NATCHEZ — The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a non-profit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization with more than 220,000 individual members.

NAMI offers information and support to individuals with mental illnesses and their families — including education programs to help them manage an illness and move toward recovery.

Starting at 6 p.m., Feb. 7, NAMI will start a Thursday night class each week for 12 weeks. We will come together family-to-family to educate ourselves on our loved ones illnesses and prepare ourselves to educate other family members and friends.

If you are interested, please call Ann Jensen at 601-899-9058. Classes will be at Natchez Regional Medical Center and car pooling will be available.