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Calendar of Events, Affiliate and Support Group Contacts
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February: CIT Awareness Month, From NAMI Mississippi...With Love Campaign Begins
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March 9: Virtual Day at the Capitol
May: NAMIWalks Campaign, Mental Health Awareness Month
May 2-8: Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
May 6: National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
May 26-29: NAMI Mississippi’s 2021 Virtual State Conference
June: PTSD Awareness Month
June 15-16: NAMI Mississippi’s Minority Mental Health Conference
June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
July: 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
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 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
