VOCAL'S MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY NEWS FOR 3.19.2015

In Today's Digest....

New in the Digest This Week

VOCAL News

News Around the Commonwealth

Veteran's Corner

Conferences, Trainings, Workshops and Webinars

Links to Peer-Run Programs

Other News

Look What Our Members Are Doing!

A twice-weekly electronic news-digest delivered to your inbox dedicated to keeping you informed of mental health recovery news and opportunities across the Commonwealth and the nation.

New in the Digest This Week

Register Now! "Charting the Journey, VOCAL's Annual Recovery Conference- Posted 3.19

VOCAL is pleased to announce Sharon Wise as our keynote speaker for our Annual Mental Health Recovery Conference, "Charting the Journey"! Sharon calls herself a "Surviving Spirit"; she is a trauma expert, consultant, whole health and peer specialist, a certified WRAPŠ facilitator and a visual and performing artist. In addition to the keynote, Ms. Wise will also present a workshop.

The Conference will be held from Monday, May 18th until Wednesday, May 20th on the beautiful James Madison University campus in Harrisonburg.

You can download the Conference registration form here. We are excited about the opportunity to offer help with writing your Advance Directive at our Conference, but you MUST preregister when you fill out our registration form. Please review that section at the bottom of the form. Remember, there are a limited number of scholarships available and those are on a first-come, first served, basis. Please observe all registration deadlines.

If you are interested in presenting a workshop at the Conference, please visit:

http://vocalvirginia.org/#/vocal-conference/4534274248

"Rise Phoenix Rise" Benefit Concert (Date Correction) - Posted 3.19

Ashland Coffee and Tea, 100 North Railroad Avenue, Ashland

Sunday, March 29th from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Tickets are $10 at the door, raffles will be held during the concert

All proceeds to benefit "Rise Phoenix Rise" a non profit animal assisted mental health center.

"Soft Skills" with Dell Hughes from the Department of Rehabilitative Services at Center for Recovery and Wellness, Lynchburg - Posted 3.19

Wednesday, March 24th from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Hard skills are skills needed to get a job done. Become more self aware of soft skills that will help get you a paid or volunteer position, keep the position, be successful in the position, and get along with people in any organization.
For more information, call 434.947.2662

"Integrating a Trauma-Informed Approach to HIV Care: Special Populations and the DC Community" - Posted 3.19

March 25th from 10:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m.

7059 Blair Road NW, Suite 101
Washington, DC 20012

The event will feature Iden Campbell McCollum and Leah Harris, Director of the National Coalition of Mental Health Recovery, for two 90 minute presentations and a fully provided lunch.

The discussion topics will meet at the intersection of awareness and advocacy for transgender populations, people living with HIV, and the trauma-informed approach to healthcare. It will include important research on adverse childhood experiences, prevalence and risk factors, and the consideration of a population at considerably greater risk in the DC community.

Free event, but registration is required.

VOCAL News

VOCAL Proposed Bylaws Changes Document - Posted 3.16

The link below will take you to the bylaw changes document, in draft, the final of which will be presented to the membership for a vote at our next annual meeting in May at our Annual Conference in Harrisonburg. We welcome your comments to: network@vocalvirginia.org

http://vocalvirginia.org/#/key-documents/4534481121

Check Out VOCAL Workshop Offerings: Twenty-Five Topics on Recovery, Peer Support, Advocacy and Peer Run Programs

VOCAL has been a leader in Virginia's mental health recovery movement since 2002. Our workshops and professional trainings uniquely blend the experience of individuals who live with conditions commonly referred to as mental health disorders with an up-to-the-minute understanding of state and national mental health systems, and evidence-based recovery tools.

Developed by people who have personally experienced mental health crisis, VOCAL programs value the worth and dignity of each individual, the right to self-determination, and the important contributions of peer support and self-help.

These workshops are designed for peers, peer support specialists, providers, family and supporters of those in recovery.

We can deliver a one-day conference, half-day workshop, or one presentation, all especially designed for the interests of your group.

Workshops are free to peer-run organizations.

