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West Linn proclaims May Mental Health Awareness Month; NAMI Clackamas briefs council on services and stigma

3515485 · May 5, 2025
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City Council read a proclamation declaring May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and heard a presentation from Gary Marski of NAMI Clackamas on peer support, programs for families and jailed individuals, and the role of stigma in delaying care.

On May 5 the West Linn City Council read a proclamation declaring May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month and invited Gary Marski of NAMI Clackamas to brief the council on local outreach and peer‑support programs.

Council President Baumgartner read the proclamation, and added a personal note about family experience with mental illness. Baumgartner said later, “my mother suffered from probably undiagnosed or misdiagnosed mental illness most of…

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