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RAPS background & activity

This folder has information about the background and history of RAPS activity and advocacy.

Image Linda Valentine advocating
Linda Valentine is pictured here (center) in San Jose advocating with people in the mental health system. "I used to go here with my son and meet all kinds of cool people, and I learned a lot."
Page Linda Valentine & RAPS story
The founder of RAPS talks about her background and story, and how she became active and founded RAPS.
Image Mother's Day 2000
From the early days of RAPS: A gathering of Moms who were helping their adult children escape the traditional mental health system, on Mother's Day in Clovis, California 2000: Linda, Cathy, Charity & Marilyn.
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Levi Chambers: Young adult leader

Levi Chambers is a sociology student, organizer, and psychiatric survivor working toward mental health justice in Olympia, Washington. He said: "I am a member of MFI because the organization fights for my rights more effectively than groups with funding from big pharma. My family and I stopped supporting those groups, and have been MFI fans ever since." Levi believes in community mental support, non-pathological and non-chemical treatment alternatives, and declines to use psychiatric labels. Currently a 22-year-old college student involved in the Icarus Project and a member of MindFreedom International, Levi hopes to become a researcher who works to gain scientific acknowledgment for alternative recovery models. If you would like to work with Levi to fight discrimination, build alternatives to conventional psychiatry, and demand a non-violent revolution in mental health in Washington State, please contact him.

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