Faith-Based intergenerational initiatives to develop culturally competent methods that community members engage with to strengthen the recognition capacity of warning signs and risk factors of suicide and create collaboration efforts that build appropriate response steps into the community, connecting communities with access to support, services, and resources.
Faith-based intergenerational initiative connecting older adults and youth within marginalized communities facilitating discussion on historical trauma, community specific rationale around stigma, and strategic brainstorming on culturally relevant initiatives curated from within the community.
NAMI FaithNet is an interfaith resource network of NAMI members, friends, clergy, and congregations of all faith traditions who wish to encourage faith communities who are welcoming and supportive of persons and families living with mental illness. NAMI FaithNet strives to encourage welcoming, caring congregations as well as to promote the vital role of spirituality in the recovery journeys of many who live with mental health conditions, those for whom faith is a key component. NAMI FaithNet is not a religious network but includes an effort to outreach to all religious organizations.
