Public Information Forum
May 29th, 2003
May 29th7PM!!
May Is Mental Health Month
Mental Health Matters Every Day!
How many times have you heard the remark: "If I just had Mr. So and So in the room, I could ask them what will happen to us?" The Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation is proposing a lot of changes in our system. The past month has given all of those who receive service from local mental health centers cause to say those words. May 29 at 7pm is the public's chance to ask state and local MentalHealth Centerleaders how they plan to deal with the coming changes in a panel discussion at our Annual Meeting May 29, at the Government St. United Methodist Church. We feel that this is an important opportunity for those who are faced with life altering changes to receive answers to questions they have about our Mental Health Services. We need your help to get the word out to the citizens that NEED TO KNOW, about this unique opportunity.
Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting and Public Information Forum.
Where: Government United Methodist Church, Broad and Government St. Downtown, Mobile, Alabama
When: Reception 6 PM- Meeting 7 PM
What: The annual meeting will honor our fifty-year history, our volunteers, our past, present, and incoming board of directors. The MHA Volunteer of the Year" will be announced. The program for the evening will offer a very informative Public Information Forum on the State of the Mental Health Services of Southwest Alabama - Present and Future.
Honored Participants in the Forum
- Moderator, Dr. Joseph Thomas, MDPC
- Charles Day, Alabama State Department of Mental Health
- Tuerk Schlesinger, Mobile Mental Health Center
- Dr. Stephen Scott, Baldwin Mental Health Center
- Candace Goodson, Southwest Mental Health Center
- Kelley Paris-Barnes,West Alabama Mental Health Center
- Toni Green, Mobile Infirmary Psychiatric Services
- Darold Dunlevy, Alabama Mental Health Association
We feel this is a very important forum as the changes that are being made, many of necessity, are painful to some. If the citizens of Alabama involve themselves in the evolution of our system though participation and advocacy, we may in the end truly develop a community mental health program, in which citizens of Southwest Alabama may find medical, physical and community services that allows those who have mental disorders the opportunity to stay within their family and community instead of having to seek help in alien environments away from their support networks.