Our special Janis Black Warner Speaker Series event this month is in-person! Register for our Monday, December 12, 7 to 9 pm, event to celebrate NAMI’s first book, with its author, NAMI’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ken Duckworth at Beverly
April 2022 Janis Black Warner Speaker Series Guest: Adam Sholder
Our April Janis Black Warner Speaker Series event will feature Adam Sholder, the Founder/Executive Director of Insight Enrichment Group and a volunteer with NAMI WLA as a family support group facilitator and as a lead presenter for our Ending the Silence
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for February 2022: Andrea Sonnenberg on Love and Loss
Our February Janis Black Warner Speaker Series event will feature Andrea Sonnenberg on the subject of love and loss. Sonnenberg is co-founder and CEO of Wise Readers to Leaders, a non-profit literacy and enrichment program for underserved students in Los
January 2022 Janis Black Warner Speaker Series Guest: Dr. Michael Levittan
We’ve booked the guest speaker for our Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for January. Dr. Michael Levittan will join us Wednesday, January 5 at 7 pm PT, via Zoom, to discuss how to handle anger management with a loved one
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for December 2021: Dr. Karen Wilson on Addressing The Mental Health Needs of Young People
Our Janis Black Warner Speaker Series guest for December 2021 is booked. Join us Wednesday, December 1, 7 pm PT to hear Dr. Karen I. Wilson discuss addressing the mental health needs of young people transitioning to a post-pandemic world.
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for November: Maintaining Health During the Holidays, with Rabbi Nicole Guzik
The November 2021 speaker for our Janis Black Warner Speaker Series is Rabbi Nicole Guzik, who will discuss mental health in faith communities and how to manage stress during the holiday season. Rabbi Guzik has served as a rabbi at
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series: September 2021
Our speaker for the September 2021 Janis Black Warner Speaker Series: Dr. Waguih William IsHak, MD, FAPA Professor and Clinical Chief of PsychiatryCedars-Sinai Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral NeurosciencesClinical Professor of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAEditor, The
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for June 2021: LGBTQ+ Panel
Our next Janis Black Warner Speaker Series is set for June 2, at 7 pm: A panel discussion to celebrate Pride Month: NAMI WLA’s Operations/Outreach Coordinator, Elizabeth Stephens, will moderate a panel discussion on mental health support for LGBTQ+ community
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for April 2021
The guest for our Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for Wednesday, April 7, 2021: Hannah Liddell from the Office of Payee Review & Beneficiary Assistance (OPRABA). OPRABA was created by the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018.
Janis Black Warner Speaker Series for March 2021
Please join us for our next Janis Black Warner Speaker Series installment on Wednesday, March 3 at 7 pm PT. This month, we will feature a panel of five diverse peer speakers who will share their experiences living with mental