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June General Meeting Speaker July/August 2018 NAMI San Joaquin County P.O. Box 448 Stockton, CA 95201 209.468.3755 [email protected] namisanjoaquin.org facebook.com/namisjcounty Upcoming General Meeting Speakers General Meetings are held at 7pm right after the 5:30pm Family Support Group (all are welcome) meetings which take place at: S. J. Co. Behavioral Health — 1212 N. California St. Suite A — Stockton Also in this issue: Find Help & Hope. Speaker: MOVIE The announcement will be made by email just prior to August 2nd Keep an eye on your email inbox. Speaker: Ms. Ellen Schwarzenberg, San Joaquin County Public Defender J ULY 5 TH , General Meeting A UGUST 2 ND , General Meeting NAMI Education Programs Training 2 Provider Ed. & Peer-to-Peer Grads 2 Fam.-to-Fam. Grad Reunion 2 Basics Class Graduates 2 Advocacy Day 3 Connection Support Groups 3 Regional Advocacy Meetings 3 Family Support Groups 4 Membership Application 4 The General Meeting speaker for June was S.J. Co. Behav. Health Services Medical Director Dr. Khurram Durrani who has been with SJBHS for over 15 years. Dr. Durrani is a physician who is Board Certified in: Adult (General) Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction and Psychosomatic Medicine. In the photo are NAMI S.J.C. Past President Tasso Kandris and Dr. Durrani, who spoke about suicide and answered many questions from the audience. We are strongest when we are united for the same cause. Our cause: Better lives for those affected by mental illness. Become a NAMI Member! NAMI SJC Board Members Officers: President: Edna Ealey V. P.: Michael Fields Past President: Tasso Kandris Secretary: Mike Miller Treasurer: Carmel Parsons “Tentative” Board of Directors: Heather Bradford Larry Crain Mary Ellen Cranston- Bennet Adriana Furuzawa Kerrie Melton John Weston May General Meeting Speakers India. While in India, he worked with the Mis- sionaries of Charity in my spare time, ministering to the poor and disabled. He's been a Catholic Deacon for 20 years. The first 5 of those years he was assigned to Our Lady of Hope Chapel at DVI prison in Tracy. While at DVI, he taught religious education, often ministering to people with varies types of disabilities. In the photo below are Tasso Kandris, NAMI S.J.C. Past President with Jeff Vierra. The speakers for the May General Meeting were Michelle Rosado, DRAIL (Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living) Independent Liv- ing Specialist specializing in Assistive Technology and Jeff Vierra Coordinator of the DRAIL Stockton Center. DRAIL empowers people with disabilities in Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, San Joaquin, Stani- slaus and Tuolumne Counties to achieve personal goals through independence and choice. They aid persons with disabilities to obtain the tools they need to be self-sufficient. Michelle has been with DRAIL for the past 1 year and 1/2 working as one of the Independent Liv- ing Specialists specializing is Assistive Technolo- gy. She loves the work she does and feels that she has a true calling and passion for helping people. Jeff has been married for 32 years; a father of 3 and a grandfather of 4. He has worked as DRAIL’s Stockton Center Coordinator for the last 12 years. Prior to that, he worked as a soft- ware engineer, where He frequently worked in NEWSLETTER

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Page 1: July/August 2018 NEWSLETTER · General Meetings are held at 7pm right after the 5:30pm Family Support Group (all are welcome) meetings which take place at: S. J. Co. Behavioral Health

June General Meeting Speaker

July/August 2018

NAMI San Joaquin County

P.O. Box 448

Stockton, CA 95201

209.468.3755

[email protected]

namisanjoaquin.org

facebook.com/namisjcounty

Upcoming General Meeting Speakers General Meetings are held at 7pm right after the 5:30pm Family Support Group (all are welcome) meetings which take place at: S. J. Co. Behavioral Health — 1212 N. California St. Suite A — Stockton

Also in this issue:

Find Help & Hope.

Speaker: MOVIE The announcement will be made by email just prior to August 2nd Keep an eye on your email inbox.

Speaker: Ms. Ellen Schwarzenberg,

San Joaquin County Public Defender

JULY 5TH, General Meeting AUGUST 2ND, General Meeting

NAMI Education Programs Training 2

Provider Ed. & Peer-to-Peer Grads 2

Fam.-to-Fam. Grad Reunion 2

Basics Class Graduates 2

Advocacy Day 3

Connection Support Groups 3

Regional Advocacy Meetings 3

Family Support Groups 4

Membership Application 4

The General Meeting speaker for June was S.J. Co. Behav. Health Services Medical Director Dr. Khurram Durrani who has been with SJBHS for over 15 years. Dr. Durrani is a physician who is Board Certified in: Adult (General) Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction and Psychosomatic Medicine. In the photo are NAMI S.J.C. Past President Tasso Kandris and Dr. Durrani, who spoke about suicide and answered many questions from the audience.

