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"Memorable... well received... admirable": David Oaks as a keynote speaker for MVBCN Second Annual Recovery Retreat/Conference

Here is a recommendation from Helen Lara, who is a mental health consumer affiars community organizer for Mid Valley Behavioral Care Network (BCN).



Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network recently sponsored our Second Annual Retreat/Conference entitled, Recovery: It’s an Inside Job.

We invited David Oaks, the Executive Director of Mind Freedom International to come be a keynote speaker.

David eloquently presented a slideshow, educating many of our consumers about the consumer movement with wonderful slides of many of the community activists and organizers around the country throughout the almost 40 years of history of our movement. This was an introduction to some of the faces and names of many of the people who were most vocal to create the changes that have occurred over this time span.

He encouraged our group to think about organizing themselves to be more active in the planning, implementation and organization of what is turning out to be an annual retreat/conference that MVBCN sponsors.

David also spoke at our First Retreat/Conference and again gave us history and also spoke about community organizing and the importance of speaking up and speaking out. He is a memorable presenter and is very well received and admired as a national and international spokesperson.

 

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