability is limited.\n\n\n\nAttire is Artistic Cocktail. \n\n\n\nPlease wear shoes appropriate for walking on grass.  Bring a layer\, as dinner is al fresco.\n\n\n\nIf you need ADA accommodations for seating or access to the lower lawn\, please reach out to Jenny Jones at jjones@tacaw.org\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE GALA HOST COMMITTEE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSam Augustine\n\n\n\nKelly and Emily Boggs\n\n\n\nBob and Lori Brandon \n\n\n\nJami DeBold\n\n\n\nLaura Donnelley\n\n\n\nFidel Duke\n\n\n\nDon and Marcia Flaks\n\n\n\nAmy Harmon\n\n\n\nCourtney and Spike Lipkin\n\n\n\nMichael Lipkin and Jody Guralnick\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeff Orsulak and Rachel Shechtman\n\n\n\nElaine Pagels and Alan Trist\n\n\n\nLyn Segal and Alex Sarratt\n\n\n\nDaniel Shaw and Isa Catto \n\n\n\nThe Shirk Family Foundation\n\n\n\nKirstie Steiner and John Groccia\n\n\n\nMelissa Temple and Liz Moss\n\n\n\nAlexandra and Donn Willins\n\n\n\nCheryl Wyly\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO OUR GALA SPONSORS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTITLE SPONSOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPLATINUM SPONSORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGOLD SPONSORS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSILVER SPONSOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRONZE SPONSOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor information about joining the Host Committee or becoming a Sponsor\, please reach out to Jenny Jones at JJones@TACAW.org. Sponsorship levels are detailed here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: The Arts Campus At Willits
URL:https://tacaw.org/calendar/gala-2026/
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SUMMARY:Equity Speaker Series Reverence for Life on the Streets: Medicine as a Moral Act in an Unequal World
DESCRIPTION:Reverence for Life on the Streets:\n\n\n\nMedicine as a Moral Act in an Unequal World \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROGRAM @ 6:30PM / DOORS @ 5:30PM \n\n\n\nFREE WITH RSVP \n\n\n\nSEATED | ALL AGES (UNDER 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LEGAL GUARDIAN) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETYFOUR RSVPS PER PERSON \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFREE WITH RSVP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT REVERENCE FOR LIFE ON THE STREETS: MEDICINE AS A MORAL ACT IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD\n\n\n\nGENRE: PANEL DISCUSSSION \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the eve of Aspen’s second Albert Schweitzer Day\, three of the world’s most consequential voices in humanitarian medicine will share the TACAW stage for a public conversation about care\, conscience\, and the demands of this moment. Join us after the event for a reception and light bites\, hosted by the Aspen Historical Society. \n\n\n\nHarsh Mander\, New Delhi-based civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee\, has spent decades fighting for the rights of the poorest and most excluded\, building a body of work spanning landmark litigation\, legislation\, and some of the most important writing on poverty\, displacement\, and human dignity in the world. Dr. Jim O’Connell\, founder of Boston Health Care for the Homeless and the subject of Tracy Kidder’s Rough Sleepers\, has built one of the most enduring models of compassionate urban medicine globally. Dr. Jim Withers\, founder of the Street Medicine Institute and last year’s Schweitzer lecturer in Aspen\, is the father of street medicine and has spent over thirty years taking medicine directly to people living on the streets. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Kaitlin Schwan\, human rights activist and street medicine scholar. \n\n\n\nTogether\, they have answered the same call through radically different paths. In a time of rising nationalism\, austerity\, and the systematic withdrawal of care from the most vulnerable\, their work asks a question Schweitzer posed from this very city in 1949: what does it mean to preserve our humanity? \n\n\n\nABOUT ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY \n\n\n\nAspen Historical Society actively preserves and passionately presents our local history in an inspired and provocative manner that will continue to anchor our community and its evolving character. We enhance the lives of those with whom we work and live. We offer a compelling reason to live in and to visit Aspen/Snowmass. