 NAMI National Friday Facts **June 6, 2006** NAMI’s Annual Convention: Information, Programs, and Election News 1. Getting a Jump Start on Mental Illness Awareness Week 2. Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic 3. Celebrate NAMI! 4. NAMI 2006 Elections 5. 2006 Elections Deadline NAMI Education and Program Information 6. NAMI Board Adds Borderline Personality Disorder and Post Traumatic 7. Consumer and Family Member Scholarships Available for Upcoming 8. Line-Up of Friday Conference Call Series with Dr. Ken Duckworth, 9. NAMI – C.A.R.E. Facilitators Needed at Convention 10. In Our Own Voice Grants now Available Beyond NAMI 11. National Media 12. NIMH Outreach Partner Solicitation Deadlines and Dates to Remember NAMI’s Annual Convention Information, Programs, and Election News 1. Getting a Jump Start on Mental Illness Awareness Week It’s not too early to begin planning events and activities for Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 1-7, and Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day occurring on Thursday, October 5. This year’s theme, Building Community, Taking Action, allows us all to join together in our communities across America to confront injustice, denounce stigma and work together to build on the vision found in NAMI’s landmark “Grading of the States” report. With the support of Abbott Laboratories, NAMI has prepared a toolkit and accompanying posters, facts sheets on mental illness and bipolar disorder, an activity guide, and other resources to help you plan for MIAW and BDAD 2006. The toolkits will be mailed to all NAMI State and Local Affiliate organizations by June 19, reaching our grassroots leaders prior to NAMI’s National Convention, June 26 – July 2, in Washington D.C. In addition, the contents of the toolkit and other resources are now available on NAMI’s website, by clicking on www.nami.org/miaw. On June 26, NAMI’s annual Leadership Institute at Convention will include two technical assistance sessions that will give grassroots leaders excellent information on planning and publicizing MIAW and BDAD: Bringing Mental Illness Awareness Week and Bipolar Disorder Awareness to Your Community; and Working with the Media. Also look for more information in a future issue of Friday Facts on three teleconferences we will offer from the Center for Leadership Development on MIAW and BDAD. We hope you will participate in all of these events! If you have any questions, please contact miaw@.... 2. Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic NAMI’s Multicultural Action Center (MAC) will host the Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit on June 28 to July 2 as part of NAMI's 2006 Annual Convention. The Summit will bring together multicultural mental health leaders from across the nation to address the lack of access to care and the disparities in treatment faced by multicultural communities. The Summit will feature policy and research briefings, plenary sessions and program tracks to address issues specific to African American, American Indian, Asian American and Latino/Hispanic communities. Nationally recognized consumer and family advocates, researchers, policymakers and providers will work together to offer a vision for change. For more information contact us at MACenter@... or visit www.nami.org/summit. 3. CELEBRATE NAMI! Do you have a favorite NAMI hat or placard? Got a great Walk team T-shirt? Love your NAMI tie? Wear your NAMI gear and come strut your NAMI stuff at “A Celebration of the NAMI Movement” – NAMI’s annual business meeting at Convention, Saturday June 30 at 10:15 a.m. in the International Ballroom. Join us in honoring our outstanding local and state leaders, welcoming our new national Board members, and celebrating all that NAMI has accomplished in the last year. See you there! 4. NAMI 2006 Elections Congratulations to our 2006 NAMI National Board candidates! The following NAMI leaders have been nominated for the five slots up for election on the National Board of Directors: Don Muller (nominated by NAMI Utah) For information about the election, proposed bylaws changes and the Board candidates (including their letters of nomination, photographs, and answers to five questions on the most pressing issues facing NAMI), visit www.nami.org/voting. 5. 2006 Elections Deadline This is a reminder to all eligible State Organizations and Local Affiliates that the Absentee Ballots and Elections Credential Forms are due to NAMI national by Monday June 26, 2006. Any questions regarding the voting process may be directed to Linda Beamer at (703) 516-7991 or linda@.... Elections Credential Forms may be faxed to Linda Beamer at (703) 524-9094. Absentee Ballots must be submitted by mail to: FAXED BALLOTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED NAMI Education and Program Information 6. NAMI Board Adds Borderline Personality Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to List of “Priority Populations” After careful review, the NAMI National Board of Directors moved to expand NAMI’s list of “priority populations” to include two additional illnesses – borderline personality disorder and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Board wrote in its Public Policy Platform, these disorders represent “major mental disorders that current scientific data and consensus conclude are identifiable, disabling medical illnesses, with significant biological underpinnings, and requiring treatment.” For more information on these illnesses, visit www.nami.org and look for related sessions at the upcoming Convention. 