News: Leah Harris psychiatric survivor MF Radio this Wed 11/29/06

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MindFreedom News - 29 November 2006
Nonviolent Revolution in Mental Health
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    *This* Wednesday, 29 November 2006 - MindFreedom Radio - Always Free

    Guest is Leah Harris, psychiatric-survivor & champion of youth  
rights.

To listen live click on http://www.theprn.org at 4 pm EST, 1 pm PST  
*this* Wednesday, 29 November 2006.

Or listen to the archive later. Yes, the archives now work!

You may phone in to the show live toll free with your questions or  
comments, or e-mail them to radio at mindfreedom.org.

Host of MF Radio -- which begins and ends with news and resources  
about changing the mental health system -- is David Oaks, psychiatric  
survivor, human rights activist for 30 years, and director of  
MindFreedom International. MF Radio and archives are always free.

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Leah Harris short bio:

Leah Harris is a mother, a psychiatric survivor, a poet, and an  
activist. Leah spent most of her adolescence in and out of the mental  
health system. She says, "I watched the treatment my parents receive  
for their mental health issues slowly kill their spirits and their  
bodies." When Leah became an adult and decided to take back control  
of her life and her destiny she says "everything changed."

Today Leah is using the negative experiences of her past to transform  
the mental health system and promote rights, dignity, and recovery  
for all people labeled with "psychiatric disorders." Leah recently  
keynoted the conference of the National Association for Rights  
Protection and Advocacy calling for encouragement for youth  
activists, and a greater dedication to youth issues, in the movement  
to change the mental health system.

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MindFreedom Radio is by psychiatric survivors for the "creatively  
maladjusted." Listen live every Wednesday at 4 pm EST or hear the  
archives at http://www.theprn.org. Always free.

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More info on MindFreedom see the newly redesigned web site at http:// 
www.MindFreedom.org

You may download a copy of Leah's recent NARPA speech in both PDF and  
MS Word formats at the new site, which also has a photo of Leah  
delivering the keynote.

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Do you want to...

* Win human rights campaigns in mental health?

* End abuse by the psychiatric drug industry?

* Support self-determination of psychiatric survivors?

* Promote safe, humane, 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.

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.

http://www.mindfreedom.org

MindFreedom International Office: 454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB  
11284; Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA

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Please forward.

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." -  
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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