Calendar of Events

Nashville’s Suicide Anonymous group (SA) is a Twelve Step program for survivors of suicide attempts or suicidal ideation. SA seeks to emphasize the term "survivor" in hopes of harnessing the associated images of hope, strength, and perseverance, in contrast to the more common label of "attempter" and the negative impressions it conveys. 

There are no dues or fees. Meetings are restricted to survivors of suicide attempts.

The group offers a support system for survivors and allows members an opportunity to share the tools and secrets they use to overcome their depression and inner struggles with suicide.  SA also hopes to make a distinction between the suicide attempt and the person involved and cast off the societal stigma that too often plagues the survivor. 

Meetings will convene promptly at 6 PM on alternating Thursdays; the dates for the next meetings are as follows:

• February 23
• March 8
• March 22
• April 5
• April 19

To get involved with the group or for more information, please call (615) 297-1077 or e-mail tspn@tspn.org.

NAMI TN and TN STEP would like to extend this special invitation to you as part of our mission to promote competent cultural care for diverse communities in Tennessee. Our purpose of the day is to enhance services for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.  Assessing attitudes, practices, policies and procedures of administrators and service providers is a necessary, effective and systematic way to plan for culturally competence care within an organization. Determining the needs, preferences and satisfaction of family members/consumers is an essential aspect of this process.

Our goal is to provide information and strategies that will assist families in the journey to exercise leadership through active involvement in decision making processes related to members with special needs and to ensure Tennessee is a State that values cultural policies, practices and procedures.

Each of us have the ability to influence systems and effect positive change in our community and this event has been designed to ensure resources to sustain and enhance advocacy with the extensive network of private and public entities.

Broaden the conversation and take your seat at the table. Together we can bring unity to our community of mental illness.

The networking reception and a conversation on overcoming the challenges in creating culturally competent organizations will be held on February 24, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

The summit will be held on February 25, 2012 beginning at 8:00 AM at Meharry Medical College – S.S. Kresge Learning Resources Center – 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd – Nashville, TN 37208.

For more information contact Kelly Dorsey, NAMI Tennessee Multicultural Coordinator at 877-740-7002.

Register for the summit on line at: http://multiculturalsummit2012.eventbrite.com/

Visit our organizations website to learn about us: www.namitn.org / www.tnstep.org

The East Tennessee group meets the 4th Monday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at Boones Creek Christian Church.SOS is for individuals who have lost someone by suicide, or for individuals who are interested in suicide prevention or who might have helpful information for those who do.

Call Linda Phipps Harrold at (423) 361-2087, for more information.

Let's join the TN Coalition for Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (TCMHSAS) for the 11th Annual Day on Capitol Hill. Together we can show our elected officials that behavioral health consumers and their families are educated, united and WE VOTE!   

On Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 you are asked to come to Nashville and advocate for yourselves to your state representatives and senators. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., at the War Memorial Auditorium – 301 Sixth Ave. N. – Nashville, TN 37243.  A light breakfast will be available. 

Attendees will be given the information needed to communicate with legislators about the necessity of having a healthy behavioral health system and will be armed with the talking points to support their claims.

Throughout the morning, speakers will share their views on the state of the behavioral health system in Tennessee. 

A Box lunch will be served at midday. * Please register for the event in order to have a lunch reserved * 

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2834133971/?invite=&err=29&referrer=&ebtv=C&discount=&affiliate=&eventpassword

You are invited to Celebrating the Arts & Recovery. Join us Tuesday, March 6, 2012 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., 1st floor large conference room in the Andrew Johnson Tower located at 710 James Robertson Parkway - Nashville, TN 37243 and meet the consumer artists and view their artwork. If you can help with registration and assist our visitors, please call the Office of Communication at (615) 253-4812 or email Lorene Lambert.

This annual event is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and The Healing Arts Project, Inc. – HAPI (Formerly the Middle Tennessee Mental Health & Substance Abuse Coalition).

This one day event for Obion County residents is sponsored by Carey Counseling Center, Inc. This event will target individuals that are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless; providing services for homeless individuals at one location. Communities and agencies will partner together, in order to address homelessness – giving homeless individuals the tools for a new start.

The event is scheduled for March 9, 2012 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Eddie Cox Senior Center located at 622 South Depot Street in Union City, TN 38261.

To participate in this event - whether it is to provide a service(s), donate goods or volunteer your time, please contact Amanda Nichols, PHC Organizer at (731) 885-5060 or via email amanda.nichols@bhillc.org, and provide the following information:

• Name of the participating agency/organization
• Number of individuals to attend
• Specific service(s) you will be providing
• Contact information

Project Homeless Connect is Nashville’s biggest service provider event aimed at removing barriers to housing and employment for our neighbors who are homeless. At the last event, 700 volunteers helped 1,500 individuals & families struggling with homelessness receive 10,000 services from 75 providers. Please sign up today to volunteer to help make Project Homeless Connect 2011 a great success!

One Day Can Make a Difference Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tennessee State Fairgrounds

TO VOLUNTEER: E-mail the following information to PHCNashville@hotmail.com. Please provide your name, e-mail, phone number, address, indicate whether you have volunteered for PHC before and whether you are available all day, morning, or afternoon. ***You must be 18 years old to volunteer.***

This day of awareness, sponsored by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a key strategy of the Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign, which is part of the Public Awareness and Support Strategic Initiative of SAMHSA, under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services umbrella.

The focus on a national day seeks to raise awareness of the importance of children's mental health as essential to healthy development from birth. Communities around the country are encouraged to hold their own awareness day events, focusing either on the national theme, or adapting the theme to the populations they serve. Visit http://www.samhsa.gov/children/national.asp and download more information about the benefits of collaboration year-round and ways to help children and youth who have experienced traumatic events.