Channeling Grief and Anger into Advocacy and Acceptance - guest Jerri Clark
Show Notes
What if: the mental health system would pay more attention, take more steps to help , before tragedy, violence, or crime finally calls attention to symptoms of SMI (serious mental illness)?
What if Darrell Brooks (charged with murder after plowing his mother’s car into a parade in Wisconsin) had been helped, and treated, instead of ignored or imprisoned? His mother, Dawn Woods, wrote a letter to the media. She, too, is a “mom in the trenches”. So is journalist/advocate/mindfulness coach Jerri Clark, our guest for this episode.
What if Jerri’s son Calvin had received treatment, despite his “civil right ”to refuse it - although the refusal itself is a symptom of his illness?
She says:
Her son Calvin was 23 when he died from suicide March 18, 2019.
She is the founder of MOMI–Mothers of the Mentally Ill, and talks with us about her family story, and her path to purpose and redefining her life - and Calvin’s life.
Links:
Pete earley’s post:
PBS link: (Brief But Spectacular segment on PBS news hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ozj7TvpDHI
Jerri’s Story:
https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/my-sons-story/
Who Are the 3 Moms?
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Randye Kaye -Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (“Ben Behind his Voices”)
Miriam Feldman – Artist, Mom, Author “He Came in With It”
Mindy Greiling – member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. Activist, Legislator, Author (“Fix What You Can“)
https://schizophrenia3momsinthetrenches.buzzsprout.com/1604296/9740212
