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We have 22 days until NAMIWalks Greater Cleveland! I want to thank everyone who has registered and donated. We are well on our way to reaching our goal of $175,000! All funds raised will positively impact the mental health journeys of countless community members affected by mental health conditions.
There is still time to join us or show your support!
Go to NAMIWalks.org/GC to register, donate, or volunteer, or contact Lisa at
216-390-7054 or e-mail her at ldellafiora@namicleveland.org
We look forward to seeing you at Edgewater Park on Saturday, September 23rd at 9 am!
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NAMIWalks FUNDRAISING GUIDE
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Fundraising means FUN THINGS. Be sure to register and donate today and earn some AMAZING rewards. Listed below is a quick NAMIWalks fundraising guide. Earn cool swag while helping your community!
Click here to learn more and get started: NAMIWalks GC Website
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We all walk for different reasons, and that's what makes NAMIWalks so special.
Some individuals walk for themselves, some walk for loved ones, and others walk because they just want to raise awareness of mental health to people in the community.
Whatever your reasoning is we're here to walk right alongside you every step of the way.
Join us at Edgewater Park and let us know why you walk!
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Buddhism, Mental Health,
and Trauma Healing
Join NAMI Greater Cleveland for Buddhism, Mental Health, and Trauma Healing. This presentation will provide a clinical perspective on the intersections of mental health and traditional Buddhist teachings, as well as highlight the uses of spirituality and holistic healing modalities to support coping with mental illness and trauma recovery.
Facilitated by Julie Novas, JD, LCSW,
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Religious and Spiritual Trauma: Pathways to Healing
This program will explore the nature of spiritual and religious trauma, or when people are harmed in spiritual communities, often by those meant to guide or lead those communities.
Participants will learn what this kind of trauma is like, how it is experienced, and what kind of harm are most common in spiritual and religious spaces.
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NAMI HOMEFRONT RETURNS!
NAMI Homefront is a free, six-session education program for family, friends, and significant others of Military Service Members and Veterans with mental health conditions.
It focuses on the unique needs of military and veteran communities, such as post-deployment and post-discharge transitions
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TD-KINECTion Study
The TD-KINECTion Study is looking to see if taking valbenazine can improve the quality of life and overall health of people with tardive dyskinesia (TD). Valbenazine is an approved medication for TD, a condition where a person cannot control their body’s movements.
To learn more about the TD-KINECTion Study, with no obligation to take part, please contact Neurocrine Biosciences: 216-832-6606
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SUICIDE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION EVENT
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Suicide Prevention & Intervention: A Community Conversation with Marginalized Communities
Leaders from the African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian, and LGBTQ+ communities will discuss suicide prevention and intervention strategies. The day will consist of speakers representing marginalized populations through breakout sessions and a panel discussion.
Monday, September 25th, 2023
at 8:30 AM
Registration deadline is 9/20/2023
Scan the QR Code to register.
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STREETWISE SELF DEFENSE 2.0 | |
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Join us on October 26th to learn basic Streetwise Self-Defense and Rape Aggression Defense Techniques at this FREE event. Participants learn basic strikes, kicks, and blocks. How to respond if an attacker grabs, chokes, or holds them. The moves are easy to learn and execute. Discuss safety tips and preventing gun violence.
This event is a safe space, for women and men of all races, cultures, and lifestyles and ADA wheelchair accessible. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
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MENTAL WELLNESS BOOK CLUB
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Join Cleveland Clinic, parents, police, educators, policymakers, courts, and therapists! Discover, how trauma (violence, sexual abuse, neglect) affects the developing child’s brain when they are exposed to extreme stress and how unexpected measures can be taken to ease such pain and help them grow into healthy adults.
The loss of control and powerlessness felt by a child during a traumatic experience must be counteracted and the brain of a traumatized child can be remolded with patterned, repetitive experiences in a safe environment.
Tuesdays – Sept 12th & 26th, Oct 10th & 24th from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Lakewood Public Library
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Join Youth Move Cuyahoga!
