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What is NAMI?
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation's voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
NAMI of Kalamazoo, MI - is a non-profit self-help and advocacy group. We serve Kalamazoo and the surrounding counties including Calhoun, Allegan, St. Joe, and Cass.
What Do We Do at NAMI-Kalamazoo?
NAMI members provide support, education, and advocacy for consumers, their friends, and their families during all phases of their mental illness journey.
Meeting Schedule
NAMI of Kalamazoo now holds 1 meeting each month for members, friends and advocates to attend. This is the Board meeting, which is held on the first Thursday of most every month. All meetings listed are held at Pathways located at 119 West Vine St. (map). The meetings start at 6:30 pm.
Every Wednesday, Schizophrenics Anonymous, Open to Public; 6:00 pm
Current NewsNAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation's voice on mental illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
NAMI of Kalamazoo, MI - is a non-profit self-help and advocacy group. We serve Kalamazoo and the surrounding counties including Calhoun, Allegan, St. Joe, and Cass.
What Do We Do at NAMI-Kalamazoo?
NAMI members provide support, education, and advocacy for consumers, their friends, and their families during all phases of their mental illness journey.
Meeting Schedule
NAMI of Kalamazoo now holds 1 meeting each month for members, friends and advocates to attend. This is the Board meeting, which is held on the first Thursday of most every month. All meetings listed are held at Pathways located at 119 West Vine St. (map). The meetings start at 6:30 pm.
Every Wednesday, Schizophrenics Anonymous, Open to Public; 6:00 pm
Dates To Remember
April 24 & 25, 2010 - brief conference summary is below:
The theme is 'Finding Truth, Fighting Fear, Fulfilling Lives'
The NAMI Michigan Annual Conference will be held at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 24 & 25, 2010. Steve Lopez — author of, The Soloist — is the lunch speaker on Saturday. Lopez has been a columnist for the Los Angeles Times since 2001. He has also written for Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated. Lopez wrote a series of columns about his relationship with a cello player diagnosed with schizophrenia named Nathanial Ayers. This series inspired the film The Soloist, which stars Robert Downey Jr. as Lopez. There will be informational sessions covering the Recovery from Mental Illness or for persons in Recovery, Family education and support, affiliate advancement and the development of a Crisis Intervention approach. The conference will include CE's for Social Workers. (Click Here For Registration Form)
A MUST READ. The linked report summarizes the results of 3 years work (or no work) on the Governor Granholm Mental Health Commission recommendations. Read what little has been done to improve the system in MI. (Click Here To Review)
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