Mental health organization forms Next Gen Advisory Council
PLUS FIVE DAY FORECAST. ALL RIGHT JONATHAN THANK YOU. ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN THE STATE THE OKLAHOMA CHAPTER OF NAMI LOOKING FOR YOUNGER VOICES TO HELP WITH THEIR MISSION. AND IN STUDIO THIS MORNING WE HAVE JASON MUSGROVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON. JASON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. OKAY. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST EVER NEXT GEN ADVISORY COUNCIL. YES. WHAT’S THE GOAL HERE? SO THE GOAL IS TO ENGAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, NAMI OURSELVES HAVE HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN GUILTY OF IS LEAVING OUT YOUNG VOICES IN THE CONVERSATIONS SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH AND A BIG THING THAT WE HAVE AT NAMI THAT WE TRY TO LIVE BY IS NOTHING ABOUT US. WITHOUT US. AND YOU KNOW, AS A YOUNG PERSON MYSELF, I, I HAVE SEEN THAT A LOT OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, A LOT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT IN THE AGE RANGE THAT I WOULD FALL INTO. I STILL LOVE WORKING WITH THEM, BUT WE WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE YOUNG VOICES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST AFFECTED BY COVID AND BY SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE WANT TO GET THEIR INPUT INTO HOW WE CAN BEST AFFECT LEGISLATIVE CHANGE, HOW WE CAN INTRODUCE NEW PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT THEM BETTER, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT GROUPS ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT WILL MEMBERS BE DOING TO KIND OF INFLUENCE THE MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES THAT NAMI IS ALREADY PUTTING FORTH HERE IN THE STATE, SO THAT THAT WILL BE LARGELY UP TO THEM. WE WILL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT INITIATIVES THEY WANT TO LEAD, WHAT PROGRAMS THEY WANT TO START, WHAT RESOURCES THEY NEED FROM US IN ORDER TO PURSUE THOSE GOALS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT REALLY IS UP TO THEM. AND IT’S OUR JOB JUST TO FACILITATE. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN AN APPLICANT? I KNOW THERE’S AN AGE RANGE, BUT ALSO WHAT WHAT MORE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 25. THAT 18 IS A IS THE YOUNGEST. WE CAN GO BECAUSE THAT’S THE YOUNGEST THAT WE CAN OFFER PROGRAMS TO. BUT 25 BECAUSE THAT IS YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING OUT OF COLLEGE OR ENTERING THE WORKFORCE OR JUST GETTING OUT OF TRADE SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS IS VERY EXPENSIVE INSURANCE WISE. IF YOU DON’T HAVE THAT INSURANCE THAT NEXT YEAR, YOU GET KICKED OFF OF YOUR PARENTS. AND SO THAT 18 TO 25 RANGE, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE THESE ARE COLLEGE EDUCATED OR THEY ARE IN THE WORKFORCE ALREADY. AND WE’RE TRYING TO GET AS DIVERSE A BACKGROUND AS WE CAN GEOGRAPHICALLY AND IN TERMS OF AGE RANGE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, APPLICANTS WHO ARE 18 AND WE HAVE APPLICANTS WHO ARE 25. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT IS BETWEEN THAT AGE RANGE. WHAT’S YOUR HOPE HERE? YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, THE COUNCIL IS ESTABLISHED. THEY’VE PUT FORTH ALL THESE INITIATIVES. I’M LOOKING INTO A CRYSTAL BALL RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT’S YOUR HOPE THAT THEY HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY? MY HOPE IS THAT NAMI BECOMES MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE AIM TO SERVE. WE ARE STRIVING TO PROVIDE THE BEST RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR EVERYONE WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH. AND I WANT TO SEE A FUTURE WHERE WE ARE NOT JUST HELPING THOSE WHO SEEK US OUT AND IN FACT, PEOPLE SEEK US OUT THAT ARE IN THAT AGE RANGE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, LAST QUESTION BEFORE I LET YOU GO HERE. I KNOW THAT THERE’S A DEADLINE TO APPLY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT AND ALSO SPOTS ARE LIMITED. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO APPLY. FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEXT GEN COUNCIL. SO OUR OUR DEADLINE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 10TH. WE WE HAD A DEADLINE OF OCTOBER 25TH. AND THEN WE GOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND SO WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE. AND WE ARE WE’RE LOOKING FOR TEN SPOTS TO BE FILLED. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS IN NOVEMBER. AND WE’RE GOING TO START IN JANUARY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN APPLY. BUT WE WOULD HATE TO TURN ANYBODY AWAY THAT DOESN’T WANT TO REALLY BE A PART OF THIS. I KNOW THAT, OKAY. WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO ONLINE TO FIND OUT SOME MORE INFORMATION? SO YOU CAN GO TO NAMI OKLAHOMA. DOT ORG TO FIND LINKS TO OUR APPLICATION AND ALSO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE. BUT THERE’S A WHOLE PAGE DEDICATED TO NAMI NEXT GEN, AND THERE’S AN APPLICATION THAT IS ATTACHED TO THAT. ALL RIGHT. JASON MUSGROVE WITH NAMI HERE IN OKLAHOMA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON AND TALKING MORE ABOUT THE NEXT GEN ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE’RE GOING TO PUT A LINK ONLINE ON OUR SEEN ON SECTION OF KOCO.COM. FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO APPLY, KNOW SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE REALLY FITTI
Mental health organization forms first ever Next Gen Advisory Council to help young Oklahomans
Oklahoma’s chapter of the National Alliance of Mental Illness is bringing together young leaders to fight for positive change.
