Family Diversity Projects :: Nothing to Hide - Mental Illness in the Family



	Family Diversity Projects, a non-profit organization in Amherst, MA, has created five award-winning traveling photo-text rental exhibits that tour communities nationwide and internationally. Our exhibits are perfect for diversity events in your: Schools (K-12) Colleges Corporations & Workplaces Libraries Houses of Worship Hospitals Mental health centers Conferences Museums Diversity Events Community Events By educating people of all ages to recognize, support, and celebrate the full range of diversity, our traveling exhibits are designed to help reduce prejudice, stereotyping, and harassment of all people who are perceived to be "different" from the "norm." Family Diversity Projects also provides speakers on diversity and workshop leaders for conferences and exhibit venues. How to bring our rental exhibits to your community

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Funding

Funding for Nothing to Hide has been provided over the years by the following:

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
The AEC Trust
The Holder Family Foundation
The Icarus Foundation
The Patrick-Murray Inaugural Committee
The Tsunami Foundation
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Many Generous Individual Donors

Thank you to our funders!

Photos by Gigi Kaeser
Interviews by Jean Beard and Peggy Gillespie

Exhibit Description | Companion Book | Testimonials | Tour Schedule
Exhibit History | Advisory Board

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Nothing to Hide is a museum-quality photo-text traveling exhibit featuring photographs and interviews with families whose lives are affected by mental illness - schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, etc. The compelling accounts demonstrate strength, courage, integrity and accomplishment in the face of the adversity and stigma of mental illness. By bringing visibility to these individuals and their families, Nothing to Hide helps dispel harmful stereotypes, myths, and misconceptions about mental illness.

Edwin Cassem M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an Advisory Board member for this project, says it best: "Stigma is worldwide and stifling. Nothing to Hide aims to eradicate prejudice and discrimination based on mental disability. It is a project whose hour has come." Funded in part by NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness), Nothing to Hide has received rave reviews and media attention wherever it has traveled. The book, Nothing to Hide won a prestigious Ken Johnson NAMI-NYC Metro Book Award book award from NAMI-NYC Metro.

Companion Book

"The photographs and interviews give a dignity and humanity to patients and their families, as well as providing a real sense of the day-to-day difficulties of living with mental illness. This book is both wonderful and important."

- Kay Redfield Jamison Ph.D.
author of The Unquiet Mind

"This wonderful book will touch the heart of anyone who has been close to mental illness. It is a book that everyone should read."

- Lesley Stahl, co-editor 60 Minutes

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Testimonials

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"The Division of Mental Health Services recently showcased the Nothing To Hide: Mental Illness in the Family photo-text exhibit in our State Capitol rotunda. The photographs were impressive and captivating. The accompanying quotes were poignant and informative. This exhibit was set up in the rotunda for several days during the Legislative session. Besides our lawmakers, at this particular time of the year the Capitol is also filled with many state agency representatives and other visitors including school groups and accompanying educational staff. We were very pleased with the comments received and interest shown in this exhibit by these groups. The exhibit was of outstanding educational benefit and certainly made an impact on everyone who had the opportunity to view it."

- John Selig
Director of the Arkansas Department of Human Services
Division of Mental Health Services

"Hosting the exhibit Nothing to Hide at Wheaton College was an unforgettable experienced. I witnessed first hand the incredible power of the dialogue that comes from experiencing the photographs and text panels...This exhibit makes it safe to talk openly and candidly about mental health issues within one's own family. The exhibit touched every student I spoke with."

- Dale Rogers Marshall
President, Wheaton College
Norton, MA

"Our Executive Director ... told the Board of Directors that having the exhibit come to Mansfield was one of the best things we have ever done."

- Rhea Jane Swartz
Public Relations Coordinator
Richland County Board of Mental Health Services, Mansfield, OH

"Nothing to Hide provides an opportunity for conversations to occur on the subject of mental illness, a subject that if mentioned at all, is frequently discussed in hushed tones. Intelligence and sensitivity are hallmarks of the work of Family Diversity Projects. I know of no better organization to help make discussions about this topic acceptable to society."

- Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann
Anti-Defamation League
A World of Difference Institute

"I think Nothing to Hide is important because it not only gives mental health consumers the opportunity to tell their stories and explain their lives, but it shows how the entire family is affected by the many faces of mental illness. My parents and my husband have been a great help to me in making my life successful, and this exhibit allows them to have a voice."

- Christina Coolidge
Mental Health Consumer

"I enthusiastically endorse Nothing to Hide. Serious mental illnesses are devastating but common experiences for many families. Anything we can do to educate, decrease stigma, and reach out to families who feel they are alone with this problem is worthwhile."

- E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Research Psychiatrist
Author, Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers

Tour Schedule (Partial List)

In order to meet demand, multiple copies of this photo-text rental exhibit were created. If your desired booking date appears below it does not mean the exhibit is unavailable. Please contact us to arrange your exhibition. For exact locations and times of a showing, please contact the people listed below.

2008
Dates	Location	Contact
Mar 24 - Apr 4	Simmons College, Boston, MA	sarah.neill@simmons.edu
Apr 18 - May 30	Mental Health Association, Cape Fear, NC	mhacapefear@ec.rr.com
May 16 - 28	Clearview Center, Albany, NY	sk2@clearviewcenter.com
TBD	Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA	dgodinho@partners.org

Exhibit History

Nothing to Hide has toured to hundreds of venues in the United States and Canada. The exhibit and companion book have been featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles across the country including the NAMI Advocate, Ruminator, The Boston Globe, The Cape Cod Times, The Capitol Times, The Sunday Washington Post Magazine, Reintegration Today, and The Wheaton Alumnae Journal. Here are just a few of the sites it has visited:

Hospitals, Mental Health Centers and Museums

National Depressive/Manic Depressive Association, OH
Butler Hospital, PA
Schuylkill County Community Support Program, PA
Ben Gordon Center, IL
NAMI - San Diego (Mercy Hospital), CA
San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital Auxiliary, CA
The People Connection, MN
NAMI-Arizona
NAMI- NYC Metro
Fountain House, NYC
Western Psychiatric Institute, PA
Brattleboro Retreat Healthcare, VT
Mental Health Association of North Dakota
Alegent Health, NE
West Plains Council on the Arts, MO
Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling , NY
Mott Children�s Health Center, MI
Clarendon House, VA
Dilico-Ojibway Children and Family Services, Canada
Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburgh, FL
American Jewish Museum, PA
NAMI-Cape Cod

Churches

First Presbyterian Church, Iowa
Buxmont Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, PA
East Liberty Presbyterian Church, PA

Colleges and Schools

Kansas University Medical Center
Mt. Holyoke College, MA
University of Maine
Sinclair Community College, PA
Wheaton College, MA
Southwick High School, MA

Advisory Board

Steven E. Arnold, M.D.
Philadelphia, PA
Director, Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Neuropathology, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania

Marilyn Benoit, M.D.
Washington, DC
Medical/ Executive Director, Devereux Children�s Center
Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann
Brooklyn, NY
Anti-Bias Education Consultant
EHB Consulting

Jaime Campbell
Boston, MA
Consumer and Former Guest of Gould Farm
Mental Health Consultant

Edwin H. Cassem, M.D.
Boston, MA
Chief of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Laurie Flynn
Arlington, VA
Former Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Fred Frese, Ph.D.
Hudson, OH
Consumer; 2nd Vice-President of NAMI
Director, Summit County Recovery Project

Penny Frese, Ph.D.
Hudson, OH
Board Member, Summit County Mental Health Board
Film Producer, Claire�s Story: A Child�s Perspective on Childhood Depression

Michael A. Jenike, M.D.
Boston, MA
Director, Psychiatric Neuroscience Program
Associate Chief of Psychiatry (Research), Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Kay Jamison, Ph.D.
Washington, DC
Author, An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast

Ann Madigan
Boston, MA
Anti-Stigma Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

Jay Neugeboren
Northampton, MA
Author, Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival

Clea Simon
Cambridge, MA
Author, Mad House: Growing Up In the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings

Lesley Stahl
New York, NY
News Correspondent, 60 Minutes

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Washington, DC
Research Psychiatrist
Author, Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers

Carolyn T. Villarrubia, M.D.
League City, TX
Executive Medical Director, Devereux Texas Treatment Network
Private Practitioner, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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