The Building Our Lives Drug-free (BOLD) Coalition held its second Town Hall Meeting at Bristol Community College's Jackson Arts Auditorium on March 23, 2010. The event focused on the issue of under-age drinking and featured a performance by the Improbable Players of Boston in which commonly held perceptions of alcoholics were portrayed as well as dramatic presentations of people coming to the awareness of their need for treatment. The dramatic presentation was followed by a panel composed of Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter, Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan, Stanley Street Treatment and Resources executive director Nancy Paull, and Emmanuel, in addition to the players, Chris and Adam. The event was sponsored by BOLD as part of its effort to address the problem of underage drinking in the Greater Fall River Area. For more information about the campaign, contact BOLD Coalition director Karen Fischer at 508-324-3537.

(Top row, left) Building Our Lives Drug-free (BOLD) Coalition vice-chairperson Jasiel Correia II welcomes the audience to the presentation in the auditorium of the Jackson Arts Center. (Top row, center and right) Improbable Players Chris and Adam, both recovering alcoholics themselves, portray the many faces of alcoholism. (Middle row, left) Chris portrays a wife confronting her alcoholism as her husband, played by Adam, tries to persuade her to seek treatment. (Bottom row) Stanley Street Treatment and Resources executive director Nancy Paull, recovering alcoholic Emmanuel, Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan, and Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter react to the presentation and offer their perspective on the problem of underage drinking and associated problems.