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Calling 911 and Talking with Police

Please click here to visit our NAMI National article for more information. If a situation escalates into a crisis, you may have to call the police. Thankfully, there are a...

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Advocacy

Giving Tuesday – for donations to NAMI CCNS

Click to learn about how #GivingTuesday is coming to your neighborhood.  

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Advocacy

NAMI E-NEWS – 8 of Our Favorite Blogs from Buzzfeed’s Mental Health Week

Here is a list of our favorite blogs from Buzzfeed's Mental Health Week. So happy to have them on our Stigmafree team! #‎IamStigmaFree 8 of Our Favorite Blogs from Buzzfeed’s Mental...

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Advocacy

NAMI E-NEWS – A Holiday Gift From the Senate

Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill (S. 993) reauthorizing and expanding the Mentally Ill Offender and Treatment Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA). S. 993 expands the use of MIOTCRA...

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Advocacy

NAMI CCNS raises $180K for mental illness awareness

The Glenview Lantern wrote a nice paragraph about the NAMI CCNS 2015 Run and Walks event – check it out! http://www.glenviewlantern.com/nami-ccns-raises-180k-mental-illness-awareness

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Advocacy

Shameful Scapegoating of Mentally Ill – editorial by Cook County Sherriff Tom Dart

Click *here* to see the article "Shameful Scapegoating of Mentally Ill" Editorial by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart Sunday, Nov 1, 2015, Chicago Tribune, p. 23

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Advocacy

Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Halloween Episode

Link to press release: Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Stigmatizing Halloween Episode Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Halloween Episode Modern Family's Episode Stigmatizes Mental...

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Advocacy

Tell Congress To Focus On Early Intervention

Tell Congress To Focus On Early Intervention Email, call and tweet your Congressional Members today and ask them to attend a critically important briefing on the effectiveness of early intervention...

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Good News

New Mental Health Television PSAs: NAMI Launches

New Mental Health Television PSAs: NAMI Launches "Hope Starts with You" Campaign SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched "Hope Starts with...

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Advocacy

HuffPost What’s Working Honor Roll: Some States Are Giving Mentally Ill Offenders An Alternative To Prison, With Promising Results

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/whats-working-prisoners-mentally-ill-mental-health-courts_n_7032574.html The Huffington Post  |  By Catherine Taibi Posted: 04/09/2015 12:30 pm EDT Updated: 04/10/2015 8:59 am EDT As journalists, we dutifully report on what's going wrong, from scandals and corruption to natural disasters and social problems. But far too often the media fails to show the whole picture, neglecting to tell the stories of what is working. From scientific breakthroughs to successful crime-reduction initiatives, the What’s Working Honor Roll highlights some of the best reporting and analysis, from a range of media outlets, on all the ways people are working toward solutions to some of our greatest challenges. ...

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NAMI Class

WRAP Class is Coming to Crystal Lake – Wellness Recovery Action Plan

WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – In Crystal Lake, starting June 13 or June 15 Create your personalized self-management tool for wellness and recovery Free 8-week WRAP Class offered by NAMI-McHenry...

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Education Meeting

2016 NAMI CCNS Mental Health Reform Illinois April 25

*Click on the graphic below for a downloadable PDF *

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