Testimonials
Education is Key!
Removing the Stigma
Mental health & substance use problems and illnesses occur with a wide array of diagnoses and varying severity. Many people with these conditions require only a short-term intervention to help them cope successfully with a less severe Mental Health & Substance Use problem, such as anxiety or distress caused by loss of a loved one, loss of a job, or some other life-changing event; to help them change their unhealthy behaviors, such as criminal or gun violent, heavy drinking or drug experimentation; or to prevent their condition from worsening. People with mental illnesses—such as severe anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, or physiologic dependence on alcohol or some other drug—require treatments of longer duration. Sometimes the illnesses become chronic, as is the case with such diseases as diabetes, asthma, and heart disease in older persons.
“a person with mental illness can recover even though the illness is not “cured”…
[Recovery] is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful, and contributing life even with the limitations caused by illness.
Regardless of the nature of their conditions, what all people with Mental Health & Substance Use problems and illnesses have in common is the hope that when they seek help for their condition, they will receive care that enables them either to eliminate it or to manage it successfully so that they can live happy, productive, and satisfying lives—care that enables them to recover. Often that first point of contact is not healthcare professionals but advocates like M.I. Mother’s Keeper.
Dr. Marubian Affinii
Healthy D.C. & Me Leadership Speaks!
Overseer Dr. Ann Coles II
Healthy D.C. & Me Leadership Coalition Board of Directors
Cynthia Robinson
Healthy D.C. & Me Leadership Coalition Board of Directors
Michael Mcgee
Bowie State University
Arnetta Rogers
M.I. Mother’s Keeper Board Member
Cheromia Hightower
M.I. Mother’s Keeper Board Member
Alethia Grooms
M.I. Mother’s Keeper Board Member
Quenton Alexander
CQC Mental Health Services
Yvette Gayles
M.I. Mother’s Keeper Board Member
Thomas Carpenter
Healthy D.C. & Me Leadership Coalition Board of Directors
Brian White
President
Halftime Graphics & Promotions LLC
Fred Hill
President
Gotta Go Now LLC
Kenneth Clark
President
Uncut Live Productions
Monique-Michelle Smith
M.I. Mother’s Keeper Board Member
Gail Avent
President
Total Family Care Coalition
Jhuti Ta Seti
President
Healing Hands Massage Institute
The Community Speaks!
Take a Closer Look
Christopher Gassaway
M.I. Mother’s Keeper
Honorary Board Member
Mental Health Peer & Advocate
Pastor Pinder
Our Voices Of Wisdom Speak!
Jimmy Garvin
Owner
Marlton Golf Course
Rufus “Catfish” Mayfield
CEO
Pride-Destiny Inc.
“A D.C. Legend”
Dr. Edwin C. Chapman
SR. MD, DABIM, FASAM
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