Weekly News & Events
December 13th, 2017
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Call for Film Contest Judges!
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Do you want to help student filmmakers raise mental health awareness? Become an official
Directing Change Program & Film Contest
judge to help in categories including suicide prevention and mental health.
The deadline is
February 1, 2018.
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Mental Health Check In with Loved Ones
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This holiday season, our partner
Each Mind Matters
encourages everyone to check in with loved ones on their mental health. Check out their tips that can help create meaningful conversation with a family member or friend experiencing a mental health challenge.
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Meet the New NAMI California Staff!
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Thao Duong (pronounced tau yoong) is the new
Diverse Program Coordinator
at NAMI CA. Born in Fargo, North Dakota to refugee Vietnamese parents, she moved to Sacramento, California at a young age. During her undergraduate years, Thao studied both psychology and economics at the University of California, Davis, where she found her passion learning about mental health and working with diverse communities. Her background includes working with the Asian and Pacific Islander community, LGBTQIA+ community, folks on the autism spectrum, and gender equity work. Excited about NAMI, Thao is hopeful that she can fulfill NAMI's mission, provide for all folks, and bring hope and care to people through California.
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A reminder that NAMI California offices will be closed from Monday, December 18th, 2017 through Monday, January 1st, 2018. Voicemails and emails will be answered the week staff returns, starting January 2nd, 2018. Thank you for your understanding and on behalf of all of us, Happy Holidays!
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MHSOAC Updates: New Report, Meetings & Job Openings
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MHSOAC has two more meetings before the end of the year:
Friday, December 15th, 2017 at 10:00am
MHSOAC Darrell Steinberg Conference Room
1325 J Street, Suite 1700 Sacramento, CA, 95814
Other Public Locations:
2000 Embarcadero Cove, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94606
300 N. San Antonio Rd., Bldg. 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Friday, December 15th, 2017 at 11:00am
Darrell Steinberg Conference Room
1325 J Street, Suite 1700 Sacramento, CA, 95814
Other Public Locations:
2000 Embarcadero Cove, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94606
300 N. San Antonio Road, Building. 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
891 Volunteer Lane, Sacramento, CA 95827
14305 E. Morgan Street, Baldwin Park, CA 91706
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400th County Joins the Stepping Up Initiative
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Each year, an estimated 2 million people with serious mental illnesses are admitted to jails across the nation. Jails are now housing more people with mental illnesses than psychiatric hospitals. The
Stepping Up Initiative
is a national movement to help keep people with mental illness out of jail and on the path to recovery.
26 California counties
have joined the Stepping Up Initiative, and with the 400th county added, Stepping Up counties now comprise 13 percent of all U.S. counties. Want your county to be on the list? Download a
template resolution
and submit signed resolutions to Stepping Up at
info@stepuptogether.org
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Seven Weeks Left of Open Enrollment
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California’s official health insurance marketplace to shop for, compare, and enroll in health insurance is open through January 31st, 2018. Enroll by Friday, December 15th, to get your coverage starting January 1st.
Four out of five of those who have enrolled in Covered CA have qualified for financial help. Help us spread the word until every single member of our community is covered, for the sake of their physical and mental health!
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LAST DAY to save on Super Early Bird Registration!
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The 2018 NAMI California Annual Conference will take place June 1 - 2 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey, California. TODAY is the last day to save via our extension of the Super Early Bird pricing. Register now!
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Looking for trainings & news for affiliates?
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We're refining our weekly newsletters so that you get the content that matters to you most. If you are a member who still wishes to receive NAMI training info and other events exclusively for our affiliates, simply reply to this email that you wish to be added to the affiliate newsletter list. In the meantime, check out our
tentative training schedule.
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We welcome your submissions for the NAMI California monthly and weekly newsletters! We would like to recognize our affiliates, NAMI members, calls-to-action, and special events across the state that highlight the best of what's happening in California mental health advocacy. Please keep the length of your submission to 250 words or less, and include a contact name, email and phone number in case we need to reach you for more information. We love photos, so please send a picture if you have one! We regret that we cannot publish all submissions, and we reserve the right to edit all content.
Email your submissions to NAMI California Communications Coordinator Shireen Dada Whitaker at
Shireen@namica.org
. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you!
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Send Program Inquiries To:
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NAMI California Office: (916) 567-0163
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If you have something you'd like to see in the newsletter or want to send us a compliment, send us an email at
nami.california@namica.org
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