Wednesday, March 30, 2022: NAMI Juneau offers mental health program to build family support. 2022 edition of Tidal Echoes published. Discover Southeast’s summer programs. 

If you have a loved one who struggles with a mental health condition, it can feel overwhelming.

But NAMI Juneau will soon offer a new program called, “Family-to-Family,” in which families help each other.

On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at some of the workshops on problem solving, crisis communication strategies, as well as how to locate and navigate support services — led by a team of people who have experienced those very same challenges.

Also on this program.

• What’s inside the latest issue of “Tidal Echoes,” a literary journal published by the University of Alaska Southeast.
• A look at Discover Southeast’s efforts to deepen the connection between children and nature.

Rhonda McBride hosts Wednesday’s  program.  You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3.  The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.

For more information about Juneau Afternoon or to schedule time on the show, email juneauafternoon@ktoo.org.

Part 1: NAMI Juneau's Family-to-Family classes connects families to mental health support services

Guests: Aaron Surma, Executive Director, NAMI Juneau. Bonnie Chaney, NAMI Juneau volunteer.
Aaron Surma and Bonnie Chaney know from their own personal experiences what it’s like to battle a chronic mental health condition — Surma as a young man, who struggled with depression — and Chaney, as a mother, who helped her son cope with numerous challenges. Both say the Family-to-Family program offers the kind of help they would have wanted.

 

Part 2: Tidal Echoes, a literary journal with 18 years of history.

Guests: Shaelene Moler, Tidal Echoes Junior Editor.
Tidal Echoes started out  in 2004, mainly as an outlet for students at the University of Alaska Southeast to publish their work. Since then, it’s evolved into a literary and artistic voice for Southeast Alaska.

 

Part 3: Discovery Southeast: 30 years of connecting children to nature.

Guests: Shawn Eisele, Executive Director. Kelly Sorensen, Education Coordinator.
Discovery Southeast is gearing up for its summer season, filled with programs that give children hands-on experience with science and nature. Since it began 30 years ago, several generations of Juneau children have taken part in the program.