Hill Day

Hill Day was February 18th and 19th 2014. Hill day is a mental health rally and opportunity to advocate for mental health services and meet with local legislators to ask for continued support of mental health services.
We left for the Rally on Tuesday afternoon and headed to Jefferson City. On the way we stopped at Steelville to grab snacks for the road trip. we spent the night at the Holiday Inn Express in Jefferson City so that we did not have to get up so early on Wednesday for the rally. We went to dinner at Perkins near the hotel, then all went out separate ways at the hotel. Some of us went went swimming at the hotel pool or exercised. Others gathered in the hotel lobby to make signs for the rally. Then a small group went for a walk around the hotel before bed. The next day started with breakfast at the hotel. We then set off for the capital for the day. At the capital we met with local legislators and talked with them about the problems that we face in the southeast region. We then watched a debate at one of the house hearings. We gathered in the basement of the capital for a pizza lunch. we then went to the rally in the rotunda were we heard Governor Nixon speak about the challenges of mental health services. After the rally we headed home with new information on medicaid expansion and posters for our yards. It was an awesome time and a learning experience at the same time. We really learned a lot.

Tina W