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May 31st – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch the final video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this Five Mental Health Minutes With Gigi, Angelica Lopez, Vice Mayor of Pittsburg and NAMI CC Board President, expresses her passion for the work NAMI does as well as shares her experience with Mental Illness.
May 30th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 30’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi highlights the work of NAMI Contra Costa, focusing on the importance of lived experience and community representation in mental health services, such as our very own lead volunteer coordinator, Shelly Ji.
May 29th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 29’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, discusses the importance of fostering young talent at NAMI Contra Costa and integrating physical and mental health care, particularly within the criminal justice system. This video features Savannah Evans, a NAMI Contra Costa Intern. Watch to hear more!
May 28th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 28’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi reflects on the opportunities she had working on a team that have the shared passion and mission to improve the outcomes of the community. Watch to hear more!
May 27th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 27’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi continues on about the need of being present, especially to uplift voices silenced because of race, and the lack of data transparency. Watch to hear more!
May 26th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 26’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi shares about her life as a CEO, focusing on the vital role of the family voice in mental health advocacy, and taking action when being excluded. Watch to hear more!
May 25th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 25’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi expresses the need for advocacy, especially underserved communities, historical challenges faced, and the impact of Federal Glover had on the healing for people of color. Watch to hear more!
May 24th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 24’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi highlights the importance of incorporating our own lived experience in supporting the recovery of individuals, and how it allows for an authentic connection. Watch to hear more!
May 23rd – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 23’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, we discuss and reflect on the heavy and recurring challenge of suicide, factors to consider, understanding that there may be no signs, and the importance of commemorating and bringing awareness to those who lost their lives to mental…
May 22nd – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 22’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, Gigi addresses the power of music as a tool for healing and recovery, reflecting on four decades of mental health experience. Watch to hear more!
May 21st – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 19’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. In this video, we discuss about the nature of advocacy, historical and legislative impacts, inclusion and social justice impact. Watch to hear more!
May 20th – Mental Health Minutes With Gigi
Watch day 20’s video from our limited run series, Mental Health Minutes With Gigi. Today, Gigi addresses the ongoing efforts of NAMI CC to improve interactions between law enforcement and individuals experiencing mental health crises. Click to learn more!