If you have a story to tell, you can become an advocate.
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Lessons in Advocacy from a State and Federal Legislative Staffer
Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
It’s Time for New Standards for Mental Health Care
How Advocates Can Push for A Crises Standard of Care
How You Can #Act4MentalHealth During the Next Legislative Session
How My Daughter’s Experience Shaped My Career in Rural Mental Health Care
How Advocates Can Push for a Crises Standard of Care
Navigating Financial Barriers to Mental Health Treatment
Overcoming Cultural Barriers on the Road to Recovery
Overcoming Inadequate Crisis Response: Why 988 is an Opportunity
Overcoming Regional Barriers: Navigating Rural Mental Health Care
Criminal Justice Involvement of People with Serious Mental Illness
Black Mental Health and the Importance of 988 Legislation
Impacting Mental Health Resources with Your Vote
Four Reasons Why I Vote for Mental Health
The People We Elect Affect Our Mental Health Care
The Evolution of the Mental Health Movement
Why We Must Improve Police Responses to Mental Illness
Making the 2018 Mid-Term Elections About Mental Health
Facing Discrimination While Advocating
Things I’ve Learned from Advocating for Mental Health
Early Psychosis Programs Are Changing Lives—But What if You Can’t Find One?
Reasons to Attend NAMI’s Hill Day
A Dog Story: Negotiating with the Airlines
The Art of Recovery: How Medicaid Changed Crystal’s Life
Medicaid Matters: Lifting a Family from Fear to Hope
The Reps are Back in Town: Make Your Voice Heard
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Mental Health Reform is a Law
Tell Us How Your Health Insurance is (or isn’t!) Working for You
Washington Post Talks Mental Health Policy with NAMI
A Presidential Candidate Steps Out with a Mental Health Agenda
A Voice at the Table: NAMI and Community Partnerships
Should Depression Screenings be a Part of Primary Care?
Monthly Media Watch: Politics, Language and Stigma
NAMI in the News: Year in Review
States Continue to Cut Mental Health Funding, but You Can Take a Stand
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