Watch the Final Families as Allies “Fifth Wednesday” Session of 2022
This past Wednesday, Families as Allies held its quarterly "Fifth Wednesday" live stream on Facebook and Youtube. Four times a year, we take to the Web to discuss issues that…
We’ve rescheduled the Community Partnership Celebration!
We've rescheduled the Community Partnership Celebration—and we thank you for your patience and understanding of our need to reschedule our Ninth Annual CPC. If you already purchased tickets for the…
Community Partnership Celebration: Your Dollars Make a Difference!
Our Community Partnership Celebration is always a wonderful evening of celebration and fellowship. Please join us at BRAVO! Italian Restaurant and Bar on November 7, 2022, from 5:00 to 7:30 for our Ninth Annual…
Mental Illness Awareness Week: What I Wish I Had Known about Stigma
Congress officially established National Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) in 1990, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) facilitates MIAW the first week of October each year. NAMI explains: "Mental…
Ninth Annual Community Partnership Sponsorships and Tickets
Our Community Partnership Celebration is always a joyful evening of warmth and fellowship. Every one of you who is part of Families as Allies in any way means so much…
Mississippi Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families to Meet This Fall
This fall, the Mississippi Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families will hold four public hearings designed to learn the needs of families and young children in Mississippi. Lt.…
Join Us for Our Virtual Parent-Peer Support Graduation Friday, September 16 at 1 p.m.
Please join us in honoring the most recent class of parent-peer supporters at our virtual graduation celebration this Friday, September 16, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The number of parent-peer…
‘Families as Allies Live’: Training, New Grants and Our Focus this Next Quarter
This past week Families as Allies had our quarterly "Families as Allies Live" on Facebook and Youtube. We hope you will watch the recordings of this event, but either way, we also wanted…
Return of In-Person Leadership Training was a Huge Success!
Congratulations to the 25 people, including 21 parents and caregivers, who completed Serving on Groups that Make Decisions Leadership Training on Saturday, June 24, in Jackson. We are so proud…
disAbility Megaconference and Mental Health Update
It was a pleasure to be back in person at the tenth annual Mississippi disAbility Megaconference on June 16 and 17 at the Jackson Hilton and to see many of you there.…