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Human Rights! Know them, demand them, defend them!

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Teach In - Demonstration - 24 Hour Vigil

What
  • Meeting
When Jun 28, 2008 10:00 AM to
Jun 29, 2008 05:00 PM
Where East Lawn New York State Capitol Albany, NY, USA
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Attendees All who support human rights are welcome.
Endorsers are: US Human Rights Network, American Friends Service Committee, StopMax Campaign, Black Bird Legal Collective, MindFreedom International, CCWP - Berkley CA, NYC Jericho, Tamas Year Ten, StopForce.
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Saturday:



  •   9:00 AM -  Kick-Off - 24 Hour Vigil & Demonstration Welcoming & Introductions
  • 10:00 AM  - Bell Ringing (Let the clamor against torture around the US Sound)
  • 11:00 AM -  Unity Reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Lunch on Own
  • 2:00 PM  On - Demonstration:  Please Bring Signs - Banners - Information (Poster Board/Markers will be available to create Posters)


Sunday:

  •   9:00 AM - Teach In on the Convention Against Torture (CAT)
  • 10:00 AM - Teach in on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
  • 11:00 AM - Teach in on the CEDAW - CRC - CERD
  • Lunch on Own
  •  2:00 PM  -  Closing Voices:  Call To Action


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Peter Lehmann, editor, author, psychiatric survivor activist

Peter Lehmann of Berlin, Germany serves as one of the MindFreedom International representatives with the United Nations, and is a long-term supporter of MindFreedom campaigns and activities. Peter is a psychiatric survivor who has worked passionately for decades in Germany, Europe and internationally with a variety of groups for significant change in the mental health system. Peter is editor and publisher of a variety of books challenging human rights violations in the mental health system and promoting alternatives. His most recent book (co-edited with Peter Stastny, MD) is called "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry." This book provides chapters from 61 leaders in changing the mental health system, and is available in the MindFreedom Mad Market.

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