For complete workshop descriptions go to:

http://www.vocalvirginia.org/#/vocal-events/4533123864

Join VOCAL's State-Wide W.R.A.P. Facilitator Network

If you've trained in facilitating Mental Health Recovery including Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) workshops, the program developed by Dr. Mary Ellen Copeland, Join VOCAL's network today!

Email Ann Benner, R.E.A.C.H. Program Director:

ann@vocalvirginia.org

Link to VOCAL Board Calendar

https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8n1cslha5ohv0sp6ghf2n25mbc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

News Around the Commonwealth

W.R.A.P.Š Class at Center for Recovery and Wellness, Lynchburg - Posted 3.9

Tuesdays, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. for eight weeks beginning March 24th

For more information, call 434.947.2662

Pet and Family Pictures Fundraiser to Benefit "Rise Phoenix Rise" - Posted 3.16

Saturday, March 21st from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Sunrise House, 203 S. Taylor Street, Ashland

Purchase a disk of your photos for $80

"Liberty and Justice for ALL" Annual Gala - Posted 3.12

disAbility Law Center of Virginia Foundation

Friday, April 24th from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen

2880 Mountain Road in Glen Allen (23060)

Tickets can be purchased at http://www.dLCV.org

For additional details

Qualified Bilingual Staff Training Program (QBS) in Roanoke - Posted 3.12

April 22-24 at Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare, 3517 Brandon Avenue, Room 128

Application deadline April 10th

http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/professionals-and-service-providers/oclc/oclc-focus-areas/language-access/qbs

Free Workshop: "Face Your Fear and Make the Changes You Want" - Posted 3.12

Thursday, March 19th, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Orange Hill Wellness Center

401 Orange Street, Charlottesville

For further info: 434.977.6918

Veteran's Corner

Veterans Crisis Line

Call: 1-800-273-8255

http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Virginia Wounded Warrior Program Link

http://www.wearevirginiaveterans.org/

Veterans Peer Support Group at On Our Own of Roanoke

Every Monday at 1 p.m.

540-362-0061

New Tool Connects Vets and Employers

The Veterans Employment Center, an inter-agency collaboration from the White House's Joining Forces initiative, has announced a new online tool to provide veterans with employment resources. ebenefits.va.govwill connect veterans and service members with public and private sector employers who are looking to hire people with military experience, including individuals with disabilities.

For more information and employer resources, visit www.AskEARN.org.

Conferences, Trainings, Workshops and Webinars

Webinar: "Motivational Interviewing for Peer Support Providers" - Posted 3.16

April 9th from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Mental Health of America (MHA) Annual Conference - Posted 3.16

June 3-5, HIlton Mark Center, Alexandria

To register

VACSB Development and Training Conference in Williamsburg - Posted 3.16

Registration is open for the VACSB 2015 Development and Training Conference to be held May 6- 8 at the Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center in Williamsburg.

For more information and to register

"Working from Home With Ticket to Work" - Posted 3.9

March 25th, from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

https://www.chooseworkttw.net/webinar/

Webinar: "Integration of Women's Health" - Posted 3.9

In honor of Women's History month this webinar is focusing on women's health and specifically the discussion on the integration/non-integration of women's health and mental health. The webinar will explore research and policy implications of integrating all of women's health, speakers will discuss their personal experiences with a range of health issues and then dream big on what a truly integrated system for women's health can look like.

Mental Health America of Virginia's Workforce Re-entry Conference - Posted 2.26

April 13-15 in Lynchburg

For more information and to apply, go to http://mhav.org/event/workforce-re-entry-conference/

Webinar: "Native American Health and Healing Approaches" - Posted 2.26

March 24th from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Join the "Dialogues of Discovery, A Process of Connecting and Sharing Our Collective Wisdom" with Lauren Spiro - Posted 1.22

#3 "Envisioning and Creating the World You Want" on March 24th from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Links to MH Peer-Run Programs in Virginia

