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Mental Health Assosiation PDF Print E-mail
Mental Health Association San Francisco
I would like to invite you to respond to our call for applications for MHASF’s Sharing our Lives: Voices and Experiences (SOLVE) Speakers Bureau.

Sharing our Lives: Voices and Experiences is an interactive anti-stigma campaign brought to you by the Mental Health Association of San Francisco.  This peer education program is dedicated to eliminating the stigma associated with mental illness.  Through community education and interaction, SOLVE addresses the mental health concerns we all experience but don’t talk about.
SOLVE is looking to fill the Speakers Bureau with enthusiastic, friendly, outgoing and motivating Peer Educators who are willing to share their stories of struggle, hope and triumph related to mental illness.  Excellent public speaking skills are required.  Priority for this round of Peer Educators will be given to candidates who are bilingual in Spanish, Chinese, Russian or Tagalog.
Peer Educators are asked to:
  • Participate in two three-hour training sessions at MHASF offices
  • Lead monthly community presentations upon completion of their training
  • Commit to a minimum of eight months of service with SOLVE
Benefits of being a Peer Educator:
  • Access to an extensive network of peer support
  • Modest stipend for successful completion of 8 months service with SOLVE
  • High-quality professional communications trainings.
Our next Peer Educator training sessions will be held May 16th and May 23rd, 2011. Peer Educators at this training are asked to provide monthly presentations from June 2011 through January 2012.
For more information, please call 415.421.2926 x306 or visit us at www.mha-sf.org/programs/SOLVE.cfm to fill out a Peer Educator Application form.
Together, we can eliminate the stigma of mental illness.
Thank you,
Laura Kauth
SOLVE Program Manager

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF) is a non-profit citizen's organization dedicated to improving the mental health of residents in the diverse communities of San Francisco through advocacy, education, research and service. In all its programs, MHA-SF works together with people and families challenged by mental illness and with the agencies that serve them to promote prevention, access to services, leadership and independence.
 
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