October 2003

Mental Health Awareness Week is October 5 through October 11, 2003: if information is not listed for your local affiliate, please call the affiliate directly. Affiliate phone numbers are listed in the Affiliates section.

10/4 New York City Voices 8th Birthday Celebration 2-4PM- Please call (212) 491-1367

10/5-10/11 NAMI-Staten Island: Mental Health Information Days at the Mall- Please call (718) 477-1700

10/5 NAMI-PROMISE: “Touched With Fire” afternoon of chamber music followed by a Candlelight Vigil- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/6 NAMI-PROMISE: Book Review of “Darkness Visible” by William Styron 7PM- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/6 NAMI-PROMISE: “Coping with Anxiety” 7PM- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/6 NAMI North Country: “Psychotropic Medications…Coordinated Treatment Programs” 6PM- Please call (518) 543-6104

10/6 NAMI-Harlem: Video & Discussion “Suicide- It’s More Common Than You Think”- please call (212) 932-8122

10/7 NAMI-Harlem: Sixteenth Annual Educational Conference “Take Action to Change the Nation” 9AM-4PM- Please call (212) 865-2770 or (212) 368-0215

10/7 NAMI-PROMISE: Book Review of “This Much I Know Is True” by Wally Lamb 7PM- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/8 NAMI-Harlem: “Consumer Centered Programs” 10AM-2PM- Please call (212) 932-8122

10/8 NAMI-Rochester: The 2nd Annual Jessica Cole Henderson Memorial Lecture “Mental Health Matters: Encouraging Advocacy, Awareness and Action” 5:30PM-9PM- Please call (585) 423-1593 to register

10/8 NAMI-PROMISE: Conference “Best Practices in Mental Health Treatment” 9AM-3PM- Please call (315) 487-2085 to register

10/8 NAMI-PROMISE: “Childhood Depression and Timothy’s Law” with Jessica Lynch/ & “No More Secrets” 7PM- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/9 NAMI-Harlem: “Creative Expressive Day!” 10AM-3PM- Please call (212) 932-8122

10/9 NAMI-AMICO: Candlelight Vigil “It’s Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness!” 7PM- Please call (845) 294-7411

10/9 NAMI-PROMISE: “Building and Maintaining Healthy Marriages & Families” 7PM- Please call (315) 487-2085

10/10 37th Annual Fall Institute “A State-of-the-Art Conference on Trauma” Please call Parson’s at (518) 431-1600

10/14 NAMI-NYC Metro: “Future Care Planning”- Please call (212) 684-3264

10/15 NAMI-FAMILYA: “Breaking the Silence”- Please call (845) 359-8787

10/15 NAMI Queens/Nassau’s Annual Awards Dinner- Please call (516) 326-0797 or (718) 347-7284

10/16 NAMI-Montgomery, Fulton, & Hamilton Counties: 2003 NAMI-MFH Educational Conference 9AM to 4PM- Please call (518) 843-3261 10/17 NAMI Staten Island: Candlelight Vigil- Please call (718) 477-1700

10/17-18 NARSAD’s Annual Gala Awards & Scientific Symposium Weekend- Please call (800) 829-8289

10/18-19 National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Conference- Please contact http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/conf_2003/home.htm

10/20 NAMI-AMICO: Compeer Program at Mental Health Association- Please contact (845) 782-7336

10/23 NAMI Greene County: Celebration of the Establishment of the Greene County Chapter of NAMI 5:30PM- Please call (518) 622-9163

10/24 MHA of Orange County: “Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adolescents- Implementing the Collaborative Problem Solving Approach” 8AM-4PM (845) 294-7411 ext. 254/253

10/26 NAMI Staten Island: 13th Annual Awards Luncheon- Please call (718) 477-1700