Advocacy and Recovery

Advocacy & Recovery Sitting in Del. Charniele Herring’s office on Mental Health Advocacy Day with new friends from Alexandria’s Wellness Center, I couldn’t help but make the connection between recovery and advocacy as a constituent spoke up. “I’ve been going there...

MHAV Hosts First Advocacy Focus Group in 2013

MHAV hosted its first advocacy focus group in 2013. Graduates of our Consumer Empowerment and Leadership Training (CELT) conferences were joined by other concerned Virginians and discussed difficult issues, including gaps in mental health services, struggles with...