We are excited to have The Lyrical Groove band perform at the San Diego County NAMI Walk on April 13 at NTC Park in Liberty Station. The Lyrical Groove is a spoken word, jazz influenced, hip-hop at the heart, gospel soul infused band that bridges all of these genres with, meaningful lyrics with a dynamic…

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Shannon Jaccard, our NAMI San Diego CEO and 2nd Vice President NAMI CA board, and Charlie Hearn were special guests of a March 2 broadcast on Radio KOGO San Diego’s Community Connection. They spoke on a variety of topics including:  stigma, getting help, and NAMI’s signature programs for families and peers with a mental illness.  …

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SAN DIEGO – Calling all walkers! The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI San Diego) is gearing up for their annual walk this spring at a kick-off party on March 9, 2013, and wants you there. While the walk won’t happen until April 13 at Liberty Station in the Point Loma area, the kick-off brunch…

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By Julie Benn, NAMI San Diego As yet another violent massacre occurs in our country—this one involving children, so it makes it all the harder to take—I pause to think about it, as I have done so often since the news broke on Dec. 14, 2012. During the chaos, ABC had on a senior medical…

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Invoking the painful memory of the schoolchildren killed in Newtown, Conn., a month ago, President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the most ambitious gun-control drive in generations. Proposals include universal background checks as well as bans on assault weapons and ammunition clips that hold more than 10 bullets. Some of his proposals are sure to…

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