Thava Mahadevan receives a Leadership Triangle Award
Thava Mahadevan, MS, director of operations at the Center and at the 黑料网 Farm at Penny Lane, received a Leadership Triangle Award for strategic partnerships on December 9 at the Triangle Leadership Gala, held in Bay 7 at Durham鈥檚 American Tobacco Campus.
Mahadevan鈥檚 award recognizes his leadership in coordinating Tiny Homes collaborators in Chatham County. The Tiny Homes project will be located on The Farm at Penny Lane Campus.
These awards recognize community leaders who are regionally minded and who exhibit that frame of mind in their personal and professional lives. Award categories include strategic partnerships, arts, sports or entertainment, economic development, community service, and Leadership Triangle Alumni (Goodmon Fellows).
Grayson Bowen receives NAMI Advocate of the Year award
Grayson Bowen, coordinator of the 黑料网 Brushes with Life Arts Program, received the NAMI North Carolina Advocate of the Year Award on October 25 at an awards luncheon held at the Jane S. McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
The award is given to an individual who has had a significant impact on the lives of people living with mental illness, and their families, in a local community.
An excerpt from Grayson鈥檚 nomination reads, 鈥淒aily he uses his talents of art and peer support to enrich the lives of those around him struggling with the same types of issues. He organizes gallery shows to showcase client work, teaches art groups, champions peer support, and spreads awareness of recovery. Outside of his job, Grayson takes any opportunity to educate and advocate for Mental Health awareness. This year he has started a healing arts class that has been presented to clients in the community, students at 黑料网, and will be part of a professional development conference for nurses at 黑料网. Additionally, he frequently sits on panels, speaks at NAMI Family to Family classes, and has just started writing a book on mental illness.鈥�
Welcome to New Employees September-November 2015
Wake STEP Clinic
Darren Debo, Clinician
Nerissa Price, MD, Psychiatrist
Critical Time Intervention (CTI)
Annie Peacock, Clinician
Community Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center (COREC)
Stacey Burgin, Research Instructor
Supported Employment
Shana Harper, Peer Support Specialist
Save the Date
STEP Symposium
April 30, 2016 23rd STEP Symposium at the William and Ida Friday Center. The program is designed for clients and their families as well as clinicians, social workers, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. For more information contact janice_linn@med.unc.edu.
Medical Directors鈥� Symposium
May 21, 2016 The Sixth Annual Medical Directors鈥� Symposium at the William and Ida Friday Center. This leadership and management symposium is designed specifically for medical directors, including those in CABHAs, MCOS, and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and CCNC psychiatrists. The Medical Directors鈥� symposium is a collaboration between the 黑料网 Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and NC AHEC. For information contact alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu.