This year will be the third year of King celebrations devoted to Nonviolence: Creating a Social Norm, hosted by the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. The theme of this year's celebration is Nonviolence: Creating a Social Norm--A Focus on Mental Health. As a part of our activities, we will recognize organizations or other entities which contribute to eliminating problems associated with the interface of mental health and violence.
From a number of mental health-related agencies, we requested nominations of groups which deserved this recognition. The nominations ranged from some which address the adverse mental health effects resulting from violence victimization, to some which promote nonviolence through assistance to and advocacy for the mentally ill. To this end, we are inviting you to participate in two special events on January 23, 1997. From 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., we are offering all of the nominated groups an opportunity to provide a display and individual(s) who can talk to students, faculty, and all others who choose to attend, about mental health in general and their group's activities in particular. Concurrent with this interactive display, we will be showing a series of films about mental health. Then, at 4:00 p.m., a special ceremony will be held. The sole purpose of this ceremony is to recognize these front-line heroes and heroines whose efforts make our community less violent, but who often go unrecognized. It is our strong belief that the King holiday is an appropriate time to pay tribute to their efforts. The ceremony will then be followed by a reception.
The interactive display, films, ceremony, and reception will all be held in
the Rita Anne Rollins room and the room adjacent, located on the eighth
floor of the Rollins School of Public Health.
Film Series Schedule
The address is 1518 Clifton
Road, N.E., just south of the corner where Clifton Road intersects with
Houston Mill Road/Michael Street (Note: The name changes at Clifton Road).
Parking will be made available behind our building and can be accessed from
Michael Street.
If you have questions, you may contact Dr. Nancy Thompson at 404-727-3074, Ms. Portia Griffin at 404-727-7877, or Ms. Carol Gee at 404-727-7864.
With participation by its
members in all levels of activity, and a high level of sensitivity to the
cultural diversity of the membership, this center provides services
including vocational rehabilitation, job placement and development, a
social club, consumer and family advocacy and clinical services to
persons with serious mental illness.
Auburn Renaissance Center A major advocate for persons with traumatic brain injury, this
organization provides information and resources regarding this serious
problem, support groups for brain injury persons, and actively advocates
for preventive efforts such as seatbelt and helmet laws.
Brain Injury Association of Georgia A nationally recognized leader in psychosocial rehabilitation, this
organization provides work opportunities, residential services, case
management, a social club, and other services to help persons with serious
mental illness live independently, gain employment, and avoid victimization.
Community Friendship, Inc. This organization recruits, trains and supports volunteers who are
then "matched" with persons with mental illness to act as supportive
friends and reduce their risk of adverse outcomes such as relapse,
victimization and homelessness. Compeer Atlanta With
a number of chapters statewide, this organization of individuals who are
in recovery from depression or manic depressive illness offers peer
support and education to its members. Depressive and Manic Depressive Association Serving the Atlanta
community since 1890, this agency provides leadership for professional
services and offers counseling and support to couples, children,
individuals and families, targeting entire families of children at high
risk of a variety of problems including abuse and neglect, and helping
parents assert their responsibility as the primary prevention agents for
their children.
Families First This organization of family members of persons with serious mental
illness provices support to families and strong advocacy for an improved
service delivery system for people with mental illness. Georgia Alliance for the Mentally Ill A statewide organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse,
this organization has developed a network of programs, training,
resources, and support which include a toll-free statewide help line,
parent education and support, educational programs for children, survivor
support services, and other programs designed to prevent child abuse
before it begins. Georgia Council on Child Abuse, Inc. Composed of consumers of mental health, mental retardation and
substance abuse services, this organization works with recipients of
services offered by provider agencies to determine whether the recipients
and their families are satisfied with services received, and where
improvements can be made.
Georgia Evaluation and Satisfaction Teams, Inc. The largest single consumer organizationn in the country, this
organization of individuals who are in recovery from serious mental
illness provides support to local consumer support groups in many
communities and is a major advocacy voice for people in recovery from mental
illness. The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network Made up of families who have children or adolescents with serious
mental disturbances, this organization provides support to families
throughout the state and is a primary advocate for improved services to
children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances.
Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc. Developed by the Georgia
Council on Child Abuse, the twelve Healthy Families
Georgia sites throughout the state offer home visitor services to
over-burdened parents. Healthy Families Georgia Interfaith Health Program, The Carter Center
Formed in 1993 to mobilize the 150 million member of the faith
community, this program links congegations with community
health programs including those to prevent violence.
Interfaith Health Program This organization provides support to youth who have experience the
loss of aloved one to violence, or who have witnessed violence, to help
them address the post-traumatic stress, bereavement, and grief
consequences.
Kids Alive and Loved The Link Counseling Center, Inc. Although
providing a full range of psychotherapy services for a diverse range of
problems, this appointment-based treatment center specializes in treating
children, adults, and families who are the survivors of suicide, providing
support services to s urvivors, and intervening in the community of the
suicide victim as well as educating the public at large about this form of
violence.
The Link Counseling Center, Inc. This organization, made up of consumers, family members, providers of
services and other key stakeholders who advocate for persons with mental
illness and emotional disturbances is in the third year of a statewide
prevention project aimed to reduce the indicators of violent behaviors,
substance abuse, early pregnancy, school drop out, and emotional
disturbance. Mental Health Association of Georgia This program is a nationally recognized leader in analysis and
development of public policy analysis on issues related to services to
people with mental illness. Mental Health Program Well known for its "Super" programs for prevention and early
intervention of substance use problems among youth, this organization
serves as a training and referral resource as well as an information
clearinghouse on the topic of alcohol, tobacco and
other drugs. Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc. Comprised of consumers of mental health services, family members,
providers of services, and other interested persons, this organization for
education, awareness and advocacy has convened two area-wide conferences
on violence which have brought together academics, services providers,
community leaders, consumers of mental health services and state and local
government policy makers to look at the causes of violence as well as
effective prevention programs. Mental Health Association of Metropolitan Atlanta Founded in 1977 to help create and lead a national, volunteer,
grassroots movement in which ordinary citizaens organized to prevent
substance abuse in their families and communities, the purpose of this
organization is two-fold: to educate about the dangers of alcohol,
tobacco and other drugs; and to help citizens use this information to
identify and resolve problems that contribute to substance abuse. National Families in Action This program calls upon Community Action Teams, coalitions including
faith communities, families, schools, local governments, and public health
and social agencies, to convene following a child's death by homicide,
suicide, or accident due to firearms, to determine contributing factors
and determine future prevention measures.
Not Even One Begun as a combined effort of more than 30 state, church and advocacy
organizations to provide five "friendship centers" during the 1996
Olympics for people with serious mental illness, this coalition has plans
to open similar, on-going drop-in centers in the Ponce de Leon corridor,
staffed by stable consumers, in an effort to prevent replapse, victimization,
and other adverse outcomes.
Olympic Community Support Project Founded in 1986, the goal of this organization is to serve HIV positive individuals who are indigent by providing support services, a place to go, and hope, and by promoting healthy behaviors.
Outreach Inc. Through residential facilities which provide case management and
psychosocial rehabilitation, this project provides safe, nurturing
environments for people with mental illness and successfully assists them
to stay in treatment and live independently.
Project Interconnections
1997 Martin Luther King
Community Service Award
Recipients
Auburn Renaissance Center
206 Edgewood Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Brain Injury Association of Georgia
1447 Peachtree Street NE-Suite 810
Atlanta, GA 30309
Community Friendship, Inc.
85 Renaissance Parkway NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Compeer Atlanta
Contact Compeer Atlanta by e-mail at:
CompeerAtl@juno.com
P.O. Box 1104
Decatur, GA 30031
Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
The Association is curently building a web site at:
http://www.ndmda.org/
c/o Billie Jo
980 St. Charles Avenue NE, Apt. 5
Atlanta, GA 30306
Families First
P.O. Box 7948--Station C
Atlanta, GA 30357
Georgia Alliance for the Mentally Ill
See more information about the Allinace on the web at:
The United Way Helpbook
1256 Briarcliff Road NE-Rm 412 South
Atlanta, GA 30306-2694
Georgia Council on Child Abuse, Inc.
See the:
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
1375 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Georgia Evaluation and Satisfaction Teams, Inc.
1032 Williamsburg Court
Norcross, GA 30093
The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network
246 Sycamore Street-Suite 100
Decatur, Georgia 30030
Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc.
620 Peachtree Street-Suite 300B
Atlanta, GA 30308
Healthy Families Georgia
1375 Peachtree Street NE-Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30309
The Carter Center provides information about the
Interfaith Health Program
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
Atlanta, GA 30307
Kids Alive and Loved
c/o Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
348 Mount Vernon Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30328
Mental Health Association of Georgia
The Medical College of Georgia provides a useful online resource
listing many local organizations, see the Georgia Mental Health Netowrk
620 Peachtree Street NE-Suite 300R
Atlanta, GA 30308
Mental Health Program, The Carter Center
The Carter Center provides more information on the
Mental Health Program
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
Metropolitan Atlanta Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.
2045 Peachtree Road NE-Suite 605
Atlanta, GA 30309
Mental Health Association of Metropolitan Atlanta
100 Edgewood Avenue-Suite 502
Atlanta, GA 30303
National Families in Action
Visit the National Families in Action home page at:
http://www.emory.edu/NFIA/
2296 Henderson Mill Road-Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30345
Not Even One Program, The Carter Center
The Carter Center
435 Freedom Parkway
One Copenhill
Atlanta, GA 30307
Olympic Community Support Project
2 Peachtree Street--3rd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Outreach, Inc.
3030 Campbellton Road SW
Atlanta, Ga 30311
Project Interconnections
57 Forsyth Street NW-Suite 1110
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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