Title
An article on Amistad, a 750-member social club in Portland for people with ment
Date
4-1-1997
Volume Number
Number 49
Pages
44-56
Abstract
An article on Amistad, a 750-member social club in Portland for people with mental illnesses. It is one of a few such clubs in the country run by a board of its own members, who hire the staff, like director Peter Driscoll. In its third location, the club used to have two floors of a State St. building, but now has only one, due to cuts in state funding. Further cuts loom. Members fear the loss of the club and speak of what the social contact with their peers means for their recovery. As one visitor says, "here people with problems help people with problems."
Subjects
Amistad, Mentally ill
Recommended Citation
Lesnik, Juniper, "An article on Amistad, a 750-member social club in Portland for people with ment" (1997). Maine News Index – Salt. 297.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_salt/297
Source
Salt