Nat'l Assoc. for Rural Mental Health ** Call for Consumer Participation **

The National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) wants to strengthen the rural consumer voice in NARMH and encourages all interested consumers who live in rural communities or are involved with rural mental health issues to attend its conference in Santa Fe, NM on August 26-29, 2002. A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE -- APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 15th. Priority will be given to consumers from rural communities. Call for a Scholarship application form 1-800-809-5879.The conference theme is "Riding the Winds of Change: Alternatives for the Journey." The conference agenda can be found at www.narmh.orgPre-conference workshops of interest to consumers: *WRITER'S WORKSHOP FOR RURAL CONSUMERS. The instructor is Sarah Brown who is a talented play write and author as well as a consumer. She is from New Mexico. *WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Program) The instructor is Mary Ellen Copeland.For more information contact:Lu Ann Rice at NARMH at 1-800-809-5879 or Chris Pederson, Conference Chair at cpederso@DOH.state.nm.us or at 505-827-2630.
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