Overview

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts (NAMI Massachusetts) is a nonprofit grassroots organization founded in 1982.

Mission

We seek to improve the quality of life for people living with mental health conditions, their families, and their caregivers. We work to ensure that all people impacted by a mental health condition receive the support they need when they need it. We use our voices as people and families with lived experience to challenge discrimination and advocate for a more equitable and just world.

Vision

NAMI Mass envisions a society that humanizes the experience of mental health challenges, promotes the values of respect, agency, self-determination, non-coercion, and non-violence, and supports individuals and families wherever they are in their journey of healing and recovery.

We fulfill our mission and vision through

• our education and support programs for people living with a mental health condition and their supporters
• our training and presentation programs for community members
• our Helpline
• our annual events
• advocacy efforts at the state and local levels