NAMI Four County

Blog

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Blog
    • Proud Sponsors
    • Financial Statements
    • By-Laws
  • Monthly Programs
  • Support Groups
  • Local Resources
    • Area Behavioral Health Providers
    • Navigating A Mental Health Crisis
    • CRISIS MANAGEMENT & HELPLINES
    • Veteran Resources
    • Help for Addiction
    • Youth Mental Health
    • Housing & Supported Employment
    • Patient Advocates
  • Classes
  • Get Involved
    • Membership Sign-up
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Archives
    • Newsletter Archives

3/8/2021

NAMI's Female Founders

1 Comment

Read Now
 
NAMI was founded in 1977 in Madison, Wisconsin by Harriet Shetler and Beverly Young. The two women shared the experience of raising a child with a serious mental illness. They decided to assemble a group of people with similar concerns. Within six months, 75 people had joined.

Young and Shetler decided to hold a national conference, hoping for around 35 people. 284 representatives from 59 groups (representing 29 states) showed up. By the end of the conference, a national group, The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill had been formed, named and financed. It was renamed The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to further reduce stigma and the discrimination associated with mental illness.

NAMI is now based in Arlington, Virginia. NAMI has over 1,000 local affiliates groups comprised of consumers, family members, friends of people with mental illness and professionals.


Sources:
National alliance on mental illness. (2021, February 26). Retrieved March 03, 2021.

NAMI Wisconsin History. (n.d.). Retrieved March 03, 2021.

Share

1 Comment
Details

    Archives

    August 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    April 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


Picture
Need help? Call 1-800-720-9616 or text, 4hope to 741741.

NAMI Four County
​PO Box 51 
Ridgeville Corners, Ohio 43555
(419) 405-3651
Content Copyright 2021 - NAMI Four County 
All rights reserved
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Blog
    • Proud Sponsors
    • Financial Statements
    • By-Laws
  • Monthly Programs
  • Support Groups
  • Local Resources
    • Area Behavioral Health Providers
    • Navigating A Mental Health Crisis
    • CRISIS MANAGEMENT & HELPLINES
    • Veteran Resources
    • Help for Addiction
    • Youth Mental Health
    • Housing & Supported Employment
    • Patient Advocates
  • Classes
  • Get Involved
    • Membership Sign-up
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Archives
    • Newsletter Archives