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OUR MISSION

NAMI Greater Milwaukee is a community-based, self-help, support, education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with mental illness, their families and those touched by mental illness.

New Groups!!!

Nami Greater Milwaukee is excited to finally transition from our NAMI C.A.R.E. group to NAMI Connections.  Connection Recovery Support Group is a weekly support group for people living with mental illness in which people learn from each other's experiences, share coping strategies, and offer each other encouragment and understanding.  There is no need to register for the group.  It will take place every Saturday starting Nov.14th from 10am-11:30am here at the NAMI office. 

 Each group:

• Meets weekly for 90 minutes
• Is offered free of charge
• Follows a flexible structure without an educational format
• Does not recommend or endorse any medications or other medical therapies

All groups are confidential - participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish.

Meetings will be guided by NAMI Connection’s Principles of Support. 

NAMI Connection is supported by AstraZeneca.

NAMI would like to thank everyone who helped make the Annual Dinner and Silent Auction a huge success! 

Our deepest thanks to those who donated silent auction items, sponsored seats, and/or attended the event. 

The Board of Directors and members of NAMI Greater Milwaukee would also like to extend our gratitude to the organizations and individuals who sponsored tables:

Cenpatico & Managed Health Services

Erica P. John Fund

Wisconsin Community Services

Darrel and Barb Jacobs

Patricia Curley

Clarence Chou

Sandra Pasch

Justice 2000

Click here to see Pictures:  http://picasaweb.google.com/namigrm/DinnerSilentAuction?feat=directlink

Family-to-Family will be offered Saturdays!

The latest Family-to-Family 12 week course is set to commence on Saturday, January 9th from 9am-11:30am, here at the NAMI Greater Milwaukee office, 3732 W. Wisconsin Ave.  Hopefully a Saturday morning class will  make transportation easier as opposed to a week night class...especially with snow just around the corner!

Limited spots are still available, and it's totally free!  Contact Andrea at 414-344-0447 or andreak@namigrm.org

MONTHLY EDUCATION MEETING

We have a Guest Speaker the last Monday of every month (except December) who discusses a different topic of interest concerning mental health.  The meeting takes place at the NAMI Greater Milwaukee office, 3732 W. Wisconsin Ave.  Entrance off the parking lot (in rear). 

Please join us on Monday, November 30th from 6-8pm for a screening and discussion of the eye-opening public television program "MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness".  The program effectively illuminates challenging ethical issues as well as systemic flaws in program and policy design, service coordination, and resource allocation. These problems are contributing to a mental health system that is widely acknowledged to be broken. MINDS ON THE EDGE also provides a glimpse of innovative solutions that are currently being implemented across the country. These innovations, many shaped by the guidance and expertise of people with mental illness, offer promising solutions and hopeful direction to transform the mental health system.

To read more about this program visit:  www.mindsontheedge.org

 Let us know if you would like to add that to the Monthly Education meeting rotation, or have any topics you would be interested in hearing about!

Housing 101 will cover the following topics: Types of housing; how to look for housing; application process; how to address barriers; affordable rent; community resources.  Every workshop will have time for Q&A.

When:  12:00pm-2:00pm on the following Wednesdays: June 17, July 22, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, and December 16.  Each date is all-inclusive; you only need to sign up for one.

Where: IndependenceFirst  540 S. 1st Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204

Cost:     Free

For more information or to request accommodations, contact Tiffany Payne or Mike Hineberg at 291-7520 (Voice/TTY) at least two weeks prior to the workshop.  You can also reach them by e-mail at tpayne@independencefirst.org ormhineberg@independencefirst.org.  Advance notice is not required, but accommodations cannot be guaranteed without advance notice.

(NOTE FROM INDEPENDENCEFIRST: For the safety and comfort of those with chemical and environmental sensitivities, IndependenceFirst requests that persons attending agency-sponsored events please refrain from using perfumed grooming products like scented soaps, deodorants, perfumes, colognes and heavily scented fabric softeners.  We are a smoke-free environment; therefore in addition to not smoking in the building, we ask that you refrain from smoking in paths of travel and doorways.)

MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER SEARCH - Mental Health America of Wisconsin  (see "Related Links" below) has provided us with a link to their new provider search engine.

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