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ABOUT US 

Mission Statement and History

NAMI Dallas, Inc. is a grassroots family and consumer self-help organization dedicated "to relieve the effects of severe mental illness known as biological brain diseases on individuals, family members, and society through support, education, advocacy and research."

NAMI Dallas was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in Texas in 1982.  It is a 501-c-3 tax-deductible charitable organization.  NAMI Dallas is an affiiliate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), a national grassroots organization founded in 1979 by a group of parents in Wisconsin.  NAMI Dallas is also an affiliate of NAMI Texas.

Summary of Programs and Services

NAMI Dallas provides a number of programs and services to persons in the Dallas metropolitan area, including:

• Support Groups
• Education programs (Family to Family, With Hope in Mind, and Visions for Tomorrow
• Information and referral
• Multi-cultural outreach
• Interfaith program
• Community presentations and representation at health fairs and other community events
• Advocacy

Volunteers

NAMI Dallas relies on volunteers to provide critical leadership and capacity to accomplish its mission.  Volunteers include consumers, family members and other caregivers, mental health professionals, and individuals in the business, educational, and civic community who care about mental illness and want to make a difference.  Volunteers provide important assistance in many ways -- as teachers, support group facilitators, board members, information and referral specialists, special event coordinators, media liaisons, office assistants, newsletter mailers and more.   For more information on volunteering at NAMI Dallas, please call the NAMI Dallas office at 214.341.7133. 

Board of Directors and Staff

NAMI Dallas is governed by an independent Board of Directors.  The 2008-2009 Board members are:

Offcers:

Valencia Gill-Hooper (President),

Norma Westurn (Vice-President)

Tom O'Toole (Treasurer)

Maron Shaw (Screrary)

At large members:

Bill Albright, Hazel Byers, Regina Davis, David Dillard, John Dornheim (Imedeate Past President), Lori Hines, Martha Jarmon, Gary Nash, Walter Norris, Tomas Ojeda, Paul Sloane, Constance Smith.

NAMI Dallas has two staff members.  Matt Roberts serves as Executive Director and Marsha Rodgers is the Office Manager.  They can be reached at the NAMI office at 214.341.7133 or at namidallas@aol.com.

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