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Aspen Historical Society: WEBSITE / FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM / TWITTER / YOUTUBE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarsh Mander \n\n\n\nHarsh Mander\, human rights and peace worker\, writer\, columnist\, researcher and teacher is Chairperson\, Centre for Equity Studies\, devoted to the analysis and development of public policy and law for justice and rights of disadvantaged groups.To counter rising hate violence and lynching\, he leads the national initiative called the Karwan e Mohabbat www.karwanemohabbat.in or Caravan of Love\, for atonement\, solidarity\, healing\, conscience and justice. \n\n\n\nHe is a PhD from Vrije University in Amsterdam. His thesis was titled Vulnerable People and Policy Development in India: Designing State Interventions for Hunger\, Homelessness\, Destitution and Targeted Violence.He is visiting faculty in the South Asia Institute\, Heidelberg University\, Germany and Vrije University\, Amsterdam\, Holland. \n\n\n\nA prolific writer\, his 30 books include: ‘Under Grey Smoggy Skies: Living Homeless on the Streets of India’s Cities’; ‘A Matter of Life and Death: The Unfinished Journey to Secure Healthcare for All’; ‘Partitions of the Heart: Unmaking the Idea of India’; ‘Burning Pyres\, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’; ‘Looking Away: Inequality\, Prejudice and Indifference in New India’; and ‘Ash in the Belly: India’s Unfinished Battle against Hunger’.As Member of the Indian Prime Minister’s National Advisory Council from June 2010-12\, he helped draft many social rights legislations including the National Food Security Bill.  \n\n\n\nHe was Special Commissioner to the Supreme Court of India in the Right to Food case for twelve years from 2005-17\, during which time he investigated starvation deaths\, and reviewed implementation and directed public policy reform for advancing the right to food and nutrition in several states in India.He was a Richard von Weizsacker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy\, Berlin in 2021-22. He was member and chairperson of the Advisory Board of Human Rights Initiative of Open Societies Foundation from 2018-21. He was also Council Member of Progressive International. \n\n\n\nHe helped initiate a number of initiatives for homeless people\, including street medicine and recovery shelters in many cities and over 60 residential schools for homeless children. \n\n\n\nHe has made many significant interventions in India’s highest courts. For instance:his petition to decriminalize beggary was allowed\, which ended begging as a crime after nearly a hundred years.  His petition in the Supreme Court resulted in the reopening for investigation of over 2000 criminal cases related to the Gujarat carnage of 2002 which had been closed without trial.  A series of his interventions in the Supreme Court as Commissioner led to orders making homeless shelters a legal duty for all state governments. He petitioned against the detention of undocumented people deemed to be ‘foreigners’ in jails in inhuman conditions in Assam for nearly a decade; he petitioned for food and livelihood security of migrants during the covid pandemic. \n\n\n\nThe Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg awarded him their inaugural Human Rights Award 2022. The Peace Research Institute Oslo has included him in its 2022 shortlist of people recommended for the Nobel Peace PrizeHe was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York in 2024. \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames J. O’Connell\, MD – President\, Boston Health Care for the Homeless ProgramAssistant Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School \n\n\n\nDr. O’Connell graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and received his master’s degree in theology from Cambridge University in 1972. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1982\, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In 1985\, Dr. O’Connell began fulltime clinical work with homeless individuals as the founding physician of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program\, which now serves over 10\,000 homeless individuals and families each year in two hospital-based clinics (Boston Medical Center and MGH) and in 30 shelters and outreach sites\, and on the streets of Boston. With his colleagues\, Dr. O’Connell established the nation’s first medical respite program for homeless persons in September 1985\, with 25 beds in the Lemuel Shattuck Shelter. This innovative program now provides acute and sub-acute\, pre- and post-operative\, and palliative and end-of-life care in the freestanding 104-bed Barbara McInnis House. Working with the MGH Laboratory of Computer Science\, Dr. O’Connell designed and implemented the nation’s first computerized medical record for a homeless program in 1995. \n\n\n\nFrom 1989 until 1996\, Dr. O’Connell served as the National Program Director of the Homeless Families Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dr. O’Connell is the editor of The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases and Common