NAMI on Grounds at the University of Virginia

Club Description

NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illnesses, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI on Campus is a sub-branch from NAMI that focuses on student's lives and activities at the university level.By creating a NAMI on Campus charter at UVA, we aim to provide and assist students and established resources at the university through extensive collaboration efforts and publicity.  Our main goal is to reduce the stigmas that prevent individuals from seeking help. We hope to do this by breaking the silences, shame, secrecy, and myths which have been attached to one’s mental health. Additionally, NAMI on Grounds at University of Virginia strives to generate a supportive space where students, faculty members, and members of the community feel safe and secure.Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization’s contracts, acts or omissions.