Jan 2024 New Family to Family Class!
A new Family to Family class offered by popular demand! Zoom Program Beginning on January 25, 2024 Hosted on Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, an 8-week course*
Family to Family, News
2023
General Meetings
September 2023 General Meeting
Summary For our September 2023 General Meeting, we invited client and family member perspectives on how the A3 Miles Hall Community Crisis Hub behavioral health crisis response program services were going. We had invited two of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health graduate student research team members – Theo Michaels and Dani MacVicar, in
News
NAMI Contra Costa Office Hours Update 2022
Starting December 7, 2022 – New Safety Protocols in Effect – Zoom Meetings
News, Special Events
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Please join us for a compassionate engagement of diverse speakers talking through a lived experience lens lifting the names of our loved ones lost to suicide with a special emphasis on our youth. We will provides symbols of hope to attendees.
Board of Directors
Cri Campbell Schine – 2nd Vice President
Dr. Campbell Schine received a B.A. in Psychology with an emphasis in Ethnic Studies from U.C. Davis, and an M.A. and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley. She owns Schine Enterprises and is the co-founder of MDUSD Parents for Multicultural Education. Dr. Campbell Schine serves on the Executive and Fundraising committees
Board of Directors
Al Farmer – Director
Retired Chevron: Graduate Stanford, BS Petroleum Engineering; Northwestern University, MBA. Past President NAMI-CC, NAMI-CC Warm Line. Phone: (925) 942-0767
Board of Directors
Stephanie Taddeo – Director
Retired middle school Social Studies teacher from Los Angeles, advocating for students transitioning from elementary to high school. She volunteered with Vitas Hospice and at A Baby’s Breath in the Philadelphia area, and for 2 years was a full-time caregiver to a family member battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia who received a bone marrow transplant. She
Board of Directors
LaTanyua Brown-Thompson – President
Author and Speaker; Disability Consultant; Community Advisory Board (CAB): Chair for CAB Program and Service Subcommittee; Castro Advisory/Stake Holder Board; Facilitator Certificate with World Impact & The Trauma Healing Institute; Mental Health First Aid; Mental Health Advocate and Coach with Green Heart University; Life Coach for Men & Women of Purpose. Phone: (925) 942-0767
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NAMI Contra Costa has been Honored as the 2023 Nonprofit of the Year!
The California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) celebrated NAMI Contra Costa’s efforts and outstanding achievements along with the work of other nonprofit honorees from across the state.
Basics, News
Basics Class Starting Soon
NAMI Basics is a program taught by trained teachers who are also the parents or family caregivers of individuals who experienced emotional or behavioral difficulties during childhood or adolescence.
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I’m A Winner!
This training event was designed to provide educational information to support African American students to thrive in settings not designed in their best interest.