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Register for NAMI Ask the Expert: Promoting Mental Health Equity in Black Churches
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Dr. Sidney Hankerson who will explore how expanding access to mental health care and supports through partnerships with faith-based organizations can promote mental health equity and integrate cultural preferences. -
Promoting Mental Health Equity in Black Churches
Dr. Sidney Hankerson discusses how to promote mental health equity and integrate cultural preferences by partnering with faith-based organizations. -
How Biking Helped My PTSD
"Sometimes I’d feel like I did not have the energy to carry on with life. Biking helped me feel alive again." -
Letter to Committee Leadership on Veterans Mental Health
Letter to Armed Services Committee Leadership, expressing support for the reintroduction of H.R. 1309/S. 194, the Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery Through Vital Expansion (SERVE) Act, which would improve access to care, early identification, & quality of care for servicemembers & military family members affected by eating disorders. -
He’s Not a Criminal, He’s in Crisis
"I used to think that if a person was arrested, they must have done something wrong — but I was wrong." -
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
"The intersectionality of racism, mental health, law enforcement, homelessness and often self-medication via illicit drug use has decimated the Black community." -
Black History Month: Writing This Triggers My Anxiety
"I only recently started speaking out about generational trauma, racism and being Black in America because…the anxiety and fear can be too much." -
What Black History Month Means to Me
"I would like to be respected for my strength and tenacity in moving forward and progressing in a way that I choose." -
Congress Passes New Bill to Improve Veterans’ Mental Health Care
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, NAMI celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. -
NAMI Applauds Victory for Veterans’ Mental Health
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which previously passed the Senate.