AACT-NOW Archive
AKA-NAMI Partnership
Starting in 2015, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) and NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, worked together to increase mental health awareness in the African American community. AKA Chapters in NJ worked with NAMI NJ’s AACT-NOW program to educate African Americans about mental health, treatment and recovery. Together, we helped communities access much needed treatment services and support.
Shanee Frazier, a NAMI NJ AACT-NOW volunteer, presented for the Morristown chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha in April, 2018, raising mental health awareness!
Winifred Chain receives a donation for the Walk from the Health Committee of the Theta Pi Omega, AKA Sorority.
Past Events:
2010 African American Conference on Mental Health
October 30, 2010
Days Hotel & Conference Center, East Brunswick, NJ
2009 African American Conference on Mental Health
NAMI NJ successfully presented an African American Conference on Mental Health in October 2009 at Rutgers University Labor Education Center in New Brunswick. Over 150 African American mental health professionals and families attended the conference. Click to download the Keynote Presentation, “Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in the African American Communities“, by King Davis, PhD, Professor and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work.
Conference Video:
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