Welcome to Volume 11 of PEOPLE FIRST, COMHAR's Agency Newsletter! If you are interested in receiving the newsletter electronically, please email a request to info@comhar.org.
People First – July 2024 Vol 11
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MURAL DEDICATION – The Path Through Connection
RESCHEDULED Check back for the new dedication date! Mural Arts Porch Light Program partnered with COMHAR to create a new mural by artist Marisol de la Garza entitled The Path Through Connection. Please join us on July 26, 2024 as we dedicate the mural in conjunction...
COMHAR Newsletter – March 2024
Welcome to Volume 10 of PEOPLE FIRST, COMHAR's Agency Newsletter! If you are interested in receiving the newsletter electronically, please email a request to info@comhar.org.
Intellectual Disabilities Month
COMHAR Celebrates Intellectual Disabilities Month Each March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), and our partners work together to create a social media campaign that highlights the many ways in which people with and...
African American Arts – A Platform for Social Justice
COMHAR Celebrates Black History Month AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS—Art as a Platform for Social Justice is the theme for Black History Month 2024. Carter G. Woodson, a historian, founded Black History month in 1926 to promote the history, culture and achievements...
People First – Vol. 9 | January 2024
Welcome to Volume 9 of PEOPLE FIRST, COMHAR's Agency Newsletter. Share in the joy our members experienced during the holiday season; learn what is happening at COMHAR; meet our tenured team members! If you are interested in receiving the newsletter electronically,...
December is AIDS AWARENESS MONTH
World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit The theme for AIDS Awareness Month is "Remember and Commit." This annual event serves as a reminder of the global struggle to end HIV-related stigma, an opportunity to honor those we have lost, and a rallying cry to commit to...
Giving Tuesday – November 28
Can We Count On You to Help Us On Our Recovery Journey? There truly are great things happening in Kensington, and COMHAR has been around for almost 50 years, positively impacting the lives of individuals in the great city of Philadelphia. In the words of a...
Giving Tuesday Is Coming Soon – November 28th
Can We Count On You to Help Us On Our Recovery Journey? There truly are great things happening in Kensington, and COMHAR has been around for almost 50 years, positively impacting the lives of individuals in the great city of Philadelphia. In the words of a proud...
COMHAR Participates in 37th Annual AIDS Walk
COMHAR participated in the 37th Annual Aids Walk on Sunday, October 15th. Joined by over 1,000 participants, COMHAR’s Community Living Room, which offers services to adults living with HIV/AIDS and a mental health diagnosis, gathered to show support for over 27,000...
A Vital Community Initiative
COMHAR Awarded Opportunity to Train Clinicians in Prolonged Exposure Therapy In a groundbreaking development for the Philadelphia community, COMHAR Outpatient Services has been awarded the prestigious opportunity to train clinicians in Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)...
August/September 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to Volume 8 of PEOPLE FIRST, COMHAR's Agency Newsletter. In this issue you will read about how the children in COMHAR's Latino Treatment Program were prepared for the first day of school; the 25th Anniversary party for the Independence House; a preview of...