We are strongest when we are united for the same cause. Our cause: Better lives for those affected by mental illness.

Become a NAMI Member!

NAMI SJC Board Members

Officers: President: Edna Ealey V. P.: Michael Fields Past President: Tasso Kandris

Secretary: Mike Miller Treasurer: Carmel Parsons “Tentative”

Board of Directors: Heather Bradford Larry Crain Mary Ellen Cranston-Bennet Adriana Furuzawa Kerrie Melton John Weston

May General Meeting Speakers India. While in India, he worked with the Mis-sionaries of Charity in my spare time, ministering to the poor and disabled. He's been a Catholic Deacon for 20 years. The first 5 of those years he was assigned to Our Lady of Hope Chapel at DVI prison in Tracy. While at DVI, he taught religious education, often ministering to people with varies types of disabilities. In the photo below are Tasso Kandris, NAMI S.J.C. Past President with Jeff Vierra.

The speakers for the May General Meeting were Michelle Rosado, DRAIL (Disability Resource Agency for Independent Living) Independent Liv-ing Specialist specializing in Assistive Technology and Jeff Vierra Coordinator of the DRAIL Stockton Center. DRAIL empowers people with disabilities in Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, San Joaquin, Stani-slaus and Tuolumne Counties to achieve personal goals through independence and choice. They aid persons with disabilities to obtain the tools they need to be self-sufficient. Michelle has been with DRAIL for the past 1 year and 1/2 working as one of the Independent Liv-ing Specialists specializing is Assistive Technolo-gy. She loves the work she does and feels that she has a true calling and passion for helping people. Jeff has been married for 32 years; a father of 3 and a grandfather of 4. He has worked as DRAIL’s Stockton Center Coordinator for the last 12 years. Prior to that, he worked as a soft-ware engineer, where He frequently worked in

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Some photos of NAMI San Joaquin County members and their supporters in the Northern California NAMIWalks May 8, 2018 at William Land Park ona beautiful sunny Saturday morning raising mental health awareness and funds to support NAMI's programs.

The Group 1 Photo includes

Dave Bartlett, the "lone Walker" from NAMI Stanislaus. Submitted by Gertie & Tasso Kandris Team Captains NIKO STIGMA TEAM

Congratulations to the 2018 Basics Educa-tional Program graduates. Parents and grandparents participated in the 6 session course that focuses on finding the best care, resources and services for their chil-dren/grandchildren, learning new parent-ing strategies and caring for themselves on the sometimes very difficult journey of raising children with mental health chal-lenges. Congratulations to this terrific group of people!

2018 Basics Educational Program Graduates

Family-to-Family Grads Reunion Saturday, May12, 2018 the Family to Fam-ily class from Spring 2017 met for their second get-together at Susan and Greg’s home. We had a good visit, very good food, as everyone provided a favorite dish. A good time was had by all catching up and enjoying the company. John Wes-ton, SJC Board Director has been the one to initiate our semi-reunions.

Here is a photo of all

who attended.

Back row, L to R: Susan, Greg, Mary Ellen, Loretta, Diane, John and Sandy. Front row, L to R: Irene, Abbey & Mark

In the photo: From left to right Kerrie Melton, Richard and Rosanna Espinoza, Robert and Jane

Holtz,Teresa Dewalt, Maria Arce, Vanessa Alfaro, Bobie Krebbs, Toni Maciel and Teacher Debbie Alter. Not pictured Monica Nunez.

Graduates of recent Courses. Provider Ed pho-to on Left and Peer-to-Peer on right. Congratulations to all!

2018 NAMIWalks Northern California

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What is it???

NAMI Connection is a recovery support group program for adults living with mental illness.

Groups are led by trained facilitators living in recovery, providing a place that offers respect, understanding, encouragement, & hope in a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes of cop-ing with mental illness. Meetings are held at the following locations & times:

SJC Behavioral Health 1212 N. California 1st Thursday each month at 5:30 PM

Contact: Pat Barrett (510) 292-1337

Spanish Connection Support Group

SJC Behav. Health Serv. 1212 N. California

Every Friday 5:00—6:30pm

America Villasna (209) 356 - 8793

Lodi Memorial Hospital - Main Board Room 975 S Fairmont Ave, Lodi, CA 95240

Every Friday 6:00 - 7:30 pm Contact: Drew Strachan (209) 366-4923

Lodi

Stockton

needs of attendees. Everyone from peers, family members, providers, county staff and community members are welcome to join us. Materials used and topics discussed will support advocacy endeavors for participating attendees. Below are our upcoming meetings. The registration link below also includes a questionnaire to help us gather important data and information materials for the meeting. For any questions email [email protected]

San Joaquin County Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 9am-3pm San Joaquin Delta College 5151 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95207

Click on link to Register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RQQBLKP

Be sure to complete the questionnaire...

