Tag: AACT-NOW
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NAMI offers multicultural conversations about mental health awareness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Jersey (NAMI NJ) announced its 2021 webinar series, NAMI NJ Multicultural Conversations. NAMI NJ Multicultural Conversations, sponsored by Amerigroup, will bring together experts and community members from diverse cultures to have meaningful dialogues on a wide array of topics. “For close to two decades, NAMI NJ has…
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NAMI New Jersey provides mental health support during Black History Month
February is dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating achievements and excellence of African Americans in the United States and Canada. The 95th Annual Black History theme by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity, which, after the challenges and resulting health, economic and…
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Multicultural conference will address cultural humility and mental health
The NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) 2020 Virtual Multicultural Conference, based on the themes of cultural humility and mental health, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 12. Dr. Pierluigi Mancini will discuss “Implicit Bias in Behavioral Health Care,” also known as implicit social cognition, or the attitudes or stereotypes…
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Virtual support group offers ‘check in’ to those suffering from mental illness
Southern Jersey Family Support Group will hold a virtual workshop for family members with a loved one with mental illness from 7-9 p.m. on May 21. NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and AACT-Now (African American Community Together NOW) will hold the Mental Health Month Check In featuring Donna Williams and Melance Walker. The…
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Burlington County CIT coordinator will discuss dealing with law enforcement during a mental health crisis
NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and AACT-NOW (African American Community Together NOW) will hold a webinar, Successfully Dealing With Law Enforcement During a Mental Health Crisis, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on May 19. The virtual workshop, led by Jarrod Broadway, CIT coordinator for Burlington County, will be followed by a support group session facilitated…
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African American community experiences physical, mental effects from COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, being in public increases the risk of contracting the virus, but then staying at home in quarantine causes issues such as stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of isolation to arise. African Americans, like many minority communities, are likely to experience socioeconomic disparities such as exclusion from health, educational, social and…
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Learn about schizophrenia during virtual workshop on April 16
Dr. Nichelle Jones, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, will lead a virtual workshop on The Faces of Schizophrenia from 7-9 p.m. April 16, sponsored by NAMI-NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and AACT-NOW (African American Community Together NOW). Register for the free workshop by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. For more information, visit www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/aactnow/