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NAMI Durham Education and Support Programs

Monthly Education and Advocacy Meetings
Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday each month (Sept. through Nov. and Jan. through May) at Durham Center Access. Check the DCA web site for directions.

Family Support Group Meetings
Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays each month at Durham Center Access.

Family-To-Family

A POWERFUL TOOL TO HELP FAMILIES DEALING WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES (and it's FREE!)
Family-To-Family is a vitally empowering program of education and support for people whose family members have serious and persistent mental illness. The course is sponsored locally by NAMI Durham and is also available in many other locations throughout NC and the US. (Click here for current class schedule across NC.) The series consists of twelve weekly classes. Each class lasts two and a half hours. Call early to sign up for the next available class. Class size is limited to 20, and classes tend to fill up!

The NAMI Durham Family-to-Family course is offered twice a year (fall and spring) on 12 consecutive Thursday evenings. All sessions are at Westminster Presbyterian Church or at the Durham VA Medical Center. To register for the next class or to get more information, call Violette at 919-490-5236. For confidential inquiries via e-mail, write to f2fdurham@yahoo.com.

NAMI Basics

A new NAMI signature course similar to Family to Family but for family members and primary caregivers of children and adolescents with mental illness -- like F2F, it's FREE!  The course is sponsored locally by NAMI Durham and is also available in many other locations throughout NC and the US. (Click here for current class schedule across NC.) This series consists of six weekly classes. Each class lasts two and a half hours. Call early to sign up for the next available class. Class size is limited to 20, and classes tend to fill up!

The NAMI Durham Basics course is offered twice a year (fall and spring) on a schedule to be determined.  All sessions are at Westminster Presbyterian Church.  To register for the next class or to get more information, call David or Dorothy at 919-489-5515.

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