A poignant PSA video titled "BREATHE" unfolds as a raw first-person short film portraying high school students grappling with the fear of legal repercussions when seeking help for a friend who has overdosed by dialing 9-1-1. The main message: resist the urge to panic or run away in this situation; call 9-1-1, stay, help, and give the victim a chance.
Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety (Film Screening)
Angst is an IndieFlix Original, documentary designed to raise awareness around anxiety. The film includes interviews with kids, teens, educators, experts, parents and a very special interview with Michael Phelps. The goal is to help people identify and understand the symptoms of anxiety and encourage them to reach out for help.
Mahwah Parent Academy: Vaping & E-Cigs Presentation
Cyber Safety Presentation
Athletic Injuries in Young Adults …and (non-opioid) Treatment Options
Dying In Vein: The Opiate Generation - Viewing & Panel Discussion
Dying in Vein is a deeply personal exploration of opiate and heroin addiction through a cinéma vérité style that drops you directly into the lives of an addict in recovery, a couple trying to get clean, a family grieving the loss of their son, and an Emergency Room Physician trying to save one patient at time. Through these stories...
Mahwah HS Community Problem Solving Team Highlights Potential Dangers of Using Prescription Meds
Social Media Dangers and It's Impact on Cyberbullying
"Girl Power" Empowerment Program
Teenage Dating Abuse - Student Assembly
MMA Town Hall Meeting: Heroin Epidemic Video Presentation
Prescription Drug and Heroin Epidemic - Education Program
A dramatic increase in overdose deaths and the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers have become an epidemic. In Mahwah, like other municipalities in New Jersey and across the nation, we are facing an urgent public health crisis in overdose deaths, and the abuse of heroin and other prescription pain killers.