Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
February 9, 2006, Vol. 06-15

2005 SAMHSA/CMHS Voice Awards Video Highlights

The SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma Associated With Mental Illness (ADS Center) invites you to view video highlights from the 2005 Voice Awards held on July 20, 2005, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California.

The Voice Awards were developed by the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) to acknowledge film, television, and radio writers and producers whose work has given a voice to people with mental health problems by portraying them in a dignified, respectful, and accurate manner. The ceremony also acknowledged the efforts of mental health advocates, departments of mental health, and other partners from the eight States piloting the Elimination of Barriers Initiative (EBI).

Speakers featured in these clips include SAMHSA Administrator Charles G. Curie, CMHS Director A. Kathryn Power, mental health advocates Bruce Black and Beth Ann Russell, actors Mariette Hartley and Maurice Bernard, and journalist and SAMHSA Advisory Board Member Kathleen Sullivan. Material for these videos was provided by Just Life Productions, Pasadena, California. To view all of the highlights, please click on the link given below.

http://www.whatadifference.samhsa.gov/voiceawards/

For additional information about the EBI and the Voice Awards, please refer to the EBI section of the SAMHSA ADS Center web site at http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov. Please direct questions or comments about these materials to a technical assistance representative via e-mail at promoteacceptance@samhsa.hhs.gov or via telephone at 1-800-540-0320. Also, please share this notice with interested friends and colleagues.

Sponsor

These highlights are 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.

About the 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
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