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EL PASO PRIME TIME: NAMIWalks

Dennis Woo talks with Nellie Mendoza and Clemencia Prieto of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).  NAMI El Paso offers support for individuals suffering from mental illness, as well as their family and friends.  NAMI offers a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.

NAMI El Paso is presenting NAMIWalks, the largest and most successful mental health awareness and fundraising event in America. Through NAMIWalks' public, active display of support for people affected by mental illness, we are changing how Americans view persons with a mental illness.  It will take place Saturday, October 17, at Memorial Park Reserve.    

Information: namiwalksep@gmail.com, Clemencia Prieto 210-274-3189 (cell) or 915-778-5726 (NAMI office).

Learn more about NAMI El Paso at http://namielpaso.org, and connect with NAMI El Paso on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/www.namielpaso.org.

Aired October 3, 2015.

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