A Message from Joseph Rogers
Mark Twain once said, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." So are the rumors about my role at the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse.
I feel it’s important to blog about this since several people have told me that the word on the street is that I am no longer working with the Clearinghouse. That is not true. I am still the Executive Director of the Clearinghouse and still very much involved in its day-to-day operations.
What has changed is my role at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP), the umbrella organization under which the Clearinghouse operates. The MHASP Board of Directors has asked that I devote more of my energy to national technical assistance, advocacy and public policy. Therefore, I am no longer President and CEO of MHASP; I am now President of Advocacy. This change has an impact on my role with MHASP, but the only impact it has for the Clearinghouse is that I will have more time to devote to the Clearinghouse than previously.
So, again, the rumors of my demise as an active member of the Clearinghouse staff are greatly exaggerated. In fact, the opposite is true. Over the next few months, I will be expanding the amount of time and energy I spend working with the wonderful projects of the Clearinghouse.
As always, I love to hear from my friends. If you have any questions, please e-mail me at jrogers@mhasp.org.
Sincerely,
Joseph
I feel it’s important to blog about this since several people have told me that the word on the street is that I am no longer working with the Clearinghouse. That is not true. I am still the Executive Director of the Clearinghouse and still very much involved in its day-to-day operations.
What has changed is my role at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP), the umbrella organization under which the Clearinghouse operates. The MHASP Board of Directors has asked that I devote more of my energy to national technical assistance, advocacy and public policy. Therefore, I am no longer President and CEO of MHASP; I am now President of Advocacy. This change has an impact on my role with MHASP, but the only impact it has for the Clearinghouse is that I will have more time to devote to the Clearinghouse than previously.
So, again, the rumors of my demise as an active member of the Clearinghouse staff are greatly exaggerated. In fact, the opposite is true. Over the next few months, I will be expanding the amount of time and energy I spend working with the wonderful projects of the Clearinghouse.
As always, I love to hear from my friends. If you have any questions, please e-mail me at jrogers@mhasp.org.
Sincerely,
Joseph
1 Comments:
One of the results of the changes in my work here at the Mental Health Association of South Eastern Pa (MHASP) is not only will I be working more with our national efforts through the Clearinghouse but I have some time to work on new projects. I have been interested for some time now in doing work on the promotion of alternative healing in mental health and wellness. In my own journey towards better mental health I have found many different spiritual practices a big help. I have been involved in Quaker healing groups, 12 Steps groups, Buddhist chanting and more recently some pretty traditional Christian Healing prayer groups. I have found all of this very helpful in my own efforts to heal from some pretty serious trauma issues. I plan to spend more of my work time looking into ways that I can help share with folks on how we all can use these tools better.
Joseph Rogers
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