Would you like to use your voice to advocate for better mental health care systems? Learn how to share your story with policymakers and effect legislative change by taking a NAMI Smarts for Advocacy training course. The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont (NAMI Vermont) is offering two training sessions that will help you learn how to tell your personal mental health story and advocate for better mental health care. The trainings will cover three modules of the NAMI Smarts program. You may attend one or both sessions. Separate registration is required for each training session.

Module 1: Telling Your Story
January 14, 2023
1–4:30 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom

In this module, you will learn:
-Why mental health advocacy is so important
-How to tell a compelling personal story that is inspiring and makes an "ask" in 90 seconds
-How to write and share your own personal story in seven steps

To register, visit namivt.org/nami-smarts. If you have questions, please contact Margie Lemay at mlemay@namivt.org or (802) 876-7949 x100.

May 14, 2024, 4 to 6 PM

May 18, 2024, 10 AM to 4 PM

May 18, 2024, 10 AM to 2 PM