Meetings

LINKS
related to mental health.

NAMI Jackson County and NAMI Connection meetings are FREE
and open to anyone interested in learning more about mental illness.

NAMI Jackson County

Educational and Sharing & Caring meetings
are heldon the 1st Tuesday of every month
(except for holidays).

Business meeting, 6:30 p.m. / Program, 7:00 p.m.

Our Savior Lutheran Church
(lower level)
700 South University Avenue
Carbondale, Illinois

(Located across the street from Shawnee Trails and B&A Travel;
parking is in the back, off Thompson Street by way of Mill Street.)

NAMI Connection

NAMI Connection is a support-group
run by and for adults living with mental illness.
(for program description, see NAMI Connection)

For meeting times and locations, contact
Gloria Franklin, 549-0022 x303
Please leave a voice mail message,
which will be returned.

Meetings will be cancelled in the event of ice or snow.

Click here for information on conferences and other activities.

Upcoming meetings:

* October 6, 2009, Meeting *
7:00 p.m. program
Judy Ashby: LifeSavers
Peer-support suicide-and-crisis prevention program

* November 3, 2009, Meeting*
7:00 p.m. program
Sharing and Caring
Members and guests are invited to share personal experiences and concerns

* December 1, 2009, Meeting *
7:00 p.m. program
Michael P. Norrington: Crisis Intervention Training
Director, Southern Illinois Criminal Justice Training

* January 5, 2010, Meeting*
7:00 p.m. program
Sharing and Caring
Members and guests are invited to share personal experiences and concerns

* February 2, 2010, Meeting *
7:00 p.m. program
Video: Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness
"the eye-opening public television program"

* Recent Programs*
Movie: Canvas
Video: Cry for Help
In Our Own Voice presentations
Carbondale Police Department
Impressions from NAMI Illinois annual conference
Video: Depression: Out of the Shadows
Video: True Life: I Have Schizophrenia
Video: Side by Side, a Journey with Depression
NAMI Connection
Video: Hope is Here
Video: Unbreakable Minds
Equip for Equality
Current Topics from SIRSS
Video: SAMHSA anti-stigma campaign
Reports from the NAMI Illinois Conference
Video: Out of the Shadow
Visit SIRSS Housing Facilities

30 September 2009