7. Consumer and Family Member Scholarships Available for Upcoming CIT National Conference We are pleased to announce that scholarship opportunities are available for consumers and family members to attend the Second Annual Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Convention in More information about these scholarships and how to apply will be posted on the NAMI website by June 16, 2006. If you have further inquires, please contact Bonnie Sultan, The CIT Technical Center Cooridinator at Bonnies@.... 8. Line-Up of Friday Conference Call Series with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s Medical Director Friday, June 16: Self-Injurious Behavior Among Teens – What is a Parent to Do? Featuring Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s Medical Director. Friday, July 21: Recent Class Action Legal Victories in Children’s Mental Health and How NAMI Leaders Can More Effectively Work with Their State Protection and Advocacy Lawyers. With special guests – All calls are scheduled from 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access all three toll-free calls, dial 888-858-6021; access code: 309918. We hope that you can join us for these important topics and a great discussion! 9. NAMI-C.A.R.E. Facilitators Needed at Convention The NAMI Education, Training and 10. In Our Own Voice Grants Now Available NAMI is pleased to announce three new In Our Own Voice (IOOV) grants now available to state organizations and local affiliates that show a commitment to sustain and expand IOOV in their states. This request for proposals facilitates a selection of six sites. Grant applications are due on or before June 15th. You can learn more about the Grants, by visiting the NAMI website. Beyond NAMI 11. National Media A national newspaper is interested in interviewing a family with a child (or children), under the age of 15, about issues encountered with medication, especially children who take multiple medications. If you are interested in participating, please submit a short summary of your story, including age of the child, city, state and contact information (including daytime phone number) to storybank@... . Due to the volume of submissions received, NAMI cannot reply to all submissions. However, NAMI will review them and maintain confidentiality until further authorization is granted to share names and contact information. Interviews will be set up by the National Office and not shared with reporters unless given verbal permission. Please contact Alexis O'Brien at alexiso@... for further information. 12. NIMH Outreach Partner Solicitation The Outreach Partnership Program website has posted a notice providing information about the upcoming solicitation for new Partners. On June 5, the NIMH will invite applicants to submit proposals for becoming an NIMH Outreach Partner from the following states: Proposals will be due at NIMH on August 7, 2006. They have established the following dedicated e-mail account to handle inquiries related to the solicitation: partnerssfpnimh@.... To be as fair as possible, they cannot respond to phone inquiries about the competition. Please forward inquires related to the competition to this e-mail address. All questions and their responses will be posted on the Program's website on July 10, 2006. Outreach Partners will be selected by the end of 2006. For more information, see the NIMH website. Deadlines and Dates to Remember - June 16: Friday Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth. Topic: Self-Injurious Behavior Among Teens – What is a Parent to Do? 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access toll-free call, dial 888-585-6021; access code: 309918 - June 26: Final day for absentee voting and credentials submission - June 28-July 2, 2006: NAMI's 2006 Annual Convention at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. - June 28-July 22: NAMI’s Multicultural Action Center (MAC) will host the Eliminating Disparities: Multicultural Strategic Summit as part of NAMI's 2006 Convention. - July 21: Friday Conference Call with Dr. Ken Duckworth. Topic: Recent Class Action Legal Victories in Children’s Mental Health and How NAMI Leaders Can More Effectively Work with Their State Protection and Advocacy Lawyers. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To access toll-free call, dial 888-858-6021; access code: 309918. - September 25-27: Second Annual CIT Conference. For information e-mail bonnies@.... - October 1-7: Mental Illness Awareness Week, Building Communities, Taking Action. - October 5: Bipolar Disorder Awareness Day - November 10-12: NAMI’s 2006 Fall Leadership Conference, St. Louis, MO.
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