NAMI Walks To Stamp Out Stigma
Dominic Carter - Host of NY1’s Inside City Hall
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
NEW YORK — Journalist Dominic Carter, host of NY1’s popular Inside City Hall show, was fired up as he addressed members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness on Saturday. The organization and its supporters had gathered at NYC’s South Street Seaport for a “NAMIWalk” across the Brooklyn Bridge. The forecast had called for rain and clouds but according to Carter some divine intervention made Saturday “a great day in New York City!”
A NAMI supporter at the 2008 walk
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
South Street’s Pier 17 was filled with music as several hundred NAMI supporters turned out for the 5 kilometer walk. The goal of the annual event is to raise consciousness - and funds. All proceeds from the walks are used to fund NAMI outreach, advocacy and education programs and to help promote mental health research.
As the sun broke through the clouds Wendy Brennan, Executive Director of NAMI New York City addressed the crowd, thanking the sponsors and introducing Dominic Carter, host of the popular NY1 television news show “Inside City Hall”.
The usually restrained Carter was animated, telling rally goers, “NY1 News wanted me to cancel my public schedule today because there’s a lot going, talk about Senator Clinton possibly dropping out of the presidential race, Congressman Fossella…but folks I could not cancel today. I had to be here today with you!”
Carter told the crowd that that he had something in common with many of them.
Original post by Thomas Good and reposted by Radical Blogs
