Click to download Position Statement from President Michell Temple

Position Statement from President Michell Temple

Dear NAMRC Members:

The National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns (NAMRC) wants to firmly state that the racially motivated violence against Black people starting with the most recent events involving George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in addition to the tens of thousands of Blacks who have lost their lives to COVID-19 is unacceptable. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best in 1963 from behind the walls of a Birmingham jail,  “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

As a Black woman, President of the Association, and as the voice of the Board, I want you to know that I refuse to make sense of these senseless acts. The systemic societal issues that undergird our current situation reaffirm my commitment to engaging in uncomfortable conversations with civility.  I urge you to have conversations with diverse groups about these injustices to inspire change through the building of cross-cultural alliances.

More to come.

Sincerest regards,

Michell Temple, EdD, CRC, LPC/MHSP

President

January 2019 – December 2020

Click here to download NAMRC 2020 Conference Postponed Announcement

Date: March 30, 2020

To: NAMRC Membership

From: National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation

Re: 2020 Annual Training Conference

As the situation with the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to develop daily, the NAMRC Board of Directors convened in March to discuss the potential implications of the pandemic on this year’s conference participaton.  It is with the care and concern of our members and potential conference attendees that the National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns has canceled this year’s conference!

The location for the 2021 NAMRC Training Conference will be Greektown Hotel – Casino in Detroit, Michigan.  The dates are pending!

To engage our membership and maintain communication throughout the year, Online Webinars will be offered facilitated by the Professional Development, Public Relations and Marketing, and Finance Committees.  Stay tuned for more information on the NAMRC website, social media, and emails to the membership/conference attendee lists.

Please take great care of yourself and your loved ones – nothing is more important than the health and safety of our NAMRC Family.

Sincerest regards,
Michell L. Temple, EdD, CRC, NCC, CCTP, LPC(GA), LPC/MHSP(TN)
President, January 2019 – December 2020
Robin E. Dock, PhD, LCMHCS(NC), LPC(GA), ACS, CRC
President-Elect, January 2019 – December 2020

Dear NAMRC members,

Here are the results of the 2020-2022 elections:

• Caleb Cuthbertson – Student Representative (Alabama)
• Felicia Hunter – Treasurer (Michigan) 

Board of Directors

• Terrie Hylton (Michigan)
• Katavia Sloan (Georgia)
• Robert Stevens (Arkansas)
• Courtney Ward-Sutton (Oklahoma)

Additionally, the following individuals have agreed to serve as noted below:

• Alexis Duggan, Co-Chair Membership and Coalition Building Committee (Texas)
• Andre Washington, Co-Chair Professional Development Committee (Oklahoma)
• Danielle Antol, member, Publicity and Marketing Committee(Texas)

Valyncia Wilson, Immediate Past President

Michell L. Temple, President

FUNDING AVAILABLE!

Virginia Commonwealth University is recruiting qualified candidates, including those with disabilities and from other minority backgrounds, with our new RSA traineeships in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. Would you be so kind as to forward the following message to anybody you think may be able to help us recruit the most worthy candidates for these traineeships? Please call me at 804-687-2890 or email me at creid@vcu.edu with any questions. Thanks!

Please disseminate:
Through two successful grant proposals, VCU’s Department of Rehabilitation Counseling now has available a limited number of traineeships sponsored by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA).

Students funded by those traineeships commit to “employment payback” of working for two years for a state vocational rehabilitation agency (or nonprofit or other organization contracting with the state agency to provide services to vocational rehabilitation clients) in exchange for every full-time equivalent year of funding.

So, if a student is funded for two years of full-time study, that student would need to work in qualifying employment for four years to satisfy the payback obligation. There is also an option for financial repayment, as if the traineeship were a student loan, if the trainee decides not to work in qualifying employment.

We have two different RSA training projects: one is for students who seek to become vocational rehabilitation counselors, and the other is for students who seek to specialize in working in vocational rehabilitation settings with people who have mental health challenges.

Dr. Chris Reid (creid@vcu.edu) is the project director for the vocational rehabilitation counselor traineeship grant; Dr. Chris Wagner (ccwagner@vcu.edu) is the project director for the mental health specialty traineeship grant.

If you or another qualified applicant that you know are interested in either traineeship, please contact the respective project director, as soon as possible.

With appreciation,
Chris Reid

Dear NAMRC Members: 

The National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns (NAMRC) sincerely thanks all of the members who cast their ballot for the 2020-2022 officers. Before the Association can announce the results of the elections, it must facilitate a runoff election for three of the four available general board member positions.

Please click on the link to cast your vote: click here.

The ballot opens on Tuesday, November 12, and will close on Monday, November 18th, at 5:00 pm. 

Vote now!

Thank you. Valynica Wilson, Immediate Past-President