Hope Starts With Us
Hope Starts With Us
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Advocating for Help, Not Handcuffs Featuring Shannon Scully and Hannah Wesolowski
36 minutes Posted Mar 11, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
0:00
36:13
Download MP3
Show notes
In honor of National Criminal Justice Month, “Hope Starts With Us” is guest hosted by NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer Hannah Wesolowski in conversation with NAMI’s Director of Criminal Justice Policy and Initiatives Shannon Scully. The two explore NAMI’s advocacy to end the criminalization of mental illness and creating avenues for help, not handcuffs. Through this episode, listeners will learn about our criminal justice policy priorities, the need for more support and resources, how to get inv...