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CALENDAR OF EVENTS December 16 Virtual Holiday Hello 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 June PTSD Awareness Month July Minority Mental Health Month (conference TBA) October Mental Illness Awareness Week (first full week); National Domestic Violence Awareness Month November National Family Caregivers 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 Tuesday 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 - 662-2349572, 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 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
Support group descriptions at namims.org/programs.
