National Alliance on Mental Illness

Meetings are free and open to the public

Thursday, February 22, 2024   6:00 – 8:00 PM

Chico Library Meeting Room

1108 Sherman Ave. Chico

Agenda

AGENDA

• 6:00 Opening
  • Meet & Greet
  • Welcome & Announcements

• 6:15  Landa Bell Carson, President of the “Brain Injury Coalition”
  • Having one or more brain injuries with loss of consciousness is associated with greater risk for behavioral health problems, including problematic substance use beginning in adolescents and more psychiatric symptoms and a significantly elevated risk of suicide.
  • Question & Answer

• 6:45  Diane Suzuki-Brobeck and Ann Polivka (CC4J)
  • The new California laws…..AB 481 and AB 48…..re acquisition and use of military equipment by local law enforcement, especially the associated risks and impacts in marginalized communities and individuals, and especially those with significant mental illness and in mental crisis as the interact with law enforcement personnel
  • Question & Answer

• 8:00 Adjourn

Information or questions, reply to cmphipps@csuchico.edu  or call 530-894-8551