Mental Illness Awareness Media Awards 2004

AU Receives 2004 Mental Illness
Awareness Media Award

17th Annual Mental Illness Awareness Media Awards 2004
The Connecticut Psychiatric Society, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-CT, and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services are co-sponsors of this annual event which honors those people who have used the media to promote a greater understanding of mental illness. The awards ceremony coincided with Mental Illness Awareness Week during the first week of October.

Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. received this award in the Stigma Buster category.

Stigma Buster Award
Advocacy Unlimited, Inc.

AU receives 2004 Stigma Buster Media Award

(Left to right) Robert Correll, President, NAMI-CT; John deFigueiredo,
President, CPS; Leslie Woods, Former AU Executive Director;
Karen Kangas, Director of Community Education, DMHAS.