9th Annual Conference: Hope and Healing: Faith Communities and the Suicide Crisis - April 5, 2019
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Next Connectors Program*
Monday, January 14, 2019 3:30 - 5:00 pm meeting at St. Thomas More Catholic Church 940 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill, NC Details and Directions |
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Friday, April 13: Annual Conference
Cultivating Mental Health: Hope and Healing was a day-long interfaith conference focusing on addiction, depression in the elderly, and mental health resources available in the community. Full list of Sponsors & Exhibitors |
Saturday, April 14: NAMIWalks
Faith Connections Fielded a TOP Fundraising Team. As of 4/17/18, FCMI was the number one fundraising team out of 101 total teams in NAMIWalks 2018. Held in Raleigh, NC on April 14, 2018, twenty-two registered FCMI walkers collected $8,950. FCMI’s top individual fundraiser – Geetha Balagopal – was also the event’s top fundraiser out of 1,145 participants, receiving $4,150 in donations. Read Report Pictured below: 2018 NAMIWalks Team, which raised nearly $9000 and was a top fundraiser of over 100 teams! |
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2018-04-10: Herald Sun
Mental Health Conference Friday 2018-03-08: WCHL FCOMI board member Miriam Fahrer joined Aaron Keck to discuss the conference. 2017-12-20: Herald Sun Sophie Jin and Abby Roussin are first recipients of the newly created Youth/ Young Adult Voice Award 2017-11-05: Herald Sun Immigration & Trauma (scroll down for letter of that title) 2017-08-25: Herald Sun Snoopy, an experimental drug and a minivan: How one mom dealt with her depression 2017-07-26: The Herald Sun Learn how to live with mental illness from those who've been there 2017-05-01: Raleigh News & Observer Rock, Royals, and Schools - Community Mental Health Awareness 2017-03-04: Chapelboro.com "Overcoming Stigma In Mental Illness" 2017-03-06: Raleigh News & Observer Conference in Chapel Hill to tackle stigma around mental illness |
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Faith Connections on Mental Illness
The mission of Faith Connections on Mental Illness is to work with all local faith communities to advocate for and to support and educate individuals and families who are living with mental illness.
Faith Connections began with a few individuals at a church in Chapel Hill helping to stop the stigma of mental illness and battle the sense of isolation and rejection.
Individuals and houses of worship from all faiths are invited to join this coalition. Through education and advocacy in the community and individual congregations, Faith Connections offers support and comfort to the mentally ill and people who care for and about them.
Our members, called Connectors, participate in a variety of events throughout the year.
Connectors meetings - open to everyone - are held on the 2nd Monday of every month, and typically feature an informative program on mental illness.
The mission of Faith Connections on Mental Illness is to work with all local faith communities to advocate for and to support and educate individuals and families who are living with mental illness.
Faith Connections began with a few individuals at a church in Chapel Hill helping to stop the stigma of mental illness and battle the sense of isolation and rejection.
Individuals and houses of worship from all faiths are invited to join this coalition. Through education and advocacy in the community and individual congregations, Faith Connections offers support and comfort to the mentally ill and people who care for and about them.
Our members, called Connectors, participate in a variety of events throughout the year.
Connectors meetings - open to everyone - are held on the 2nd Monday of every month, and typically feature an informative program on mental illness.
Faith Connections' three areas of focus are:
Advocacy FCOMI believes that as people of faith, we are called to be active in social justice initiatives that help to educate the public and remove the stigma often associated with Mental Illness. Follow our Events page for details on upcoming events. 
Support FCoMI believes in providing support directly to people managing their symptoms of mental illness and to their families, to help them through their struggles and to serve as an example to other faith based organizations who strive to support people with this special need. 
Education
FCoMI believes in an active program of education within communities of faith to help them better understand the difficulties faced by people with Mental Illness and how they can provide support within a loving faith based community. Each month we hold an educational session at our Connectors meetings. All are welcome to join. Our biggest educational event is our Annual Conference. With the sunrise of each new day comes
the dawn of hope. Psalm 97:11 |
