PORT ANGELES — The deadline to submit proposals for workshop sessions at the annual National Alliance on Mental Illness Washington state conference planned this fall in Port Angeles is Friday.
This is the first time the alliance, known by the acronym NAMI, is seeking proposals for a state conference, organizers say.
The theme of the 2016 NAMI Washington State Conference is “The Road to Recovery: Mental Health Matters.” The conference will be hosted at the Red Lion Hotel from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
Conference workshops will be held Oct. 1.
Each workshop will be 90 minutes and might include a maximum of three presenters plus one moderator for a total of four people on a panel, organizers say.
NAMI is seeking workshop proposals in all areas that touch on recovery including people, research, treatment, law and justice, systems and policy for all populations including youth, veterans, LGBTQ, communities of color and underserved populations.
Proposals will be accepted from all sectors of the mental health community including family members and caregivers, mental health providers, researchers and specialists from across the state and the nation.
NAMI is the nation’s largest grass-roots mental health organization and is dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness, event organizers said.
Organizers said they are planning the conference’s keynote speakers and sessions to highlight the many roads to recovery and how individual journeys add up to meaningful, positive experiences of living with mental illness; deeper, more effective involvement of families, friends and advocates; and stronger, more responsive systems of care.
For specifics on criteria and submitting a workshop proposal, view the workshop proposal submission form at http://tinyurl.com/NAMI-FORM.
For more information, call 360-452-5244.
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Reporter Chris McDaniel can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56650, or cmcdaniel@peninsuladailynews.com.
