NEWS: Activist Sally Zinman - MindFreedom News Hour free Internet radio

Sat Aug 19 10:48:04 CDT 2006

MindFreedom News -- 19 August 2006
Unite for Human Rights & Choice in Mental Health Care
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Public Service Announcement:

    MindFreedom Weekly News Hour - Live Free Internet Radio.

    Next guest: Psychiatric survivor activist Sally Zinman

When: *This* Tuesday, 22 August 2006, at 1 pm eastern time, 10 am  
pacific time.

How: Click on http://www.theprn.org to listen live or to hear the  
archive later.

What: Theme = "Lessons for Today From 30 Years of Activism in the  
Mental Patients Rights Movement."

You will hear psychiatric survivor leader Sally Zinman as a guest on  
the MindFreedom Weekly News Hour Internet radio show. Sally will be  
interviewed by host David Oaks on the live free show which is part of  
the Progressive Radio Network. You'll also hear the latest news and  
resources to win human rights and alternatives in the mental health  
system.

You may e-mail your questions and comments before, during or after  
the show at radio at mindfreedom.org. Your questions and comments may be  
read live during the show.

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Brief biography:

Sally Zinman

Sally Zinman is the Executive Director of the California Network of  
Mental Health Clients (CNMHC), one of the largest mental health  
client run advocacy organizations in the world. Along with 20 other  
clients, Sally founded the statewide group 20 years ago.

Sally's commitment to the rights of people with mental disabilities  
came from her own horrendous experience in the mental health system,  
including months locked up in a psychiatric facility basement and  
beaten. She has dedicated her life to insure that what happened to  
her as a person labeled "mentally ill" would not happen to other  
people. She has spent the time since her own incarceration working  
for the self-determination and freedom of choice of others who  
followed her.

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Action:

Please spread the word and forward this public service announcement  
both on and off the Internet.

Be part of a nonviolent revolution in mental health! Listen to the  
MindFreedom News Hour every week, usually live, at Tuesday, 1 pm  
eastern time, 10 am pacific time. Just click on http://www.theprn.org

If you have guest suggestions or would like to volunteer e-mail to  
radio at mindfreedom.org

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Archives of the MindFreedom News Hour

If you miss a live show you may listen to the archive at http:// 
www.theprn.org. Just click on "shows" and go to MindFreedom News  
Hour. Here are past shows now on the archive by DATE (the new web  
site does not have name labels yet):

8/15/06 Guest = Judi Chamberlin -- Why We Demand Human Rights, Not  
'Mental Patient' Rights

08/8/06 Guest = Leonard Roy Frank -- Surviving & resisting electroshock.

08/1/06 Guest = Matt Morrissey -- Alternatives for extreme emotional  
distress.

07/25/06 Guest = Hugh Massengill -- Surviving trauma and psychiatric  
abuse.

07/18/06 Guest = Al Galves, PhD -- How dissident mental health  
professionals can be good allies.

07/11/06 Guest = Celia Brown -- Celia's story of surviving  
psychiatry, promoting alternatives, and speaking out inside the  
United Nations for three years as President of MindFreedom  
International.

06/27/06 Guest = Krista Erickson -- Mad Pride! How you can organize a  
Mad Pride event and join in with anchor events in four nations: Ghana  
Africa, UK, Canada and USA.

Update on listening to archives: Many people report they are  
listening to the archives. However, some are having technical  
problems. For instance, if you who have a Mac with OS X & later you  
may need to download Windows Media® Components for QuickTime by  
Flip4Mac™, free, so you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv)  
directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the  
Internet using a Web browser. This program allows for MP3s to be  
played, and can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/9rz5l Be sure to  
restart your browser after installing.

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Also see an archive of MFI news alerts, including recent news  
articles involving MFI in Utne, Philadelphia Inquirer, Psychiatric  
Services, Wall St. Journal and more here:

http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-news/

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A new issue of _MindFreedom Journal_ is finally going to press! The  
theme is how you can join in MFI actions. If you are a MindFreedom  
member and have moved please make sure the office has your new postal  
address by e-mailing it to office at mindfreedom.org.

Note that receiving this MFI news e-mail announcement, which is a  
free public service, does not necessarily mean you are an MFI member.

If you are not an MFI member and want one free sample copy of the  
journal -- or you want to check your membership status -- e-mail to  
office at mindfreedom.org. Or better yet, join or renew now below and  
you'll be sent the journal and other information as a MFI member!

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Join MindFreedom International, donate, or renew your membership!

Do you want to...

* Win human rights campaigns in mental health?

* End abuse by the psychiatric drug industry?

* Support the self-determination of psychiatric survivors?

* Promote safe, humane and effective options in mental health?

You are not alone! MindFreedom is a nonprofit human rights group that  
unites 100 sponsor and affiliate groups with individual members, and  
is accredited by the United Nations as a Non-Governmental  
Organization (NGO) with Consultative Roster Status. Join or donate  
today!

MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent groups in the  
mental health field with no funding from governments, drug companies,  
religions, corporations, or the mental health system. While most of  
MindFreedom's members are psychiatric survivors, *all* who support  
human rights are invited to join and become active leaders.

JOIN, RENEW, DONATE, or give GIFT MEMBERSHIPS to MindFreedom  
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