Category: Spirituality
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Two PEERS Staff Members Win Awards at POCC Annual Conference
Yesterday at the POCC’s 6th Annual Awards and Conference Program at the Oakland Hilton, two PEERS staff members won awards. Program Coordinator Basilia Padilla won the Peer Specialist of the Year Award for her work on the Everyone Counts Campaign’s Latino/a/x community focus. Program Coordinator Lyndsey Ellis won the Consumer Run Organization Employee of the Year Award for her work with POCC comittees…
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Kozi’s Korner: I Sing For Wellness
Life is a song worth singing so why don’t you sing it? These are the words of an old song that was first sung by Johnny Mathis, a pop and jazz artist and later performed by the late great Teddy Pendergrass, remember him? Well whether or not you know of or remember these artists is…
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A Proposed Marriage Between Faith & Mental Wellbeing
On Saturday, January 7th, two PEERS Program Coordinators, Lyndsey Ellis and Kozi Arrington, attended the Mental Health-Friendly Communities congregational orientation at the South Bay Community Church in Fremont. The orientation, headed by Pastor Horacio Jones of Fremont’s Family Bible Fellowship, Gigi Crowder, and Minister Monique Tarver (also known as the MHFC Training Team), accurately assessed…
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5 Ways You Can Expand Effective Dialogue on Mental Health
By Lyndsey Ellis When it comes to mental health awareness, there’s ways you can become involved in the movement. But, like with everything, there’s a right and a wrong way to spread the message. Check out these 5 examples that can help you become a better advocate and end discrimination against individuals with mental…
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Annual Day of Prayer Sparks Healing in Oakland
On Tuesday, October 4th, all roads led to Alameda County’s annual Mental Health Day of Prayer, an event paying special tribute to Oakland’s mental health consumers and supporters. The occasion took place downtown at the County Administration Building Courtyard from 7:30 to 9:00 am with refreshments and live entertainment for all to enjoy. “It was…
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Join PEERS at National Mental Health Day of Prayer
Please join us at the Alameda County Administration Building Courtyard, 1221 Oak Street in downtown Oakland to celebrate the National Day of Prayer on Tuesday, October 4th from 7:30am-9:00am. This annual event, sponsored by the Alameda County Everyone Counts Campaign and PEERS, will include diverse spiritual perspectives and faiths joined together to create a welcoming…