Calendar of Events • Support Groups

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

December 16 February March May May 2-8 May 6 May 18-20 June July October

November

Virtual Holiday Hello CIT Awareness Month Mental Health & Wellness Day at the Capitol (Date TBA) Mental Health Awareness Month Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day NAMI Mississippi’s 2022 State Conference PTSD Awareness Month Minority Mental Health Month (conference TBA) Mental Illness Awareness Week (first full week); National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 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