NAMI Ending the Silence
Today is the first day of 2015. I'm bundled under covers in my bed typing on my laptop. My husband brought me cornflakes and coffee, so he could watch The Omen downstairs in [...]
NIMH Outreach Connection: December 2014
Read the Latest Outreach Connection from NIMH National Institute of Mental Health sent this bulletin at 12/23/2014 02:41 PM EST Having trouble viewing this post? View it as a Web page. GREETINGS NIMH [...]
NAMI Advocacy Update: December 2014
December 19, 2014 email entitled NAMI Advocacy Update: December 2014 Congressional Budget Bill a Mixed Bag This past weekend Congress passed the “Continuing Resolution – Omnibus” spending bill (HR 83) for the remaining months [...]
Effective Online Advocacy
WEGO Health slide show prepared by Amanda: A Health Activist's Guide to Effective Online Advocacy [slideshare id=8114054&doc=ahealthactivistsguideto-110526114149-phpapp01] Text transcript for those who cannot see the slides: A Health Activist's Guide to... Effective Online Advocacy! Tips [...]
The Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act
Received this call to action from NAMI yesterday: Help Support Suicide Prevention for Our Military and Veteran Heroes “This is an opportunity for the NAMI community to make a difference for the 22 [...]
Review: An American’s Resurrection
An American's Resurrection: My Pilgrimage from Child Abuse and Mental Illness to Salvation by Eric C Arauz My rating: 5 of 5 stars On November 9, 2014, I had the pleasure of hearing [...]
Choices, Choices
Peering over my glasses as I ponder my choices Okay, so maybe this isn’t the proper forum to be weighing pros and cons of volunteer opportunities. So far I’ve shadowed two [...]
In Our Own Voice Interview
This week I'm feeling much better than I was on Friday and over the weekend. Spending so many days in bed or slouched on the couch did a number on my lower back [...]
Get Out and Vote
[voterinfotool] For those who do not receive NAMI's Advocacy Update, here is their email dated 10/27/14 verbatim (just copied and pasted) just in time for the US elections, the Affordable Care Act's HealthCare.gov [...]
More Hearing Advocacy Training
Friday I shadowed another Mental Health Association (MHA) of Orange County Hearing Advocate at two different hospital psych wards, one in Orange and the other in Santa Ana. Neither hospital was as nice as [...]