Winter 2020-2021 Newsletter

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14 · NAMI MISSISSIPPI by Sitaniel J. Wimbley, Executive Director

2020 NAMIWalks Recap

Thank you for all of your work and donations to NAMIWalks 2020! Here are highlights from the virtual walk program on October 10, 2020, the National Day of Hope.

Executive Director Sitaniel Wimbley serves as emcee during the livestream with Latasha Willis, Peer Community Outreach Specialist, serving as technical producer. Sheryl Egan-Oliver gives a warm-up exercise courtesy of NAMI Coastal MS. NAMI National CEO Daniel Gillison offers opening and closing remarks.

Beth Zarahoff gives greetings from Alkermes, a NAMIWalks National Sponsor. Rhymic Fusion provides a line dancing performance courtesy of NAMI Vicksburg. NAMI Vicksburg Affiliate President Thomas Carson shares footage of a walk through his neighborhood, and NAMI Coastal MS President Cynthia Shields also speaks.

NAMI MS Board President Mary Harrington gives four piano performances, Tameka Garrett was the NAMIWalks Mississippi 2020 Honorary Walk Chair, NAMI Four Rivers (MS) President Megan Hamm thanked everyone for their support, and Shirley Holloway, President of the NAMI Board of Directors, offers a virtual greeting.


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