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Recommendation by City Club of Eugene for David W. Oaks Keynote Presentation

by David W. Oaks — last modified 2010-01-30 18:19

Jerry Diethelm, President of the City Club of Eugene, thanks David Oaks for being on a keynote panel with TC Dumas and Ron Unger, in Eugene, Oregon, on 15 January 2010, Martin Luther King's 81st birthday. Their panel linked up organizing for human rights in mental health, with the inspiration of the Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement.

I want to thank you again for your fine presentation at City Club on "Voice, Choice and Human Rights in Mental Health Care."

I've received many compliments on the program from City Club members. They appreciated the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr. setting you provided and then the way you humanized that overview with your remarkable stories.

It was an effective and powerful connection and I want to wish you and your organization every success.

                    Sincerely,

                    Jerry Diethelm, President
                    City Club of Eugene

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Matt Morrissey is on the MFI Choice in Mental Health Campaign Committee. Matt is a psychiatric survivor with a master’s in counseling who directs the adult day program at Full Spectrum Progressive Mental Health, which is a nonprofit center in San Francisco that offers voluntary programs for adults and adolescents in severe emotional distress. Full Spectrum is a Sponsor Group in MFI. Matt is shown here speaking at an MFI co-sponsored protest in front of the American Psychiatric Association. (Photo by Tom Olin)

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