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Mental Health Consumer Festival

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A festival for people using the mental health system arranged by MindFreedom sponsor We Shall Overcome.

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When Aug 22, 2009 12:00 AM to
Aug 28, 2009 12:00 AM
Where Amalidays, Norway
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A mental health care consumer festival arranged by We Shall Overcome in cooperation with five other organizations.

The festival will open on 22 August 2009 with a keynote address by David W. Oaks, executive director of MindFreedom International: "Our Thoughts Are Free - Unite to Win Human Rights in the Mental Health System."

David Oaks will also speak on Monday, 24 August 2009.

On 27 August 2009, there will be a demonstration for human rights outside the Norway Parliament.


For the full program see www.wso.no, or contact We Shall Overcome: post@wso.no

We Shall Overcome is one of the oldest psychiatric survivor run organizations in the world, now 41 years old. WSO is also a MindFreedom sponsor group.

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