From NAMI National
New Announcements
1. NAMIWalks - Accepting Applications for New WALK Sites in 2010
2. NAMIWalks - Exploding Across America, Raising Community Awareness
Repeated Announcements
3. NAMI Convention Newsletter - 30th Anniversary Convention in San Francisco
4. NAMI Releases Guide to Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
5. March 20th Children's Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth
6. March Adult "Ask the Doctor" Call with Guest Dr. Larry Davidson
7. New Outreach Initiative Toolkit and Implementation Grants Available
8. NAMI Elections - Call for Candidates, Resolutions and Bylaws Amendments!
9. Join HOUSE in celebrating NAMI!
NAMI Education and Program Information
New Announcements
10. The 2009 Family-to-Family Hall of Fame
Deadlines and Dates to Remember
1. NAMIWalks - Accepting Applications for New WALK Sites in 2010
NAMIWalks is now accepting applications for affiliate and state organizations that wish to join the 80 current franchised WALK sites participating in the program.
For the new WALK application click here.
Applications will be accepted now through July 1, 2009.
Apply now and join the fun!
In the 6 years since its inception, NAMIWalks for the Mind of America has become the largest national mental health awareness event and one of the fastest growing programs of it kind. More than 250,000 walkers have participated, raising nearly $30 million to fund state and local NAMI advocacy, education and support programs. To find the NAMIWalk nearest you, visit the NAMIWalks web site.
2. NAMIWalks - Exploding Across America, Raising Community Awareness
As NAMIWalks for the Mind of America enters its 7th year with 80 Walks and a goal of $8.5 million, 2009 will be the biggest and best year ever for the nation's premier mental health public awareness campaign.
Beginning in a few weeks with 2009's first Walks in Tempe and Tucson and continuing until November, it is expected that more than 100,000 walkers and NAMI supporters will participate this year in one of the fastest growing Walk programs in the country. With the addition of new Walks in Tallahassee, Denver, Flagstaff, Ft. Worth and Ft. Wayne, this year more than 450 affiliates across the country will receive funding by participating in NAMIWalks program. This growth in resources will help family and consumer advocates provide education, advocacy and support programs at a time when NAMI is needed more than ever before.
If you are reading this and are near one of the 80 NAMIWalks being organized for 2009, get connected and join the fun!
In the 6 years since its inception, NAMIWalks for the Mind of America has become the largest national mental health awareness event and one of the fastest growing programs of it kind. More than 250,000 walkers have participated, raising nearly $30 million to fund state and local NAMI advocacy, education and support programs. To find the NAMIWalk nearest you, visit the NAMIWalks web site.
3. NAMI Convention Newsletter - 30th Anniversary Convention in San Francisco
We are excited about the upcoming 30th Anniversary Convention to be held July 6-9, 2009 in San Francisco.
Our monthly convention e-newsletters are full of exciting program details about the upcoming convention.
Click here to view the latest e-newsletter.
Please share this newsletter with your members and colleagues.
Airlines are offering some great airfare sales for early bookings to San Francisco so we strongly recommend planning your travel now.
And don't forget, Super Saver registration discounts are available until March 31 for early convention registrants.
A complete program schedule can also be found on the convention web site.
See you in San Francisco!
In order to receive the convention newsletter regularly we encourage you to sign up for it on our website. To do so, simply follow these instructions:
- Log in (or register) to your account on the NAMI web site
- Select "mySubscriptions" from the tabs underneath the "myNAMI" graphic
- Check the box next to "Receive General Updates From NAMI" (It should be the first option)
- Click "Save Changes" at the bottom of the page
4. NAMI Releases Guide to Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
NAMI has published a guide titled, Supporting Schools and Communities in Breaking the Prison Pipeline: A Guide to Emerging and Promising Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth, to help inform advocates about existing crisis intervention programs for youth and what they can do to promote and implement such programs in their states and communities.
To download a copy of the guide, please visit NAMI's Child and Adolescent Action Center (CAAC) or NAMI's CIT Resource Center. Advocacy fact sheets are being developed to accompany the guide and will be posted online soon as well.
For more information about NAMI's work on crisis intervention programs for youth, please contact Dana Markey, Program Coordinator, CAAC, or Laura Usher, CIT Coordinator.
5. March 20th Children's Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth
Save the Date: Friday, March 20th, 2009, from 11:00a.m. to 12:30p.m. E.T.
Topic: Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
We are very pleased to have special guests, Keri Fitzpatrick, Colorado Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) Manager, Colorado Regional Community Policing Institute (CRCPI), and Sandy Sayre, Director, CRCPI, with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's Medical Director and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, to discuss crisis intervention programs for youth during the March Children's Conference Call.
Ms. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Sayre manage Colorado's Children in Crisis program, a regionally?based crisis intervention program designed to divert youth with mental illness from the juvenile justice system by using appropriate crisis intervention responses and services. It has been successfully used within school and community settings.
