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CALENDAR OF EVENTS February March 9 May May 2-8 May 6 May 26-29 June June 15-16 June 27 July
CIT Awareness Month, From NAMI Mississippi...With Love Campaign Begins Virtual Day at the Capitol NAMIWalks Campaign, Mental Health Awareness Month Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day NAMI Mississippi’s 2021 Virtual State Conference PTSD Awareness Month NAMI Mississippi’s Minority Mental Health Conference National PTSD Awareness Day Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
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), REGION 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, REGION 2 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 - 662-2349572, 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 - 662-816-0469 clariceiam@yahoo.com 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 Connection Recovery Support Not meeting at this time. Stay tuned for updates. Family Support 1st Tuesdays, 6 p.m. Merit Health River Region West Campus, Conference Room 1111 North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, MS Contact: Mary Pope at 601-437-3156, or Harriette Mastin at 601-630-9470 or 601-218-0843
(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 Led by Cynthia Shields and Shan Abbott 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 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Facilitators: Anna Northcutt and Cynthia Shields 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 Schedule TBA tupelo@namims.org
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Support group descriptions at namims.org/programs.