The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery needs your help! This “Call to Action” is addressed to everyone who supports the mission and goals of the movement for social justice of individuals with psychiatric diagnoses.
NCMHR was founded to champion this movement! Toward this end, we need to expand NCMHR’s reach, influence, and impact throughout the United States.
To accomplish this, we have created six strategic planning committees that we hope you will volunteer to actively participate in. The committees – whose work will dovetail and overlap – are:
* Finance: fundraising
* Advocacy: federal and state legislation and policies
* IT/Social Media: creating/strengthening our presence
* Governance: reviewing and revising our bylaws
* Alternatives conference: planning
* Hill Day 2025: planning
At the same time, we would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Hill Day a success! This could not have been accomplished without your hard work and dedication. The time we spent advocating on the Hill was invaluable to ensuring that legislators had enough accurate information to make informed decisions that would impact the future of individuals who are struggling with mental health issues in their respective states. We had a lot of small victories and a lot of healing moments.
But, again, the work does not stop there!
If you are interested in serving on a strategic planning committee, please respond to this email about your choice(s). Also, as you consider your role on one or more of these committees, please think about whether your schedule will allow this commitment of time and effort. We estimate the time commitment for each committee at one hour a month over a 10-month to 11-month period, including meeting several times a year as well as working independently or in groups.
We can really use your help!
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration,
NCMHR Board