News Briefs: Unite to win rights in mental health

Mon Sep 25 19:19:51 CDT 2006

MindFreedom News Briefs -- 25 September 2006
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News briefs on winning human rights in mental health system!

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* New York City Event on "Mad Movement" a Success!

At the New York University "Open Minds" conference this past  
Saturday, 23 September 2006, keynoter David Oaks, director of  
MindFreedom International, reflected on 30 years of human rights  
activism and called for unity for a "nonviolent revolution in the  
mental health system." You may download a PDF of prepared remarks here:

http://www.freedom-center.org/pdf/DavidOaksOpenForum2006ConfTalk.pdf

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MindFreedom Radio News Upcoming Guests

* TOMORROW Tuesday, 25 September 2006. Guest = Linda Valentine. Show  
= "How Family Members Can Support Human Rights of Psychiatric  
Survivors."

This is Linda's tenth year as an activist for human rights in the  
mental health system. Linda is a mom of a psychiatric survivor, and  
is founder of the group Relatives and Allies of Psychiatric Survivors  
(RAPS) that mainly networks other moms who are dissatisfied with the  
current mental health system with each other.

* Tuesday, 3 October 2006. Guest = Aby Adams. Show = "Mental health  
screening in your school: What are the dangers? What are the  
alternatives? What can you do?"

Aby is an activist with the Massachusetts group Freedom Center who  
has developed a campaign to alert parents in local schools about the  
dangers of and alternatives to traditional mental health screening of  
kids.

How to Listen to MindFreedom News Hour: As well as guests interviewed  
by host David Oaks, you'll hear the latest news and resources to win  
human rights and alternatives in the mental health system.

Live: Every Tuesday, 1 pm eastern time, 10 am pacific time.

How: Click on http://www.theprn.org to listen live or to hear the  
archive later. [If you have trouble hearing archives, there are now  
'tech support' & 'help' links to assist you.]

You may e-mail your questions and comments before, during or after  
the show to radio at mindfreedom.org. Your questions and comments may be  
read live during the show. Please say if you wish to be anonymous.

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):

9/19/06 Guest = Ted Chabasinski: From Forced Electroshock as a Child  
to Human Rights Activist Leader

9/12/06 Guest = Lauren Tenney -- Saving Children Today From  
Psychiatric Abuse: Learning from History

9/5/06 Guest = Will Hall -- How People Labeled 'Schizophrenic' Can  
Respond to False Stereotyping That We Are Violent

8/22/06 Guest = Sally Zinman -- Lessons for Today From 30 Years of  
Activism in the Mental Patients Rights Movement.

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.

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UPCOMING CALENDAR of events

7 to 9 October 2006 ** Washington, D.C. ** "Mental Health and the
Law" ** International Center for the Study of Psychiatric and
Psychology annual conference. ICSPP is a pivotal network of dissident
and concerned mental health professionals challenging the human
rights violations inherent in the current mental health industry.
This year's event is in collaboration with The American University
Washington College of Law. All are welcome. ICSPP is a MindFreedom
sponsor group.

Scholarship discounts are now available for MindFreedom members.

More info: http://www.icspp.org/

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20 October 2006 ** Eugene, Oregon, USA ** FREE ** Choice in Mental
Health Care is a Human Right! The City of Eugene hosts an all-day
conference at the University of Oregon about the human right to
voluntary options in mental health care other than just psychiatric
drugs. Keynote speakers include authors Al Siebert and Judi
Chamberlin. Co-sponsored by MindFreedom and other groups. Free.

More info on how to submit a workshop proposal by 8/14/06 deadline:

http://intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-lane-county-news/2006-July/ 
000070.html

or use this smaller url:

http://tinyurl.com/qn3k5

To get updates on this event sign up here:

http://www.intenex.net/lists/listinfo/mindfreedom-lane-county-news

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22 to 24 October 2006 ** Oregon, USA ** FREE ** Human Rights in
Mental Health Road Show! ** Corvallis, Salem and Portland will host a
traveling panel of MindFreedom speakers and musicians. Funded by
McKenzie River Gathering. Free. To get updates sign up for Oregon's
MindFreedom news list:

http://www.intenex.net/lists/listinfo/mindfreedom-oregon-news

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25 to 29 October 2006 ** Portland, Oregon, USA ** Alternatives
Conference. An annual federally-funded gathering of mental health
consumers and psychiatric survivors. Because the federal government
prohibits organizing on its official program, MindFreedom and several
sponsor groups have rented a separate independent meeting room off
the lobby of the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfont for three days
26 to 28 Oct. for an activist "Action Space." You may drop by the
Action Space *FREE*. Info on Alternatives 2006:

http:// www.alternatives2006.org

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15 to 18 November 2006 ** Baltimore, Maryland, USA ** National
Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy 25th Annual
Conference. NARPA holds one of the main gatherings in the USA to
network advocates, attorneys, psychiatric survivors, activists for
deep change in the mental health system. MindFreedom director David
Oaks is opening keynote.

Info on NARPA conference: http://www.narpa.org

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10 to 12 May 2007 ** Vancouver, Canada ** Madness, Citizenship &
Social Justice ** Simon Fraser University which is sponsoring this
event bringing together academics, activists and more. MindFreedom
activists including David Oaks and Judi Chamberlin are consulting on
and speaking at this event.

More info:

http://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute/madcitizenship-conference.htm

or use this smaller url here:

http://tinyurl.com/hr4y6

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6 to 8 June 2007 ** Dresden, Germany ** World Psychiatric Association
is holding a special conference on "Coercive Treatment in
Psychiatry." MindFreedom member Peter Lehmann negotiated on behalf of
several movement groups, including MindFreedom, for movement
inclusion in this WPA conference. Judi Chamberlin will represent
MindFreedom in a keynote address.

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12 to 15 July 2007 ** USA ** MindFreedom special conference on building
choices -- non-drug voluntary choices -- for mental and emotional
well being. Sponsored by MindFreedom Choice in Mental Health Campaign
Committee. Details to be announced.

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New MindFreedom Journal

A new issue of _MindFreedom Journal_ has been mailed to MFI members.  
This issue #47 profiles positive accomplishments of psychiatric  
survivors, including an MFI team that has championed human rights  
inside United Nations meetings, which recently proposed a binding  
global treaty on disability rights.

Note that receiving this e-mailed MFI E-news 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  
print journal -- or you want to check your membership status -- e- 
mail to office at mindfreedom.org. Or better yet, join or renew now at  
http://www.mindfreedom.org and you'll be sent the journal and other  
information as an MFI member!

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Watch for a new MFI web site in the next few weeks... MFI is  
launching a new content management system web site using Plone. If  
you would like to volunteer contact the MFI office at  
office at mindfreedom.org.

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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  
International today:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/join.shtml

For a MAD MARKET of books and other products to support human rights  
campaigns in mental health: http://www.madmarket.org

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

web site: http://www.mindfreedom.org
e-mail: office at mindfreedom.org
office phone: (541) 345-9106
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