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Links:
AJC Series, “A Hidden Shame" - multi-part
investigative series highlights problems in the state mental
health system
• http://www.ajc.com/hiddenshame
Related Sermons/Transcripts:
Rabbi Ron Segal (Temple Sinai) delivers a sermon on mental illness during the Yom Kippur service.
• http://templesinaiatlanta.org/images/pdf/sermons/5769_yom_kippur_Mental_Illness__Ron_Segal.pdf
On A National Level, Churches Take A Stand In Support Of Those With Mental Illness
A number of denominations have developed position papers/protocols affirming those with mental illness. FaithWorks is gathering as many of these statements as possible. Read what the Methodist Church has to say about mental illness.
Advocacy Organizations:
Alan Harris
The Coalition for Homeless People
With A Mental Illness
2026 Dellwood Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30309
alanmharris@juno.com
404-351-3225
Sherry Jenkins Tucker
Executive Director
Georgia Mental Health Consumers Network
246 Sycamore Street, Suite 100
Decatur, GA 30330
office@gmhcn.org
404-687-9487
Thomas
Bornemann
Director
The Carter Center Mental Health Program
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
ccmhp@emory.edu
404-420-5165
Sarah Schwartz
Executive Director
Mental Health America of Georgia
100 Edgewood Avenue, Suite 502
Atlanta, GA 30303
Sarah@mhageorgia.org
404-527-7175
Eric
Spencer
Executive Director
NAMI Georgia
3050 Presidential Parkway, Suite 202
Atlanta, GA 30340
NAMIga.org
770-234-0855
Sue Smith
Director
Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc.
1381 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30310
suesmith@mindspring.com
404-758-4500
 Ethel
Ware Carter
Associate Director
Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta
100 Edgewood Ave, Suite 812
Atlanta, GA 30303
ecarter@rccatl.org
Reverend Darrell D. Elligan
President
Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
1065 Ralph Abernathy Blvd. S.W., Suite 101-103
Atlanta, GA 30310
cbcatl@bellsouth.net
404-755-4900
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