Volunteer Opportunities
To show you care about someone with a brain disorder, to help breakdown the barriers to treatment and support, to help eliminate the stigma against those who suffer and to show you believe there is the possibility of HOPE and RECOVERY through education and SUPPORT, volunteer now.
Currently we are looking for volunteers to help our organization grow and continue with its mission. We need help in all areas of our work from office support, teaching and supporting families, and untold other small tasks that will support our operation. The next 1 1/2-2 hour orientation date is to be announced.
Download our Volunteer Handbook for more information.
Upcoming Events
July 15, 2010 (Thursday) 6pm-8:30pm
California African American Museum (CAAM)
Award Celebration
July 2010
Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Events
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NAMI launches Veterans Resource Center |
This week, NAMI launched its Veterans Resource Center (http://www.nami.org/veterans), an online portal to mental health resources for America's veterans, active duty service members, and their families. In conjunction with this launch, NAMI is providing you with a unique opportunity to honor those who have served and continue to serve our country.
As we approach Veterans Day 2007 as a nation at war,many of our veterans who are returning from active duty face a second war at home, confronting profound mental health problems that challenge their lives and the lives of their families.
Consider these grim statistics:
* Almost 1 in 3 veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq confront mental health problems.
* In 2006, the suicide rate in the Army reached its highest level in 26 years.
* Approximately 30% of veterans treated in the Veterans health system
suffer from depressive symptoms, two to three times the rate of the
general population.
* More Vietnam veterans have now died from suicide than were killed directly during the war in the 1960s and 70s.
* Approximately 40% of homeless veterans have mental illnesses.
Approximately 57% of this group are African American or Hispanic
veterans.
In an effort to respond to these issues, NAMI's Veterans Resource
Center features a growing compilation of fact sheets, self-help
information, online discussion groups, research and policy updates, and
links to government agencies and other private organizations. NAMI has
made the Center a priority to meet a growing need.
One of the special features of the Veterans Resource Center is the
Veterans Tribute Honor Roll
(http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Tribute_Honor_roll) . This is
a way you can support NAMI's work on behalf of veterans.
Make a donation online
and you will have the opportunity to add your name to the list of those
who are supporting better mental health care resources for veterans,
active duty service members, and their families.
You may also make your gift in tribute to a veteran, active duty
service member, or other loved one, and include a message of support
for display on the Roll.
For Veterans Day 2007, let's show our men and women in uniform whose
lives are affected by mental illness that they are not alone, and that
their fellow Americans stand with them, ready to support them.
Please make a donation today, and add your tribute to the Honor Roll.
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