“Our New Chief Justice.” Art by Laura Umetsu. Ink on paper. In November 2020, Justice Steven González was elected by his judicial colleagues to become Washington State’s first Latino and Jewish Supreme Court Chief Justice. Local attorney and NAMI Seattle board emeritus Laura Umetsu and numerous other...
Laura Umetsu, NAMI Seattle treasurer Dear NAMI Seattle community, After 6 years of being on NAMI Seattle's board of directors (and 4 of them as treasurer), it is with bittersweet sentiment that I announce by the end of 2020, I will reach the end of my...
By Reagan Kim, Kyra Pennington, Matthew Kolden, Natalia Andrzejowiec, and Arundet Mee, UW Bothell School of Business Sophie Taylor (Photo credit: Sophie Taylor) “Be nice to yourself, if all you can manage to do is take a shower, take a shower, and be proud of yourself.” When...
Meet Penny Carothers, NAMI Seattle board member By Samuel Burley, Yeraldin Enriquez, Nathan Markley, Roewyn Umayam, and Boyue Xi, UW Bothell School of Business Penny with her husband and children. Photo credit: Lisa Page “Anyone can be struck by mental health challenges at any time and they deserve...
A Better September: Focusing on doing good Written By Kim Salada, NAMI Seattle volunteer and trained facilitator. Let's face it. We are not being inundated with good news these days. Quite the opposite, in fact. Pandemic, injustice, unrest, now fires. The heaviness can be hard to avoid...
Two Immigration Attorneys’ Perspectives on Mental Health in Immigrant Communities Thank you to the artists for sharing their work on Unsplash:(top left) Santi Vedri; (bottom left) Caique Silva; (top middle) Karl Fredrickson; (bottom middle) Sabrina May; (top right) Chang Liu; (middle right) Cristian Newman; (bottom right)...
Words matter. So do actions. We need you for both. NAMI Seattle stands in support of Black Lives Matter Seattle/King County and Black organizers across Seattle and the U.S. who are leading a movement to dismantle anti-Black systems and policies. Too often we talk about racial...
Black lives matter. Black mental health matters too -- but outside of the fullness of Black humanity and liberation, they’re just words. We know our amazing NAMI Seattle community understands better than most the impacts of trauma, of state-sanctioned violence, and of systems that were not created with...
This statement was released by NAMI National's CEO Danial H Gillison on 5/29/2020 Link to the direct post. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement from CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., regarding recent racist incidents across the country and their impact on...
There’s still time to support mental health in Seattle! Donations made to NAMI Seattle during GiveBIG before 12:00am are still being matched with generous pledges from members of our community. Now is the best time to maximize your gift this year. Your contribution brings hope...