NAMI CA Regional Advocacy Meetings Scheduled for Santa Cruz & San Joaquin Counties

JULY/AUGUST 2018

Tracy

Michael Fields and Edna Ealey participated in the NAMI CA sponsored Bebe Moore Campbell Advocacy Day. We met with a number of legislators promoting mental health bills... and ran into Senator Beall who enthusiastically shared about his co-sponsorship of SB906.

SB 906 -- Establishes professional standards and certification for health providers known as peers, with lived experience in mental illness or substance use disorders, also known as "peers." (For fact

sheet/questions please contact Gregory Cramer)

In the photo are CA State Senator Jim Beall, NAMI SJC President Edna Ealey and NAMI SJC VP & Exececutive Director of Peer Recovery Services/The Wellness Center of SJC Michael Fields, at the State Capital June 19, 2018 .

Our regional advocacy meetings in Contra Costa County, Kern County, and Riverside County have been invaluable tools for NAMI California to engage with local affiliates and stakeholders to determine what mental health issues are most impacting each California region. Thank you to all who have participated! NAMI California's regional advocacy meetings are in partnership with local affiliates in several different regions. Regional advocacy meetings are designed to bring together members of the public, community-based organizations (NAMI CA, NAMI Affiliates, and Partners), and county staff to talk about the public planning process. Meetings bolster collaboration and help strengthen the relationship between family members and staff. In addition, NAMI California will cover NAMI Smarts for Advocacy materials to conduct at least 1 module depending on the

Advocacy Day

Doctors Hospital of Manteca 1205 E. North St. - Manteca

1st & 3rd Monday each month 6 - 7:30p.m.

Contact: NAMI Office: 209) 468-3755

Manteca

Healthy Connections

35 E. 10th St., Suite. B2 - Tracy, Ca. 95376

Every 2nd & 4th Friday from 6 to 7:30:

Contact: NAMI Office: 209) 468-3755

Stockton

Recovery Support Group

LGBTQ Connection Support Group

SJC Behavioral Health 1212 N. California

1st & 3rd Friday 5:30 - 7:00p

Contact: NAMI Office 209.468.3755

Wellness Center Connection Group Saturday’s 10:00am – 11:30am The Wellness Center 1109 N. California St., Stockton

Contact: (209) 451-3977

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1st Thursday each month Support Group July 5 & Aug. 5

Family Support Group—5:30 PM

General Meeting 7:00 PM (speakers see top page 1)

Contact: Mary Ellen Cranston-Bennett 209-369-2594 or (209) 451-3977

The above meetings are held at: San Joaquin County Behavioral Health

1212 N. California St. Suite B—Stockton

Family Support Group

1stReturning Soon! Interested in Grp. Facilitator Training?

Contact Edna Ealey (209) 598-5746 [email protected]

www.facebook.com/namisjcounty

Family Support Group

4th Thursday each month except holidays*:

July 26 & Aug. 23 6:00 PM

Contact: Irene Sherman 209-368-1469

Or Joselyn Spurgeon 209-369-5936 Location: Lodi Avenue Baptist Church Fellowship Hall—2301 W. Lodi Avenue Lodi, CA 95242 Down the street from Raley’s

S.J. Co. Behavioral Health Services

Family Advocate:

Richard Black 209-401-6087

BECOME A NAMI MEMBER TODAY!

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Family Support Group

Returning Soon!!!

call the NAMI office 468-3755

Location: Doctors Hospital of Manteca 1205 E. North St. - Manteca

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NAMI SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY Family SUPPORT GROUP & Board Meetings

3rd Thursday

July 19 & Aug. 16 6:00 PM Meetings held at:

SJ Co. Behavioral Health 1212 N. California St. Ste A & B

Stockton, CA

3rd Wednesday each month

No July Mtg.—Aug. 15 6:00 PM San Joaquin County Behavioral Health

1212 N. California St. Suite A & B T r a c y

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NAMI SJC Membership Drive Use the form on this letter to submit your renewal or new

membership dues. Your membership and support are essential to NAMI San Joaquin County and enable our affiliate to provide education, support, advocacy and to grow.

NAMI SJ Board Mtgs.

SJC Behavioral Health Board Mtgs.

Spanish Family Support Group

Last Friday each Month 5:30—7pm

Contact: Jessica Alvarez (209) 513-2373

or Karen Valles (408) 829 - 1565

Location: SJC Behavioral Health

1212 N. California St. Suite B Stockton

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