We hope to have two speakers: Barbara B. Wilson, the long-time Southern California activist who wrote The Mental Health Handbook: A Guide to Understanding California’s Mental Health System and Bennie Timson of LARCA, who is organizing a campaign to save Southern California board-and-cares and their owners.
Remember to check the calendar for deadlines, public meetings &updates!
Learn about serious mental illness
in the spectrum of “mental health”
and related issues such as anosognosia.
Read & share some stories
of our lived experience.
Learn about mental health law,
who makes policy and
what affects the decisions.
Learn how to be an advocate.
Participate: Actions you can take!
Decipher the alphabet soup of
acronyms & abbreviations.
Learn key terms in mental health.
Reading list of relevant & helpful books, etc.
Keep up-to-date re what's happening
in State and Federal legislatures.
Also find local policy & funding updates
.
Information and activities from
groups in and around
Northern California
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