Dear NAMI Washtenaw County friends, Since the suspension of our educational programs and support groups, NAMI WC staff, volunteers, and board members have been working hard to transition our offline programs to online platforms. We’re pleased to share that some of our programs will be available online within the next two weeks. However, some ofContinue reading Update Regarding Educational Programs and Support Group Status
Dear NAMI Washtenaw County friends: The health and safety of our participants, volunteers, staff, and community is our number one priority. Accordingly, we have been closely monitoring information and developments regarding the Covid-19 coronavirus. Based on extensive consideration of current public health recommendations and programming options, we have made the very difficult decision to suspendContinue reading A Letter From the NAMI WC Executive Director Regarding Educational Programs & Support Groups
As last-minute preparations were underway for the 2020 Advocacy Gala, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Washtenaw County was recognized on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for the group’s lasting commitment to supporting mental health in the community. “It was entered into the Congressional Record” on Feb. 21, 2020, said U.S.Continue reading U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell Recognizes NAMI Washtenaw County in Congressional Commendation
Advocacy for the concerns of ordinary people is a theme that runs throughout the college and professional career of Dr. Abdul El Sayed. Physician, epidemiologist, public health expert and activist, Dr. El Sayed is now a resident fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics and will be the keynote speaker at NAMI Washtenaw’sContinue reading A Conversation With Dr. Abdul El Sayed
Kathleen Alfonso Kathleenalfonso.com Artist Statement I am happy to be a showing my artwork and organizing this part of the NAMI Gala. I have been volunteering with NAMI as an artist on last year’s Gala and as a Peer to Peer Support Group leader. I live with BipolarContinue reading Local Artists Featured for Gala Silent Auction
NOVEMBER 2019 BY MARK CREEKMORE More peers than ever are being used in health and mental health services. Mental health peers are people who have experienced mental health conditions and want to use their experience to help others. Peers are used most to help with complex, chronic conditions, like serious mental illness, substance use disorders,Continue reading From the Board
July 2019 Editor’s Note: This column, a Q & A, is taken from an interview I conducted with Pat Root, now president of NAMI Washtenaw County. LM: Tell me about how and when you first came to NAMI Washtenaw County. PR: I came to NAMI six or seven years ago. I was a client atContinue reading From the Board
APRIL 2019 BY LOIS MAHARG In a few hours I’ll teach my first NAMI class, Family-to-Family. Teaching is not new to me. For 15 years I worked as an ESL instructor, helping adult immigrants and refugees learn English. What IS new for me is the course content: family and caregiver-related aspects of mental health conditionsContinue reading From the Board
FEBRUARY 2019 BY TYRONE KELSEY NAMI Washtenaw County will be celebrating its 35th anniversary this year! Wow. When you consider how far we’ve come over those years, you see the power of grassroots efforts. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, emerged through the passionate and highly motivating experiences of men and women impacted byContinue reading From the Board
DECEMBER 2018 BY TYRONE KELSEY Hello, NAMI Washtenaw County! First of all, I’d just like to let you all know that the enormity of being elected president of this organization has brought mixed emotions. On the one hand I’m sobered by the scale and interdependencies of all the connected pieces and parts of what weContinue reading From the Board
