8 September, 2023
"The event below originally scheduled for Monday, Sept 11th is postponed to a date TBA"
The Hopkinton Public Library would like to invite community members to attend an evening with Dr. Jim O'Connell, the doctor at the heart of Tracy Kidders' book "Rough Sleepers."
"Rough Sleepers," a New York Times bestseller, is the powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community.
During the event, Dr. O'Connell will speak on his experiences as outlined in Kidders' book, including his major role as the founding physician of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and 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 has been featured on ABC’s Nightline and in the feature-length documentary Give Me a Shot of Anything. He has received numerous awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award in 2012 and the Trustees’ Medal at the bicentennial celebration of Massachusetts General Hospital 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. His book "Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor" was published in 2015 in celebration of BHCHP’s 30th anniversary. Dr. O’Connell is president of BHCHP and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Those who would like to attend the event can register at link below.
https://hopkintonlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/rough-sleepers…
