NAMIWalks Colorado Elected Official Outreach Chair
ORGANIZATION: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Colorado
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people living with serious mental illness and their families.
Interested in mental health awareness and passionate about reducing stigma? Do you want to get more involved with NAMI Colorado and NAMIWalks? Then we need you! Join the NAMIWalks Planning Committee and help grow the movement.
Committee members plan each NAMIWalks event from the kick-off to the wrap-up. The walk is May 22.
Duties: Outreach to state and local elected officials to see if they will participate in and/or lend their name and/or a letter of support to the walk. Done in coordination with the NAMI office.
More opportunities with National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Colorado
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Colorado
Location:
3333 South Bannock Street, Suite 430, Englewood, CO 80110, US
Mission Statement
The mission of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Colorado is to build communities of recovery and hope by educating, supporting, and advoating for individuals affected by mental illness and their families.
Description
NAMI Colorado was founded in 1981 as a grassroots response to the first waves of de-institutionalization that shifted care for seriously mentally ill men and women and children from hospitals to the community. Family members came together to help each other cope with the devastating effects of mental illness and to insure that their loved ones receive the services they need for recovery. The importance of these goals is as critical today as it was at our founding. Today NAMI Colorado supports a network of 18 affiliates and support groups around the state and has approximately 2,500 members. We are the Colorado state affiliate of the national NAMI organization.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
October 7, 2020
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- depends on what is needed; approx 1 - 2 hours a week for 7 months