NAMI HelpLine

July 11, 2025

This webinar took place on July 16, 2025. The recording is available below.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | 3:00 – 4:30 PM ET

This July, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline celebrates its third birthday. 988 has been an invaluable resource, answering millions of calls, texts and chats, from people seeking support during a mental health crisis. It has also driven a historic movement to build systems of crisis care across the country to support those seeking help. In particular, state legislators have partnered with advocates and community members to embrace and implement the full vision for crisis care – a system where everyone experiencing a crisis has someone to contact, someone to respond, and a safe place to go.

Register today for NAMI’s next Virtual Town Hall to recap the first three years of 988 and celebrate the state efforts to expand access to 988 and crisis care.

During this Virtual Town Hall, attendees will:

  • Hear about NAMI’s vision for crisis care and our hope for advocacy moving forward.
  • Learn from NAMI State Organizations about their successes advocating for 988 legislation and supporting local implementation.
  • Lessons and strategies for sustaining momentum and ensuring that crisis care remains one of the bi partisan issues of our time.

Reserve your spot today to join this Virtual Town Hall! We welcome your participation and invite you to submit questions for our presenters through the webinar registration form.

** REGISTRATION CLOSED **

Speakers:

Hannah WesolowskiHannah Wesolowski
Chief Advocacy Officer·NAMI NationalHannah serves as the Chief Advocacy Officer for NAMI National. She leads the Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy team’s work with advocates, partners and NAMI leaders to enact policy change that will improve the lives of all people affected by mental health conditions. She believes in the power of advocates sharing their stories to advance research, increase mental health funding, improve access to care, expand social supports and decriminalize mental illness.

She came to NAMI in 2017 with more than a decade of experience in advocacy, joining the NAMI team after five years at the Public Affairs Council to help associations, corporations and nonprofit advocacy groups build government affairs efforts programs. She previously led political advocacy efforts at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Institute of Architects.

Hannah grew up in New Hampshire and has a B.A. from New York University, where she also earned an MPA from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Holly Stevens, Esq.Holly Stevens, Esq.
Director of Public Policy·NAMI New HampshireHolly Stevens has served as the Director of Public Policy at NAMI New Hampshire for over 3 years. With her BA in Psychology, Holly began her career in mental health working in a group home in Bangor, Maine, where she is originally from. After working in mental health for 13 years, including 9 years as a mobile crisis worker, Holly got her Juris Doctor and LLM in Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. After law school, she worked at a small law firm in Manchester, NH. Holly has worked in health policy for over 9 years – but her advocacy in the realm of mental health reaches far back throughout her life.

Anna NepomucenoAnna Nepomuceno
Director of Public Policy·NAMI WashingtonAnna brings over 10 years of legislative and political experience and a strong background in community outreach to NAMI Washington. Anna grew up in the Pacific Northwest and graduated from the University of Washington-Tacoma with a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. For two years, Anna served as the Legislative Liaison for the Associate Students of University of Washington-Tacoma, working with the Washington Student Association to advocate for higher education policies and empower students to engage in civic action. During her tenure as legislative liaison, Anna focused on policies to promote academic success for students of color, low income, and disabled students. Anna has a heart for advocacy and has personally experienced how policy change can make meaningful, positive impacts on people’s lives. The daughter of Filipino immigrants, Anna has equity and diversity at the center of all her work. She is a co-chair of the Economic Equity Transformation Team for Heal the Heart, a group tasked by the Tacoma City Council to work on eliminating racism in Tacoma. Most recently, Anna served as an Executive Legislative Assistant in the Washington State Legislature, facilitating in policy research and development, and gaining an intimate understanding of the state legislative process. It has been a lifelong dream of Anna’s to advocate for affordable, accessible behavioral health and removing the stigma behind mental illness. She looks forward to utilizing her legislative skills to help improve the behavioral health system in Washington State.

Greg Hansch, LMSWGreg Hansch, LMSW
Executive Director·NAMI TexasGreg Hansch serves as the Executive Director of NAMI Texas. He joined NAMI Texas in 2012 and has previously served in government affairs roles. In his current role, he is responsible for providing direction and leadership toward the achievement of NAMI Texas’ mission. He is a Licensed Masters-Level Social Worker and a family member of a person with serious mental illness. He received a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in Nonprofit and Public Management from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. He is an alumnus of the Policy Academy of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas at Austin. One of his proudest professional achievements is earning NAMI’s Richard T. Greer Advocacy Award for “his outstanding work, leadership, and service on behalf of all people living with mental illness.”

Lyssette GalvanLyssette Galvan
Public Policy Director·NAMI TexasLyssette serves as the Public Policy Director for NAMI Texas since July 2022. She graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature in May 2010. That following Fall, she became an after-school teacher through AmeriCorps in Houston until 2012. After her service, it led her on a career path in education for 7 years with KIPP Texas as an elementary Spanish teacher. As an educator, she saw and was fueled by the array of health disparities and lack of access to mental healthcare. In 2019, Lyssette began to pursue her Master’s in Social Work at the University of Houston-Graduate College of Social Work, focusing on advocacy in policymaking. Lyssette is passionate about being an instrument for change at the state level as she advocates for better policies that will help improve the quality of life for Texans who have mental illnesses. During her spare time, Lyssette likes to explore Austin, spend time with family and friends, take road trips around the state, be near or inside any type of body of water, and cooking.

NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “NAMI” to 62640, or email. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).