NAMI Dane County

🧘‍♀️YOGA IS BACK!

After a brief spring hiatus, our Gentle Roots Virtual Trauma-Informed Yoga Summer Session will resume starting TOMORROW!

Time: 9am-10am
Location: Via Zoom
Cost: FREE!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/fxdt9vkc

Our Trauma-Informed Yoga classes offer a gentle, supportive environment designed entirely around your comfort and choice. There are no expectations and no rigid rules. You are in complete control of your practice at every single moment.

🌞Summer Session Dates🌞

June 13
June 27
July 11
July 25
August 8
August 29

NAMI Dane County joins with NAMI affiliates and state organizations across the country in celebrating Pride Month throughout June! We support uplifting, embracing, and advocating to ensure that all people, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity, have access to care for their mental health.

NAMI Dane County supports members of the LGBTQIA+ community. We see you and you are loved.

💚GRATITUDE POST💚

We were so excited to see so many of you join us for our Strong Minds & Strong Communities event this week!

✅Attendees got a chance to:

🫂Build Sensory Toolkits and Self-Care Packages for themselves and others
🎨Complete an art project centered around Mental Health Awareness Month
📫Participate in a Postcards for Policy activity that showed everyone just how easy it is contact your elected officials
🗣️Meet our Peer/Parent Peer Support Specialists to discuss the services they provide

✨Gateway Sponsor✨: Psychiatric Services, SC

In Kind Sponsors: The Curious Crafter Madison, Hy-Vee (Whitney Way), and Nothing Bundt Cakes (Mineral Point Rd.)

So grateful that The Curious Crafter Madison was able to join us for our Strong Minds & Strong Communities event!

Special thanks to Teddy for the in-kind donation of art supplies and for guiding our attendees on art projects that sent a positive and uplifting message.

We love our community partners and the support they provide!💚

🎉Gateway Sponsor🎉

Thank you to Psychiatric Services, SC for their generous support of our Strong Minds & Strong Communities event this upcoming Wednesday!

Generous partners like Psychiatric Services make it possible for us to host mental health events that are free and accesible to our community!

Violence at school can be very traumatic for students. It's important to keep open, honest, and ongoing conversations open to ensure that they are able to express their feelings and have them validated.

✅Encourage children to talk about their concerns and to express their feelings.
✅Talk honestly about your own feelings regarding school violence.
✅Validate the child’s feelings.
✅Empower children to take action regarding school safety.
✅Discuss the safety procedures that are in place at your child’s school.
✅Create safety plans with your child.
✅Recognize behavior that may indicate your child is concerned about returning to school.
✅Keep the dialogue going
✅Seek help when necessary.

For a more in-depth look at how you can help, please visit: https://mhanational.org/resources/talking-to-kids-about-school-safety/

BREAKING NEWS: Police arrest Monona Grove High School student accused of bringing gun to school

STORY: https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/05/21/police-arrest-monona-grove-high-school-student-accused-bringing-gun-school/

Our episode of City Cast Madison has officially dropped!

Our Executive Director Jamie had a wide-ranging conversation with Bianca Martin about the history of NAMI and the deep roots that run through Madison, youth mental health, the importance of talking about mental illness in order to break the stigma for those around you, barriers to care, and resources in our community that are doing great work.

Tune in to listen to this great episode here: https://tinyurl.com/4hd5htxx