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Philadelphia Mental Health Month 2006 Activities
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Philadelphia North West Contact:
Gloria Worthy, 215.224-6307, 215.226-7088
Philadelphia North Central Contact: Delores Jackson,
(215) 228-7214
Philadelphia North East Contact: Frank Eichorn
& Judy Long, (215) 342-9553
NAMI Affiliates
to Host Open House Events
Open to The Public
Philadelphia, PA - March 15, 2006 - Philadelphia's three affiliate
chapters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will host a
three-part Open House and Membership Drive during May 2006
Mental Health Month.
- May 6, 2006 - Saturday, 1-4 p.m., NAMI PA,
Northwest Philadelphia will host at Joseph E.
Coleman Northwest Regional Library, 68 W. Chelten Avenue, Gloria
Worthy is President.
- May 18, 2006 - Thursday, 6-8 p.m., NAMI PA,
North Central Philadelphia will host at Warren
E. Smith Health Center, 1315 Windrim Avenue, Delores Jackson is
President.
- May 21, 2006 - Sunday, 2-4 p.m., NAMI PA, Northeast
Philadelphia will host at Friends Hospital, 4641 Roosevelt Boulevard,
Frank Eichorn and Judy Long are Co-Presidents.
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation’s
largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving
the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their
families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice
on mental illness, a national organization including over 1,000
affiliate chapters across the country who join together to meet
the NAMI mission through support, education, advocacy, and research.
NAMI just released the first state-by-state report on the nation's
mental health care system in more than 15 years. Pennsylvania's
grade for helping adults with serious mental illness was D+, and
the national average was D. (Grading
the States: A Report on America's Health Care System for Serious
Mental Illnesses, 2006) This report comes as the White
House releases the FY 2007 budget with proposed cuts for mental
health. In the successful NAMI model, families who have experience
coping with mental illness reach out to help others.
The NAMI Philadelphia Open House and Membership Drive 2006 will
bring together families and individuals living with mental illness,
caregivers and professionals for practical support and information,
to raise awareness, combat stigma, and coordinate outreach -- all
with the goal of improving the quality of life of all people affected
directly or indirectly by mental illnesses.
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