Multicultural Networking Recorded Conference Call

Dear Multicultural Networking Group members,

Thank you to those who joined our conference call with guest speaker Mary Giliberti, NAMI’s Executive Director. As she pointed out, this was just the beginning of what she hopes is an ongoing conversation.

As Mary continues to listen and identify NAMI priorities and opportunities, please keep on sharing your thoughts on how to become a more inclusive and diverse organization at all levels. We welcome your comments particularly around the 5 areas that are of special interest to her right now:

§  What NAMI is doing well to reach and attend the needs of diverse communities.

§  What NAMI needs to do or improve on this area.

§  Trends affecting diverse communities that we need to be aware of to be ahead of the curve.

§  Fundraising opportunities. Outreach and implementation partnerships.

§  Best ways to communicate with and reach your community.

To listen to the recording*:

1.     Click on the link below or paste the entire URL into your browser:

http://www2.teleconferencingcenter.com/moderator/presentation/Playback?id=e23befed-a259-4640-8f53-04df5feeeb1b.rpm

2.      At the prompt, enter your name and email address.

3.      Choose your player.

4.      Click Listen.

*Actual call length is 60 minutes.

Thank you for your commitment and for all the work you do!

Respectfully submitted (03/27/14) by Lynda Cortes, program manager, NAMI Multicultural Action Center   

National Announcement - Family Support Group Trainers and Facilitators - March 20, 2014

Dear NAMI Family Support Group Trainers and Facilitators:

Thank you to those who participated in the very productive call last Thursday. We had almost 100 participants, many of whom shared a lot of valuable group wisdom on the do’s and don’ts of NAMI Family Support Group and how to avoid facilitator burnout.

Program Announcements:

·        The next Facilitator and Trainer call will be held on April 10^th at 3 pm ET. If you have a program question you would like addressed by the group the call please send me an email with your question/topic of interest.

·        2014 Facilitator and Trainer manual (and facilitator guide) updates are now available for download on the FSG program intranet.

·        Pre-registration is now open for Training of Trainers in Washington D.C. in June. If you are interested in becoming a State Trainer, the first step is to contact your NAMI State Office. For more detailed information on this training opportunity, please follow this link: www.nami.org/ttinfo

·        If you haven’t visited the FSG program intranet page already, please check it out! There are a number of resources for FSG Facilitators, Trainers, and Coordinators: www.nami.org/FSG/intranet . Here you will find the problem-solving module, a personalizable marketing flyer, 2014 manual page updates, and much more!   

The call recording is posted on the Recorded Webinars/Conference Calls section of our Education Helpdesk under the “NAMI Family Support Group” header. Thank you and please feel to reach out to Maria Cruz, mcruz@nami.org, or myself with questions/comments.

Best Regards,

Julie

Julie Erickson

Program Manager

NAMI Family Support Group & NAMI In Our Own Voice

NAMI Education, Training and Peer Support Center

Phone: 703-516-7987

jerickson@nami.org

Sharing your story - media opportunity

From: Emily Cepla [mailto:ecepla@nami.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:41 AM
To: caac
Subject: MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES: Help Needed

                            

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:  Help Needed

NAMI has received several new requests from national reporters looking for personal stories. They want to talk with individuals or families about bad experiences with barriers or gaps in the mental health care system---and stories in which a person finally got help and what made the difference.

In general, requests involve:

·       Families

·       Children, teens or young adults

·       Veterans

·       Emergency rooms and hospitals

·       Outpatient services

·       Affordability, insurance or other funding issues

·       Criminal justice issues—particularly jails

·       Homelessness; housing

·       Employment

If you are interested in possibly sharing a story, please send a short summary to yourstory@nami.org. Please include your age, city, and state and telephone contact information.

·       NAMI may not be able to acknowledge every submission, but every story will be considered

·       Submitting a story does not commit you to being interviewed by the news media

·       Names and contact information will not be shared with any reporter until NAMI contacts you first and you give permission

·       Ultimately, it’s a reporter’s decision whether to contact a person for an interview. If an interview does not result, NAMI will still keep your story for other opportunities.

Please let us know if you are interested in telling your story to the news media. Please also forward this appeal to anyone else who might be interested.  Many thanks for your help!

Bob Carolla

Director of Media Relations

National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI)

3803 North Fairfax Drive

Arlington, VA 22205

(703) 516-7963

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Emily Cepla, MPH

Program Manager, Child and Adolescent Action Center

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

3803 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100

Arlington, VA 22203

Direct Line: (703) 600-1107

ecepla@nami.org

www.nami.org

Statewide Family Network Technical Assistance Center

www.policyresearchinc.org/fcnhome

www.nami.org/itstime

Multicultural Networking Group Conference Call

As received from NAMI National.

You can also belong to this group by contact Lynda Cortes at  lcortes@nami.org

Dear Multicultural Networking Group members,

Thank you to all of those who confirmed availability and provided input for our March 26 call with NAMI’s new Executive Director, Mary Giliberti.

Below are the four priority topics we will discuss based on the rankings you provided:

1.     Overall strategic vision to make NAMI more diverse and inclusive.

2.     Cultural adaptation and translation of education and support group programs.

3.     NAMI's diversity and inclusion priorities.

4.     Need for additional support for multicultural leaders and efforts at the local level.

While we had planned to schedule brief comments from group representatives, survey results showed that this was not the best use of your time.

Next Steps:

·        Please submit via email questions you may have related to each of these topic areas. Note that we are looking for very concrete and specific questions related to diversity and inclusion issues. The more specific we are the better answers we can expect to receive.

·        We will share your questions with Mary in advance so that she can plan how to better address as many as possible during the call.

Agenda:

1.     Introduction and housekeeping.

2.     Mary’s opening remarks (overall plan and vision).

3.     Q & A based on questions sent before the day of the call around each of the identified priority areas:

·        Overall strategic vision to make NAMI more diverse and inclusive.

·        Cultural adaptation and translation of education and support group programs.

·        NAMI's diversity and inclusion priorities.

·        Need for additional support for multicultural leaders and efforts at the local level.

4.     Lines open for additional comments and questions from the group.

Date and time:

·        Wednesday, March 26

·        3:00 p.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. CT, 1:00 p.m. MT, 12:00 p.m. PT 

Call-in information:

1-888-858-6021
Pass code 868887 then press #

Respectfully submitted (03/06/14) by Lynda Cortes, program manager, NAMI Multicultural Action Center   

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