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Calendar of Events • Support Groups
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
September
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National Suicide Awareness Month
September 25
NAMIWalks Your Way Coastal Mississippi (Virtual)
October 3-9
Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 9
NAMIWalks’ United Day of Hope (Virtual) - four Mississippi walks at namiwalks.org
December
Holiday Hello (Date TBA)
February
CIT Awareness Month
March
Mental Health & Wellness Day at the Capitol (Date TBA)
May
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 2-8
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
May 6
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
May 18-20
NAMI Mississippi’s 2022 State Conference
AFFILIATE & SUPPORT GROUP CONTACTS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, please check with each affiliate contact for information on whether meetings are being held in a virtual or hybrid format, or have been placed on hiatus. Physical locations are listed below in case in-person meetings resume for any location in the near future.
NAMI FOUR RIVERS (MS), REGION 11
Affiliate Meeting
Held quarterly. Contact: fourriversms@namims.org
Family Support
3rd Thursday of the month, Merit Health Natchez, Magnolia Room 54 Sergeant Prentiss Dr., Natchez, MS, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Contact: Emily Fox – 662.801.8700, Arrick Rice – 601.951.0887 agingmatters@gmail.com, fourriversms@namims.org
NAMI CENTRAL MS (JACKSON), REGIONS 8, 9
Affiliate Meeting
First Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Galloway United Methodist Church, 305 N. Congress St, Jackson, MS 39201. Contact: Auvergne Williams - 601-259-7176
Connection Recovery Support
Thursdays, 1:30-3 p.m., Cups in the Quarter, 1855 Lakeland Dr., Ste D-10, Jackson, MS. Contact: John McFadden - 601-956-1856
NAMI PINE BELT (HATTIESBURG), REGION 12
Affiliate Meeting
Last Tuesdays (January-October) at 6 p.m., Forrest General Hospital Cafeteria Meeting Room, 6051 US 49, Hattiesburg, MS. Contact: Joe Kinnan - 601-550-8219
NAMI MERIDIAN, REGION 10
Affiliate Meeting
First Tuesdays, Noon – 1 p.m., Meridian Activity Center, 3300 32nd Ave., Meridian, MS. Contact: Patricia Battle at 601-527-3734 or Jill Walsh at 601-917-1474
Connection Recovery Support
Tuesdays, 5 p.m., Wesley House Community Center, 1520 8th Ave., Meridian, MS. Contact: Jill Walsh at 601-917-1474
NAMI OXFORD, REGIONS 2, 3
Family Support
2nd and 4th Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m., North Mississippi Regional Center, Administration Building, 967 Regional Center Dr. (off Hwy 7 South), Oxford, MS. Contact: Hanne Gaycken - 662-234-9572, 662-801-6530, or gaycken@bellsouth.net
Connection Recovery Support
Sundays, 3:30-5 p.m., North Mississippi Regional Center, Administration Building, 967 Regional Center Dr. (off Hwy 7 South), Oxford, MS. Contact: Clarice Ivy at 662-816-0469 or clariceiam@yahoo.com or Karsten Gaycken at kgaycken@yahoo. com or 662-801-2439
NAMI VICKSBURG, REGION 15
Affiliate Meeting (Quarterly)
Jan./April/July/Oct., 6 p.m. Call for dates. Warren-Yazoo Behavioral Health Conference Room, 3444 Wisconsin Avenue, Vicksburg, MS. Contact: Harriette Mastin at 601-630-9470 or 601-218-0843
Family Support
1st Tuesdays, 6 p.m., Warren Yazoo Behavioral Health Conference Room, 3444 Wisconsin Ave., Vicksburg, MS. Contact: Harriette Mastin at 601-218-0843 (call/text) or email vicksburg@namims.org
NAMI COASTAL MS (DEVELOPING), REGIONS 13, 14
Affiliate Meeting
Second Thursday of the Month (April - October), 6:30-7:30 p.m., The Arc, 3109 Gulf Ave., Gulfport, MS. Contact: The State Office at (601) 899-9058, coastalms@namims.org
Connection Recovery Support
1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., The Arc, 3109 Gulf Ave., Gulfport, MS. Contact: The State Office at (601) 899-9058, coastalms@namims.org
Family Support
2nd and 4th Saturdays, 9 a.m.-10 a.m., The Arc, 3109 Gulf Ave., Gulfport, MS. Contact: The State Office at (601) 899-9058, coastalms@namims.org
NAMI TUPELO (DEVELOPING), REGION 3
Affiliate Meetings
Dates TBA, Southern Recovery Advocacy, 1020 N. Gloster St., Tupelo MS. For more information, contact Stephanie Stout at 662-416-5714
