The Speaker's Bureau
is a chance for families to share their own personal stories about how
mental illness impacts the entire family.
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Dr. Deborah Machinsky, Joan Smith Dave & Mary Streiff,
and Kimberly Waits stood together after they had talked to UMKC Students
about mental illness.
Carolyn
Hill-NAMI-KC board member told her story to UMKC students,
while Joan Smith looked on.
Dave Streiff-NAMI-KC member,
explained how family relationships
are affected by mental illness.
The congregation at Swope
Parkway Church of
Christ listened to first hand experiences of NAMI-KC family members.
Speaker's
Bureau 
