Developing Strategies and Finding Community: My Experience in Support Groups
By Maureen O’Dougherty. Toward the end of the 12-week Family Connections course, a program offered by NAMI for people whose family members or loved ones live with borderline personality disorder (BPD), our instructor invited everyone to a monthly support group....Virtually Lobby Day and NAMI WA Legislative Priorities
By Emalee Gillis, NAMI Spokane Blog Editor. Your chance to participate in NAMI WA Lobby Day is on February 19 and you don’t have to leave Spokane. NAMI WA will set up virtual meetings with local legislators or legislative staff where you and others in our community...NAMI Spokane Encounters Stigma When Searching for New Office Space
Core to the mission of NAMI is breaking down stigma and negative stereotypes associated with mental illness. When Chauntelle Lieske, Executive Director of NAMI Spokane, initiated a search for office space that would better serve the individuals and families she supports, she ran headlong into that stigma.