Problems in Shelters and on the Streets. His articles have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine\, the Journal of the American Medical Association\, Circulation\, the American Journal of Public Health\, the Journal of Clinical Ethics\, and several other medical journals. \n\n\n\nDr. O’Connell has been featured on ABC’s Nightline\, CBS Evening News and in several feature-length documentaries including Give Me a Shot of Anything and The Antidote. He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards\, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award in 2012 and The Trustees’ Medal at the bicentennial celebration of MGH in 2011. Dr. O’Connell has collaborated with homeless programs in many cities in the USA and across the globe\, including Los Angeles\, London\, and Sydney. Dr. O’Connell’s book Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor was published in 2015 in celebration of BHCHP’s 30th anniversary. In 2023\, Dr. O’Connell work was chronicled by Pulitzer Prize winning author\, Tracy Kidder in Rough Sleepers\, Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People. Dr. O’Connell is president of BHCHP and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJim Withers \n\n\n\nIn 1992\, teaching physician Dr. Jim Withers dressed as a homeless person and joined a formerly homeless man to visit the street dwellers of Pittsburgh\, making “house calls” at night. This initiative led to the program\, Operation Safety Net (OSN) that brings medical care and social services directly to the unsheltered homeless. It also serves as a pioneering “classroom of the streets” for students of various disciplines to learn the principles of reality-based care. Over 80 medical schools now have associated street medicine programs. \n\n\n\nIn 2005\, Dr. Withers established the annual International Street Medicine Symposium to foster collaboration in the care of those sleeping on the streets. There are now collaborating organizations on every continent. In 2009\, Dr. Withers and others created the non-profit Street Medicine Institute to promote the global practice of street medicine. Dr. Withers also created the first Street Medicine Fellowship in 2019 at the UPMC Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\nDr. Withers is in practice with the Pittsburgh Mercy health system\, on the Internal Medicine teaching faculty of UPMC Mercy Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\n\n\nModerators \n\n\n\nPat Perri \n\n\n\nDr. Patrick Perri received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and medical doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh with a special Concentration in Health Care to Underserved Populations\, followed by residency training in Internal Medicine-Primary Care at Massachusetts General Hospital.  After completing his residency\, Dr. Perri served as Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Assistant in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital while working as a clinician on the Street Team of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.  He currently serves as Medical Director of the Center for Inclusion Health at Allegheny Health Network and is active as a primary care clinician-educator on the faculty of the AHN Internal Medicine Residency Program.  Within the Center for Inclusion Health\, he has held leadership roles with the Street Medicine and Urban Health Outreach Teams\, Inclusion Health Inpatient Consult Service\, Medical Respite Program\, and Inclusion Health Residency Training Track.  In addition to his clinical and teaching activities\, Dr. Perri is a member of the board of directors of the Street Medicine Institute\, previously serving as chair of both the board and the International Street Medicine Symposium.  \n\n\n\nSara Doorley \n\n\n\nDr. Sara Doorley is double board-certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine and currently practices primary care and street medicine at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She completed her Internal Medicine and Social Medicine residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx\, New York\, in 2009. Since then\, she has worked with underserved and unhoused populations through programs including Santa Clara Valley Homeless Healthcare in San Jose\, California\, and Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFREE WITH RSVP\n\n\n\nVIEW CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDETAILS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors open @ 5:30pm | Program @ 6:30pm\n\n\n\nSeated / All Ages (Under 18 Must Be Accompanied By A Legal Guardian) \n\n\n\nLocation: TACAW\, 400 Robinson St\, Basalt\, CO 81621\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented By: TACAW AND ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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