Join us today and become a leader of tomorrow!
The Youth Leadership Council (YLC), for youth ages 14-18, meets one Tuesday monthly to set goals, review initiatives, and explore challenges that youth face within our community!
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APAPACHO Grupo de Apoyo para Familiares de NAMI
APAPACHO (abrazar con el alma) es un Grupo de Apoyo para Familiares. Este es un grupo libre, confidencial y seguro para ayudar a las familias afectadas por condición mental de un ser querido.
Las familias se unen en grupos de cuidado y se ayudan los unos a otros mediante el uso de sus experiencias y aprendizajes de cómo lidiar con las condiciones mentales.
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NAMI Caring Companion Calls
The Free Caring Companion Calls program Provides Supportive Mentoring & Companionship to Adult Peers (those living with a mental health condition), and Friends, Family Members, and Caregivers.
Our Caring Companions are extensively trained volunteers who are peers and loved ones of peers with a lived mental health condition. Specifically, the Caring Companion volunteer is a person who is skilled in patience, compassion, empathy, and effective communication.
Click Here To Learn More
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NAMI Greater Cleveland Helpline
The NAMI Greater Cleveland Helpline is a free peer-support service providing information, resource referrals, and support to people living with mental health conditions, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers, and the public.
Helpline staff and volunteers are experienced, well-trained, and able to provide guidance.
The NAMI Greater Cleveland Helpline does not provide a hotline, crisis line, or suicide prevention line service. If you or someone you know is experiencing a crisis, please call 911 or the 24-hour Mobile Crisis Team at 216-623-6888.
Call: 216-875-7776
Monday - Friday from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
or via email at
helpline@namicleveland.org
Call, Text, or Chat 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Dial 911 for emergencies.
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NAMI Parent Advocacy Connection
The mission of the PAC Program is to empower, educate, encourage, and equip families to partner with professionals in promoting access to family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, and culturally competent services.
PAC is a NAMI Ohio grassroots program that offers trained Parent Advocates with lived experience who reflect the cultural and ethnic make-up of the families they serve. Click here to learn more
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Members of NAMI Greater Cleveland are part of NAMI's movement to improve the mental health system, to end stigma, and create a culture of knowledge and understanding about mental illness.
Join today!
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Are you creating or updating your estate plan?
Please consider helping NAMI GC grow our programs by including us as a beneficiary of your will, trust, retirement plan or life insurance policy.
Contact your financial advisor for more information.
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Crisis Text Line (Text 4Hope to 741741) provides free support at your fingertips, 24/7. It is a free, confidential service available via text on mobile devices. Crisis Text Line's goal is to move people from a hot moment to a cool calm. Read more...
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It's time we talked about mental health. Share what's on your mind
@ OK2Talk.org.
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Click here for a list of mental health resources available in Cuyahoga County. | |
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Major Support for NAMI Greater Cleveland Comes from:
ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County - Alkermes - Cleveland Foundation
Greater Cleveland Community Shares - Community West Foundation
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture - The Dale & Judy DAF Fund
Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Foundation
(of the Cleveland Foundation)
Hahn-Rushton Charitable Fund - The Hankins Foundation
William E. Harris Family Fund (of the Cleveland Foundation)
The Higley Fund - The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation
Janssen (Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson)
Kohl’s: A Community with Heart Program
Elizabeth Ring Mather and William Gwinn Mather Fund
Sally and John Morley Family Fund (of the Cleveland Foundation)
David & Inez Myers Foundation - NAMI - NAMI Ohio
Edwin D. Northrup II Fund (PNC)
William J and Dorothy K. O'Neil Foundation - Peg's Foundation
Reuter Foundation - Ridgecliff Foundation
The Daniel & Kathe Serbin Family Charitable Fund
The Helen & Louis Stolier Family Foundation
Michael Talty and Helen Talty Charitable Trust - William Weiss Foundation
Woodruff Foundation
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