Children in Crisis is one of three programs highlighted in NAMI's new guide, Supporting Schools and Communities in Breaking the Prison Pipeline: A Guide to Emerging and Promising Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth. To download the guide for the conference call, please visit NAMI's Child and Adolescent Action Center website.
Friday children's conference calls with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's Medical Director and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, take place on the third Friday of every month. The calls are toll free and are scheduled from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. E.T. To access the toll-free call, please dial 1-888-858-6021; access number 309918#. We hope that you will join us!
6. March Adult "Ask the Doctor" Call with Guest Dr. Larry Davidson
Save the Date: Friday March 27th
Please join us for our monthly adult issues conference call with NAMI's Medical Director Dr. Ken Duckworth, and guest Dr. Larry Davidson. Dr. Davidson is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Program for Recovery and Community Health at Yale University. His three major areas of research focus have been: understanding processes of recovery in psychosis; developing and evaluating community-based and psychosocial interventions to promote recovery, and; designing and analyzing policies to foster community integration among people with psychosis. During the call, he will discuss the topic, "Recovery is Happening Everyday."
The call is toll free and scheduled from 11-12:30 Eastern Time on Friday, March 27th. To access the call, please dial 1-888-858-6021; access number 309918. This call can be made from any phone.
If you have any questions, please contact Bianca Ruffin.
7. New Outreach Initiative Toolkit and Implementation Grants Available
NAMI National is pleased to announce the availability of Sharing Hope: Understanding Mental Health, a toolkit for outreach and education to African American congregations. This toolkit includes a practical guide to African American faith community outreach, a 60-minute scripted educational presentation for congregations, and more. Goals of this initiative are to decrease mental health stigma in this community, increase awareness of mental health recovery, and to introduce NAMI education and support programs. NAMI National is seeking applications to expand and evaluate Sharing Hope: Understanding Mental Health. NAMI National will award grants to eight NAMI State Offices or Affiliates. Each of the selected sites will receive a Sharing Hope implementation grant in the amount of $1,500 in order to cover the costs associated with the initiative. In addition to funding, grant program sites will receive technical assistance from the Multicultural Action Center, and will be able to participate in initiative updates/training conference calls.
Vist the Sharing Hope web page for more information. Click here to learn more about grant program requirements and to download the application packet. Applications are due March 30, 2009.
8. NAMI Elections - Call for Candidates, Resolutions and Bylaws Amendments!
Board Nominations are being accepted for candidates to serve on the NAMI National Board of Directors. Five candidates will be elected to the Board this year. Nominations may be made only by NAMI Affiliates and NAMI State Organizations in good standing. (To be in "good standing" Affiliates must have submitted their membership and paid dues at least 90 days prior to the Convention.) Affiliates and State Organizations may nominate no more than one individual each. Nominations must be on Affiliate/State letterhead and forwarded to the NAMI national office no later than April 9, 2009 (90 days prior to the NAMI annual meeting). Board nominees must be NAMI members.
Address Nominations to:
NAMI Elections 2009
2107 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 300
Arlington, VA 22201-3042
Nominations via e-mail may be submitted to governance@nami.org. Electronic nominations must also be submitted on Affiliate/State letterhead.
Bylaws amendment proposals and resolutions for consideration at the 2009 NAMI Annual Convention in San Francisco, must be sent to the NAMI office at the above address by return-receipt mail, postmarked no later than April 9, 2009 Proposed amendments to the NAMI National Bylaws must be submitted in amendment form.
For complete election information please, click here. After April 15, this site will also include: - candidate information (personal statement, letter of nomination, and answers to questions of importance to NAMI)
- bylaws proposals
- proposed resolutions
Questions? Contact governance@nami.org.
9. Join HOUSE in celebrating NAMI!
In recognition of the 100th episode of the FOX-TV running series HOUSE, cast and producers are celebrating NAMI as a charity of choice. Buy a "Normal's Overrated" t-shirt and support NAMI while showing the world that you appreciate HOUSE. Click here to order.
10. The 2009 Family-to-Family Hall of Fame
It is time to nominate Family-to-Family teachers who have taught 10 or more classes and also teachers who have taught 20+ classes. Teachers in attendance at the NAMI Convention in San Francisco will be honored at the Education reception. All teachers will receive a Family-to-Family Hall of Fame certificate. The nomination must come to us from the state Family-to-Family program director or executive director. We are also taking nominations for Family-to-Family trainers who have led 10 or more Family-to-Family teacher training sessions. The deadline to receive nominations is May 30. Send nominations to Lynne Saunders including mailing address, phone number, and an e-mail address if available.
Deadlines and Dates to Remember
- March 30 - Sharing Hope Grant Application Deadline
- March 31 - NAMI Convention Super Saver Registration Deadline
- April 9 - NAMI Elections: Call for Candidates, Resolutions and Bylaws Amendments Deadline
- May 30 - Family-to-Family Hall of Fame Application Deadline
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