Category: Spirituality
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Day of Prayer Event 2018
Today, PEERS, in collaboration with Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare Services and the Pool of Consumer Champions, hosted a National Mental Health Day of Prayer event in Oakland. This event brought together community leaders of different faiths and belief systems to remember forgotten mental health consumers and hope for a more compassionate and inclusive future. Specifically,…
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Day of Prayer Celebration 2018
Does prayer, spirituality, faith, or belief enhance your personal wellness? Join us for the annual Alameda County Everyone Counts Campaign: National Mental Health Day of Prayer and Celebration! This free, open, and family-focused event will take place on Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 at the Courtyard in front of the County Administration Building. The Day of…
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Spirituality Gathering
Yesterday, PEERS’ Spirituality Group came together to discuss the role that spiritual appreciation can play in wellness. This group meets every second Tuesday of the month, from 12:30 to 1:30. The group’s abiding purpose is to sustain and broaden the conversation about spirituality’s role in nurturing mental health recovery. Group members of different faiths find…
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A PEERS Journey: PEERS and the History of the Mental Health Consumer Movement
Since 2016, the Pool of Consumer Champions (POCC) has been spearheading a project to review, curate, and present materials relating to the 50 year history of the Mental Health Consumer Movement. Community organizer Jay Mahler has been at the forefront of the effort, contributing documents and materials, and organizing ancillary events commemorating certain aspects of…
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A Look Beyond: Wellness, Community & the Solar Eclipse
by Lyndsey Ellis Summer’s end is upon us, and Mercury Retrograde is here again. True to its 3-week tumultuous nature, this annual time period hasn’t seemed to bring much good, especially in terms of this month’s overall social climate. Like millions of Americans, I’ve kept my eye (no pun intended) on news about today’s Solar…
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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…