Updated: 12:42 PM CDT Oct 14, 2024
Oklahoma’s chapter of the National Alliance of Mental Illness is bringing together young leaders to fight for positive change. The chapter is forming a new council for young people, giving them the opportunity to help advocate for neighbors their own age in need of resources. >> Download the KOCO 5 App”We want to include those young voices because they are the most affected by COVID and by social media, and we want to get their input into how we can best affect legislative change, how we can introduce new programs to benefit them better,” Jason Musgrove, the public policy coordinator for NAMI Oklahoma, said. This will be the first ever Next Gen Advisory Council, a group of 10 people who will work to engage more young people in conversations about mental health. “A big saying we have at NAMI that we try to live by is, ‘Nothing about us.’ Without us and as a young person myself, I have seen that a lot of our membership, a lot of our volunteers, are not in the age range that I would fall into,” Musgrove said. Council members will have the power to choose the causes most important to them while NAMI helps facilitate the work. “We will allow members of the council to decide what initiatives they want to lead, what programs they want to start, what resources they need from us in order to pursue those goals,” Musgrove said. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Young leaders have until Nov. 10 to apply. “We are looking for people between the ages of 18 to 25. Eighteen is the youngest we can go because that’s the youngest that we can offer programs to, but 25 because that is just getting out of college or entering the work force or just getting out of trade school,” Musgrove said. The organization plans to conduct interviews in November. The council is set to start work in January. “My hope is that NAMI becomes more representative of the people that we aim to serve,” Musgrove said.More information on the Next Gen Advisory Council can be found here. Top HeadlinesOKC Halloween party shooting leaves 18-year-old dead1 dead in overnight crash in southeast Oklahoma City’Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auctionBody parts found in Colorado freezer identified as 16-year-old girl, missing since 2005Man dies in hospital after weekend stabbing in southwest OKC
Oklahoma’s chapter of the National Alliance of Mental Illness is bringing together young leaders to fight for positive change.
The chapter is forming a new council for young people, giving them the opportunity to help advocate for neighbors their own age in need of resources.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
“We want to include those young voices because they are the most affected by COVID and by social media, and we want to get their input into how we can best affect legislative change, how we can introduce new programs to benefit them better,” Jason Musgrove, the public policy coordinator for NAMI Oklahoma, said.
This will be the first ever Next Gen Advisory Council, a group of 10 people who will work to engage more young people in conversations about mental health.
“A big saying we have at NAMI that we try to live by is, ‘Nothing about us.’ Without us and as a young person myself, I have seen that a lot of our membership, a lot of our volunteers, are not in the age range that I would fall into,” Musgrove said.
Council members will have the power to choose the causes most important to them while NAMI helps facilitate the work.
“We will allow members of the council to decide what initiatives they want to lead, what programs they want to start, what resources they need from us in order to pursue those goals,” Musgrove said.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
Young leaders have until Nov. 10 to apply.
“We are looking for people between the ages of 18 to 25. Eighteen is the youngest we can go because that’s the youngest that we can offer programs to, but 25 because that is just getting out of college or entering the work force or just getting out of trade school,” Musgrove said.
The organization plans to conduct interviews in November. The council is set to start work in January.
“My hope is that NAMI becomes more representative of the people that we aim to serve,” Musgrove said.
More information on the Next Gen Advisory Council can be found here.
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