Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
January 30, 2007, Vol. 07-25

Register Now for NASC Teleconference: Building Partnerships That Work

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Mental Health Services
ADS Center - Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma
11420 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
1-800-540-0320
promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov

Upcoming Event

Registration Now Open for Training Teleconference:
National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC): Building Partnerships That Work

The SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated With Mental Illness invites you to register now for a free teleconference training titled, "National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC): Building Partnerships That Work."

Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Eastern Time)

To participate in this training teleconference, please complete the registration form located online at http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/teleconferences/registration/Default.aspx. For additional teleconference information, please refer to the Training http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/teleconferences/ section of the SAMHSA ADS Center Web site or contact a technical assistance representative by e-mail at promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov or by telephone at 1-800-540-0320. Please pass this invitation along to interested friends and colleagues. Please note: Registration for this teleconference will close at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, February 6, 2007.

Training Summary

Research has proven that the contact approach is one of the most effective means of reducing stigma and discrimination associated with mental illnesses. But did you know that the contact approach also can be used to build partnerships? When it comes to attracting partners from consumer groups, businesses, local government agencies, and other organizations, you need communication tools not only to attract partners but also to help work with these partners to promote your activities and successes. The contact approach can be one of those communication tools, particularly when undertaking local and State efforts in conjunction with the National Anti-Stigma Campaign (NASC).

Please join us as we:

• Discuss the benefits and challenges of the contact approach and how it can
  be used to build partnerships.

• Discuss the effectiveness of participatory dialogue that highlight the
  contact approach to reduce stigma and discrimination.

• Explore how NASC materials and information may be used to jumpstart
  additional anti-stigma efforts.

Training Sponsor

This teleconference is sponsored by the SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center), a project of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The session is free to all participants.

About the SAMHSA ADS Center

SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center) helps people design, implement and operate programs that reduce discrimination and stigma associated with mental illnesses. With the most up-to-date research and information, the ADS Center helps individuals, organizations, and governments counter such discrimination and stigma in the community, in the workplace, and in the media.

Subscribe to receive this update by sending an e-mail to promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov, or by calling an ADS Center representative at 800-540-0320. To comment on the materials included in this update, please send e-mail to promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov, or write a letter to Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness; Informational Updates; 11420 Rockville Pike; Rockville, MD 20852. To unsubscribe from this distribution list using the subscribed e-mail account, click here Majordomo@listserve.shs.net?body=unsubscribe%20stopstigma . To unsubscribe your address from a different e-mail account, send a message to Majordomo@listserve.shs.net with the following command in the message body: unsubscribe stopstigma [Your E-mail Address].

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