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Shelia Rachell Osborn |
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Website: Email: Phone: Conference
Topic: Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 at 2:45pm |
Sheila is assistant director at NAMI (Nations Voice on Mental Illness) Kansas City. She advocates on behalf of individuals and their families for quality mental health services. No stranger to helping the underdog--divorced, she raised her son 22 on her own. Asked what is important in life, she replied “Faith-things unseen.” Suicide education is important with the loss of her 18 year old nephew Brandon. She recently was appointed by Governor Blunt to serve on the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee for the state of Missouri. She also co-facilitates a Survivors of Suicide support group and is co-founder of a nonprofit organization SASS-Mokan (Suicide Awareness Survivor Support) www.sass-mokan.com. Sheila can be reached at (816) 931-0030, sokcami@aol.com.
