Making Art at Clark Memorial Library presents -Jewelry with Ginna, Janice, and Jenny from 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15! Learn the essential tools, techniques, and components for creating wearable art.

Ginna Buchanan is a master beader and will teach a box stitch necklace. Janice Paul will explore using more alternative materials, such as hemp cord and wire. Simultaneously, Jenny Emminger will demonstrate and assist students with "piecework," assembling already-made materials into earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Supplies, instruction, and assistance are provided, and the possibilities are infinite!

Classes at the library are free and open to the public. "Jewelry with Ginna, Janice, and Jenny" is the second in a series of 15 art classes intended to engage our pre-teens and teens and funded by The Friends of Clark Memorial Library and The Arizona Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the state of Arizona and the national endowment for the Arts.

Nationally, up to 15% of calls made to 911 are for issues related to behavioral health. Law enforcement response to these calls is costly—an estimated $918M annually nationwide—and not always the most appropriate response for individuals in a crisis, leading to unnecessary incarceration and hospitalization and creating an undue burden on law enforcement, emergency departments, and hospitals. Often, individuals are not an immediate danger to themselves or others, and would be best served by mental health support, ongoing care, and connection to community resources to meet their needs. To address this overreliance on law enforcement in responding to behavioral health crises, Spectrum will leverage its experience in mobile crisis response to pilot a 911 Deflection Program in partnership with the Clarkdale Police Department.

A formal process has been developed in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies and their respective public safety answering points that is ready for immediate implementation. This includes a vetted screening process to thoroughly identify calls for service that are appropriate for 911 Deflection to a Crisis Mobile Team.