Arlington Peers Helping Peers in Recovery
www.aphpr-rpsva.org

Reston Drop-In Center

restondropincenter.org

Consumer Wellness Center (Annandale)

http://consumerwellnesscenter.org/services.html

Recovery In Motion ( Fredericksburg)
www.recovery-in-motion.org

Blacksburg Computer Empowerment Services

http://computerempowerment.net/about.htm

Friends4Recovery Whole Health Center (Richmond)

http://www.friends4recovery.org

Center for Recovery and Wellness (Lynchburg)

http://centerforrecoveryandwellness.org/calendar/

Trillium Drop-In Center (Woodbridge)

http://pwdropincenter.org/calendar.php

On Our Own of Roanoke Valley

http://rvonourown.com/Events.aspx

WeCare, Inc (Martinsville)

http://wecaremhc.org/?page_id=42

On Our Own of Charlottesville
www.onourowncville.org

84 Main (Warsaw)
804.333.3581

Recovery Resources and Support
http://www.rrs4hope.com/

The Laurie Mitchell Empowerment and Career Center (Alexandria)

www.lmec.org

Our Family (Winchester)

540.667.8888 or dking@nwcsb.com

Other Program Information:

Virginia Peer Support Coalition (Virginia)

http://vpsc.groupsite.com/main/summary

Mental Health America of Virginia (MHAV)

http://mhav.org

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Falls Church
ANC436@aol.com

NAMI Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

http://namivirginia.org/

NAMI Central Virginia (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
http://www.namicentralvirginia.org

SAARA of Virginia (Richmond)
http://www.saara.org/events-calendar.php

Spiritworks Foundation Center for Recovery of the Soul (Williamsburg)
http://www.spiritworksfoundation.org/events-calendar/

Roads to Recovery (Lynchburg)
http://roads2recovery.org/

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
http://www.afsp.org/

Other News

Huffington Post Article: "Why I Don't Like the Term Mental Illness" - Posted 3.12

Read it here

New York Times Article: "Blocking the Paths to Suicide" - Posted 3.12

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/health/blocking-the-paths-to-suicide.html

New Resource: "Families Healing Together" - Posted 3.9

Families Healing Together

Provides transformative mental health education-interactively and online. Our strengths-based recovery methods move families past fear and confusion into new states of wholeness, wellbeing and connectedness. Flexible and fully-facilitated, the FHT approach helps families navigate the frustration that can follow a psychiatric diagnosis and the emotional distress that comes with psychosis.

http://familieshealingtogether.com/

Lifeline Website for Persons with Lived Experience - Posted 3.9

With Help Comes Hope

is a new website from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that provides support for suicide attempt survivors and persons living with suicidal thoughts, as well as information for friends and family and clinicians. Among the resources available on this site are a therapist and support group finder and a video gallery with stories of hope and recovery.

Disability.gov Seeks Participants for It's Third "No Boundaries" Photo Project - Posted 3.5

https://usodep.blogs.govdelivery.com/2015/03/02/disability-gov-seeks-participants-for-its-third-no-boundaries-photo-project/

"Peers for Progress" - Posted 3.2

Peers for Progress was founded in 2006 to promote peer support as a key part of health, health care, and prevention around the world. The mission of Peers for Progress is to accelerate the availability of best practices in peer support.

Peers for Progress is designed to demonstrate the value of peer support, extend the evidence base for such interventions, help establish peer support as an accepted, core component of health care, and promote peer support programs and networks on a global scale.

For further information, go to: http://peersforprogress.org/

Grant Opportunity: National Consumer and Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers - Posted 3.2

Application due date April 27th

http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/sm-15-011

Social Security Expanding Field Offices Nationwide - Posted 2.2

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/news/#!/post/1-2015-1

Look What Our Members Are Doing!

"UNHOLY HELL: A Preacher's Journey Through Depression and Recovery"

Book written by Terry Dow

Available on March 6 on Amazon in print and on Kindle

"Walking in Hope, Living in Grace: The Tapestry"

Book written by Maryalyce Poole, available at Amazon

"A Rooted Mind: Saying Yes to Beauty, Wellness and Deeply-Rooted Mental Health"

Book written by Beth Gager, available at Balboa Press

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