NAMI Wake's Vice
President is this
Month's
Featured Personality
Meet Kent Goddard




Wake County Crisis and Assessment
24-Hour Line 1-866-518-6784
Support, Advocacy & Education
for people with brain diseases & their families
North Carolina's Voice on Mental
Illness



If you would like to speak to
someone about your particular
issue, then use the NAMI NC
helpline Monday
-Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm.
800- 451-9682 (NC only)
Education

Monday, June 23, 7:00 PM
“Mental Health Reform in NC:
A Reporter’s Perspective”
Presenter:
Lynn Bonner
Staff Writer
The News & Observer
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Monday, July 28, 7:00 PM
“Guardianship Services: What They Are and
Aren’t”
Presenter:
Cheryl Theriault, LCSW
Owner
Aging Family Sevices
Highland United Methodist Church 7:00 p.m.
Rm 202 Education Building,
Highland United Methodist Church
1901 Ridge Road  



SE Raleigh
Community Forum  Meeting

Tuesday, July 8, 7:00 PM
Topic and Speaker
To Be Announced


Richard B. Harrison Library
1313 New Bern Avenue
Additional parking available in the tire store parking lot directly  
from the library lot.



New NAMI Education Program
for Parents of Seriously Mentally Ill
Children and Adolescents underway in NC.
Click here to read about the NAMI Basics Program
Support
Support Groups
Family to Family

People Recovering

Mixed Group (UUFR)

If you or your loved one suffers from metal illness you
may often feel isolated and alone.  

Fortunately, by participating in one of our local  Support
groups, you can receive the peer support you need from
people who understand the issues you’re facing.
We have groups meeting in Raleigh, Garner, and
Fuquay-Varina.  Please click on above links for specific
times and places.

Click here for directions
If you need someone to talk to you about
NAMI Wake, call Moira Pearson
919-821-1954.or Iris Kapil on 676-1772.
Need to know who to call about housing, food
stamps, disability, legal services, or other
services.  Click here.
Gerry and Ann Akland have agreed to serve
as Advocacy Co-Chairs. They are not new to
NAMI Wake.  Ann is a former president and
current webmaster for NAMI Wake, as well as
current Wake County Human Services CFAC
co-chair, while Gerry is on the NAMI Wake
Board with a special focus on CIT. Ann and
Gerry are charged with helping your Board
keep up with issues which affect NAMI Wake’
s membership, and particularly with
forrmulating appropriate responses and
action plans.
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Our
Blog
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Send an Article to our Blog
& it May Be Published.
NAMI Wake Blog Manager
Link
Click here to Donate and Join NAMI
Read the six-part series in the Raleigh News &
Observer about the failure of NC's Mental Health
Reform Efforts.
Watch video featuring Dr. Harold Carmel, Pres. NC Psychiatric Association