Meeting on Oct. 9, 2017

1:00PM - Introduction of Attendees:
Jennifer Alquicira (President)
Taylor Muldoon
Rachel Schumaker (Vice President)
Jackie Le
 
Old Business:

• Discussed September’s Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day event, received positive feedback from students and faculty
  • This event was created as an alliance between NAMI and Student Social Work Organization and will be an recurring annual event
• NAMI on Campus UNO also was in attendance with NAMI Omaha at the 2017 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Out of the Darkness 3K Walk at Lewis and Clark Landing on Sept. 10th (World Suicide Prevention Day). 

New Business:

• Discussed our recurring event in De-Stress Fest at the end of the semester, week before finals, as we will partner again with Urban Abbey (non-profit coffee shop and college ministry) for mindfulness and free tea.
  • This is another alliance we have and will continue on again when we will discuss on the event later this semester.
• New idea for event        
  • Partnering with either Military/Veteran Services or Accessibility Services (formerly Disability Services) and Network for Disability Awareness for an event matching mental illness and their services in either late October or November.

 
Reminders:

• NAMI Nebraska is hosting their annual meeting on UNO’s campus on October 31st from 11:30AM to 2:00PM in CEC 209. There will be a lunch provided. Please contact this number for RSVP (402) 345-8101 or let Jennifer know (jalquiclra@unomaha.edu)
• For anyone interested in becoming more actively involved in community organizations, there are some always looking for young adult representatives.
  • Metro Area Suicide Prevention Coalition
    • If you attend these meetings, please email Jill Hamilton on your arrival (jhamilton@thekimfoundation.org)
    • Meets on Oct. 31 from 8:15am-9:45am
    • Next is Nov. 21 from 8:15am-9:45am
  • Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare Systems of Care Youth & Family Advisory Committee
    • It is online meetings and anyone is welcome to join.
    • Please contact Cassy Blakely for more info (cblakely@nebraskachildren.org)
  • Lastly, Immanuel Hospital is looking for more volunteers and it would be awesome for more peer support volunteers to assist in the psychiatric unit *opinion.
• If you are interested, please let Jennifer know and we will contact the volunteer manager and the head psych nurse on your interest.
  • For this position, you kind of have to have some experience of living with a mental illness or relative w/ lived experience.             
  • Peer support specialist is basically the term you will use and assist in speaking with either adult or children patients during hourly activities.
  • You also get to choose what days and times you can come.
  • You do get volunteer hours if needed for your colleges or programs​

 
Meeting concluded at 1:15PM


​Meeting on Tuesday October 10th was cancelled due to no attendance.

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Next meeting on Monday, November 13 at 1PM student center room 224 and Tuesday, November 14 at 3PM student center room 301.