Dora Law explains her way to cope. Not everyone will understand but if they try, that’s a start. Just make it to your next check point.

• Massachusetts Department of Mental Health wants your stories of the new crisis response programs.

• Northeast Recovery Learning Communities Groups

• Kiva Centers CPS Training

• NAMIWalks Massachusetts May 20

• Family Support Group Facilitator Training starting soon

• Sharing Our Stories Presentation

• In Our own Voice Presentation

• Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) Convention

• NAMIWalks Massachusetts May 20

• Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, Public Television “Healthy Minds” Season 8

• May 2023 Calendar

• NAMI Central Middlesex Board of Directors 2023

NAMI Mass Advocacy Day overlaps our new articles for the month of April. Big topics for Advocacy Day are reducing Emergency Department “boarding” and improving access to mental health care in Massachusetts. Participants will tell their stories to legislators on Wednesday of this week.

NAMI Central Middlesex continues to open doors for many—the annual panel “Starting Our Conversation: College and Your Mental Health” was very successful in the month of March.

A ceremony to fight stigma related to mental health will take place in the Hope Garden at Emerson Hospital this April. You’re invited!

Start now to prepare for NAMIWalks 2023 on May 20th. Send your letter to friends and family, connect on social media with friends from afar, and talk to your neighbors. More people need the support of NAMI and like-minded groups than ever before. Become a part of the NAMI action.

On March 30, 2023, NAMI began a podcast based on the book, “You Are Not Alone” written by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ken Duckworth. Here is Episode 1.

This article is about the unfair connection the public often makes between mental disorder and violence.

• In Our Own Voice

• Sharing Our Stories

• Changes in Infants after Post Partum Depression

• Bake it Till You Make it

• Helping Teens Heal from Trauma

• NAMIWalks Massachusetts May 20

• April Calendar

• NAMI Central Middlesex Board of Directors 2023

• One Thousand New Crisis Cards

• Become a volunteer to distribute these Crisis Cards

• CBHC Eliot Webinar Recording

• Contact NAMI Central Middlesex with a positive behavioral health experience at Emerson Hospital

• Yellow Tulips Hope Garden ceremony in April

• Thanks to Jenn Morazes

Be an advocate for all those with mental health concerns. NAMI Mass Advocacy Day will be online Monday thru Wednesday, April 3 through April 5. There’s much to learn about being an advocate, and NAMI Mass offers superb education and a meaningful program.