Advocate

Turn your passion into action.

NAMI Chicago advocates for mental health at the city, county, and state levels. Our work is powered by people with a passion for change.

By advocating with us, you’ll receive timely action alerts and opportunities to add your voice to our advocacy. You’ll also attend NAMI Smarts for Advocacy, a 2-hour training designed to give you the tools and knowledge to use your own story to advocate for mental health legislation.

Our advocacy program can help you:

• Understand how state and city policy and current events shape the mental health system,

• Successfully meet and communicate with legislators, and

• Create an “elevator pitch” using your own mental health story to make an ask of legislators.

Use the button below to sign up and lift your voice with us! Your information will not be shared outside of NAMI Chicago.