Yesterday morning, at the top of the May Intersection Coalition meeting, our chairman asked if we had any ideas we wanted to share that might correspond with the mission of the coalition.
I opened my microphone and asked if establishing a mental health court in our Third Judicial District (Shawnee County) might help keep mentally ill folks out of jail. Our chairman approved and said he would like to see this idea come to fruition, too.
I’d forgotten our audience and soon one of our county judges chimed in. She said that she would check into getting a mental health court and I’m a weeping hot mess this morning. I’ll never get used to speaking to power and am so grateful that the Chair allowed me this opportunity. Today, I’m hoping to further conversation with our District Attorney to get him on board.