News from the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris
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Reflections From A College Student Impacted By The Pandemic
Written by a guest author As many of us have so eloquently put it to our friends, families, neighbors, and significant others, “This is freaking crazy.” And we’re right. None of us has ever lived through a pandemic before. Up until about two weeks ago and since...
Code Blue Cooling Centers
Code Blue Cooling Centers: The following facilities will serve as cooling centers from Wednesday evening 7/17/19 through Monday 7/22/19 in Essex County, NJ: -Fairmont Shelter -St. Matthews Church -United Community Corp. -Irvington Neighborhood -The H.E.L.P. Center....
NJ Transit Extends MHAEM’s Public Art Initiative to Montclair’s Bay Street Station
NJ TRANSIT has unveiled the third installation of the Out in the Open. In it Together public art project highlighting mental health issues at its Bay Street Station in Montclair. The installation, first shown at Newark Penn Station in October 2018, is presented in...
MHA of Essex and Morris Partnering with Montclair’s BOUNCE Festival
May 20 through June 31, 2019: “Out in the Open. In it Together,” an exhibit of 22 larger than life sized portraits, will be on view at the Montclair Public Library from May 20th through June 30th. This inspirational exhibit is an Inside Out Project Group Action, part...
Advocate on behalf of the patients at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
As you may have read in recent news reports, the Office of the Public Defender has filed a suit against the State of New Jersey regarding the inhumane conditions at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital. The MHAEM Board and Staff hope this drastic legal action will...
CODE BLUE: NJ Warming Centers
In response to the extreme weather over the next few days, MHAEM's PATH teams (Essex and Morris) are working closely with the local police departments, warming stations and shelters to assure our homeless without an address have shelter from the cold during the day...
Board Member to Debut Film at Cannes Film Festival
'Beyond the Silence', a film by William Michael Barbee, a Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris County board member, was inspired to create a film based on his own life and raise awareness about the issues facing the mentally ill. "What I had to do was put my...
MHAEM Unveils Public Art Initiative at Newark Penn Station
The Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, together with NJ TRANSIT, unveiled its public art project Out in the Open. In it Together, at Newark Penn Station on October 16, to bring awareness to the impact that mental illness has on families. Five large-scale...
Community Companion
A Community Companion is a volunteer who is matched with someone in the community who is living with a mental illness. Volunteers complete a training program and then commit two hours a week for a minimum of three months to spend quality time with their match. To get...
Community Rides
If you need transportation for shopping, errands, appointments and other everyday activities, our Community Rides service is here for you. Available every Wednesday and some Thursdays between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm, Community Rides provides free car service on a...