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NAMI Supports Grassley-Kennedy Bill To End Financial Devastation of Families With Children Who Have Serious Mental Illnesses

July 12, 2000

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) strongly supports S. 2274, The Family Opportunity Act of 2000, and recognizes the important progress that today's Senate Budget Committee hearing represents.

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Texan Chosen for Additional Term as NAMI President

July 7, 2000

Delegates to the national convention of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in California on June 14-18, 2000, elected two new members to the organization's board of directors, as well as re-electing the organization's incumbent president.

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NAMI to Present Outstanding Media Awards at Annual Convention

June 16, 2000

NAMI will present its Outstanding Media Awards during its annual convention to select members of the media for their accurate and balanced presentation of people with mental illnesses.

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NAMI Applauds Bush Speech On Disability Policy

June 16, 2000

As the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) began its 21st annual convention yesterday, attention focused for more than a moment on a speech by Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) on national disability policy, delivered more than three thousand miles away, in Portland, Maine.

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Media and Entertainment Leaders Honored for Excellence On News Reports, Dramatic Portrayals of Mental Illness

June 16, 2000

The national grassroots advocacy organization presented the NAMI Outstanding Media Awards during its 21st Annual Convention being held this week in San Diego.

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NAMI Opens Annual Convention in San Diego

June 15, 2000

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses, opens it's annual convention today at the Town & Country Resort Hotel. 

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NAMI Protests “Me, Myself & Irene”

June 9, 2000

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill today launched a national protest against the new Jim Carrey movie, Me, Myself & Irene, which is scheduled to premiere in Hollywood on June 15 and be released nationally on June 23-claiming that the movie and its promotional campaign represent "gross ignorance and insensitivity" to people with mental illnesses and their families.

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Childhood and Adolescent Mental Illnesses Take Center Stage at NAMI’s 21st Annual Convention in San Diego

June 6, 2000

Early onset of mental illnesses in children and adolescents will be a major focus at the annual convention of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), to be held in San Diego, CA, June 14-18, 2000.

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NAMI Applauds Vice-President Gore’s Mental Health Initiative

May 31, 2000

The Vice-President has renewed his commitment today through announcement of a broad initiative for improved mental health care coverage. 

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Senators Domenici And Kennedy Introduce Mental Health Reform Bill

May 25, 2000

The National Alliance for the Mentally (NAMI) is pleased to support the legislation introduced today by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) to provide for greater treatment of mental illnesses.

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