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American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Webinar

Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. EST

Featuring
Rose Weahkee
Indian Health Service, Division of Behavioral Health

Mariddie J. Craig
White Mountain Apache Tribe

Jimi Kelley
NAMI Tennessee

Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in partnership with the Indian Health Service, Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Division of Behavioral Health.

We invite you to join us for an informative discussion on AI/AN mental health. Participation is open to any and all interested and is free of charge.

This Webinar forum is being held in honor of Native American Heritage Month. The program will feature three expert presenters and a 30 minute Q&A during which participants are invited to share your perspectives as well.

Presenters will discuss pertinent topics in American Indian and Alaska Native mental health including the following information:

• An overview of pertinent mental health issues among American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the country
• Current efforts of the Indian Health Service Office of Behavioral Health
• Information about the “Celebrating Life and Empowering our Spirits” White Mountain Apache Tribe and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health youth suicide prevention initiative
• Mental health recovery concepts and family and peer support among AI/AN communities 

To join the AI/AN Mental Health Webinar on Nov. 17 at 4:00pm EST

• Click the following URL to join the Web portion:

https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/nami/join?id=N69QH7&role=attend&pw=AIANforum

See below for troubleshooting instructions if you are unable to join via the URL provided above.

** FIRST-TIME USERS**
To save time before the meeting, check your system to make sure it is ready to use Microsoft Office Live Meeting at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90703  We recommend that you do this at a minimum of 30 minutes in advance of the Webinar.

Join the audio portion by choosing one of the following options:

• Start Live Meeting client, and then in Voice & Video pane under Join Audio options, click Call Me. The conferencing service will call you at the number you specify. (Recommended)    
• Dial the toll-free number and enter the pass code when prompted to connect to audio:

Toll-free:    1-888-858-6021
Participant code: 1492189292

TROUBLESHOOTING
Unable to join the meeting? Follow these steps:
1. Copy this address and paste it into your web browser:
        https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/nami/join
2. Copy and paste the required information:
Meeting ID: N69QH7
Entry Code: AIANforum
Location: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/nami
If you still cannot enter the meeting, contact support

Questions?
For further information about this Webinar forum, please contact Marin Swesey at marin@nami.org.