64+ Family Stories and Grassroots Change: Dede Ranahan and 64 More Moms, Part 1

Interview with Dede Ranahan, author and editor (64 co-authors)  of “Tomorrow Was Yesterday...Mothers Across the Nation Tell It Like It Is“ living with SMI (Serious Mental Illness) in our loved ones.  Not just family stories, but about action. Advocacy. What we want to see happen to help families like ours.

• Author Talk: How we got our books from idea to publication
• How Dede found and collected 64+ stories of  Serious Mental Illness in the family
• Getting change on a Federal level to help families- The White House Book Project 
• Getting Down to Grass Roots - the 5-point plan for change 
• HIPAA reform- #2 on the list, and why it matters so much   
• Preview of Part 2 (Episode 5) - the rest of the Five-Point Plan, and what we can do

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Randye Kaye
Mindy Greiling
Miriam (Mimi) Feldman

Chapters

• 2:20 Update on our 3 Sons
• 4:34 Meet Dede Ranahan
• 5:42 Sooner Than tomorrow - first book
• 5:52 Getting our Books Written - and Published
• 12:50 Stories of Other Families with Schizophrenia
• 19:00 Mindy highlights a Story
• 21:23 Mimi Highlights a Story
• 24:41 Our Dreams Change for our kids
• 25:36 White House Project and 5-point plan for change
• 27:14 Getting down to GrassRoots
• 34:07 HIPAA Reform: a much-needed Top change