The Walk and fun activities will take place THIS Saturday at Flowers Field and Dawkins Drive in beautiful Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh. Watch for the NAMI Signs. NAMIWalks is a canine and children friendly event! Here is the schedule: 9 to 10 am - registration and participant check in 10 to 10:30 am - welcoming program, acknowledge volunteers and donors, discuss walk logistics 10:30 am to 1:00 pm - teams [...]

NAMI North Carolina is happy to announce the arrival of our new Director of Programs and Affiliate Support. Nina Leger has a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Nina comes to us from the Alliance of Disability Advocates, where she served as Transitions to Community Inclusion Manager. She believes in the importance of educating the public about the importance of understanding mental health, having worked as [...]

NAMI North Carolina is proud to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Each week this month, Tuesday Newsday will include a short video of a person who speaks to the importance of this month. This week, Cierra Cobb, a passionate community activist and advocate in Greensboro talks to us about fighting stigma by normalizing conversations about mental health.

Have you ever experienced depression or anxiety? Have you ever been suicidal due to the loss of loved one? Have you ever wondered how some people make it through childhood issues? There will be times in your life when tragedies happen suddenly. You won't be able to predict or understand it – but sometimes faith can help us through. Tammy Mills will share her stories of triumph over tragedy. She believes [...]

The events this past weekend were horrifying and traumatic. We send our condolences to the families who lost loved ones. While the media, as is so often the case, were quick to suggest that the alleged shooter had a mental illness, it now appears that there were other motives. We would like to remind the public that those who deal with mental health conditions are far more likely to be the [...]