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Hope and Healing: Faith Communities and the Suicide Crisis - April 5, 2019
Online Registration for 9th Annual Conference
More Information on 9th Annual Conference  **  Agenda and Brochure
Next Connectors Program*
Monday,  March 11, 2019
​3:30 - 5:00 pm

meeting at
St. Thomas More 

Catholic Church
940 Carmichael St., Chapel Hill, NC

Details and Directions

  • Jan-Feb: Sunday School classes on opiate addiction problem
  • Nominations open for The Gove and Barbara Elder Community Servant Award
  • ​FREE Family-to-Family Training this Winter/Spring
  • ​Information on Clinical Trials
  • ​Donate to FCMI​​
  • NAMI Walks, Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Dorthea Dix Park - Join the FCMI team
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2018 Sponsors & Exhibitors
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Friday, April 5: Annual Conference
Hope and Healing: Faith Communities and the Suicide Crisis is a day-long conference that will focus on suicide prevention. The event offers options professional credit from Wake AHEC. Click here to learn more about topics and speakers.
Full list of Sponsors & Exhibitors from 2018 Conference

In the News

2018-04-10: Herald Sun
Mental Health Conference Friday
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2018-03-08: WCHL

FCOMI board member Miriam Fahrer joined Aaron Keck to discuss the conference.

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2017-12-20: Herald Sun
Sophie Jin and Abby Roussin are first recipients of the newly created Youth/ Young Adult Voice Award

​2017-11-05: Herald Sun
Immigration & Trauma  (scroll down for letter of that title)

2017-08-25: Herald Sun

Snoopy, an experimental drug and a minivan: How one mom dealt with her depression

​2017-07-26:  The Herald Sun
Learn how to live with mental illness from those who've been there
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2017-05-01:  Raleigh News & Observer
Rock, Royals, and Schools - Community Mental Health Awareness

2017-03-04: Chapelboro.com
"Overcoming Stigma In Mental Illness" 

2017-03-06: Raleigh News & Observer
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Conference in Chapel Hill to tackle stigma around mental illness

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Faith Connections on Mental Illness 
The mission of Faith Connections on Mental Illness is to work with all local faith communities to advocate for and to support and educate individuals and families who are living with mental illness.
 
Faith Connections began with a few individuals at a church in Chapel Hill helping to stop the stigma of mental illness and battle the sense of isolation and rejection.  

Individuals and houses of worship from all faiths are invited to join this coalition.  Through education and advocacy in the community and individual congregations, Faith Connections offers support and comfort to the mentally ill and people who care for and about them. 

Our members, called Connectors, participate in a variety of events throughout the year. 

Connectors meetings - open to everyone - are held on the 2nd Monday of every month, and typically feature an informative program on mental illness. ​



Faith Connections' three areas of focus are:

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Advocacy
FCOMI believes that as people of faith, we are called to be active in social justice initiatives that help to educate the public and remove the stigma often associated with Mental Illness.  Follow our Events page for details on upcoming events.


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Support 
FCoMI believes in providing support directly to people managing their symptoms of mental illness and to their families, to help them through their struggles and to serve as an example to other faith based organizations who strive to support people with this special need.

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Education
FCoMI believes in an active program of education within communities of faith to help them better understand the difficulties faced by people with Mental Illness and how they can provide support within a loving faith based community. Each month we hold an educational session at our Connectors meetings.  All are welcome to join.  Our biggest educational event is our Annual Conference.  


With the sunrise of each new day comes 
the dawn of hope.  Psalm 97:11


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