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Mad Liberation & Reforming the Mental Health System! Lecture by David W. Oaks
| What | Meeting |
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| When |
2007-05-23 from 19:00 to 20:30 |
| Where | Roosevelt University, 2nd Floor Congress Lounge, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. |
| Contact Name | David Oaks |
| Contact Email | office@mindfreedom.org |
| Contact Phone | 541-345-9106 |
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Free event: David W. Oaks, director of MindFreedom International, will give a lecture and hold a discussion on the topic of what he calls a "Nonviolent revolution in mental health care!" that is led by psychiatric survivors, mental health consumers, concerned mental health professionals, and family members. All are welcome.
Public Service Announcement - Free Event in Chicago
Topics include:
- ** What is the Mad Movement? What is Mad Pride?
- ** What are the implications of the Virginia Tech tragedy for college students who may use the mental health system?
- ** What is it like being a college student and experiencing severe mental and emotional problems?
- ** "My experience of surviving and thriving despite severe emotional problems and abuse by psychiatry."
- ** Why is empowerment crucial for real recovery?
- ** How can we unite to challenge psychiatric drug corporation abuse? How do folks who take meds unite with those who hate meds?
- ** Latest activist news throughout the USA and the world!
David
was born and raised working class on Chicago's South Side. He won a
number of scholarships to attend Harvard, and while a college student
there he was locked up five times in psychiatric institutions. Harvard
placed David as a volunteer advocate for change in the mental health
system, and he graduated anyway with honors. He now lives in Oregon,
where he directs MindFreedom International (MFI). This is David's 31st
year working as a human rights activist in this field.
For more information about David Oaks click here.
MFI
is an independent nonprofit coalition defending human rights and
promoting humane alternatives in the mental health system. MFI is
accredited by the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization
(NGO) with Consultative Roster Status.
Directions: The main
campus of Roosevelt University is at the northwest corner of Michigan
Avenue and Congress in Chicago's Loop. This is very close to the major
CTA rapid transit stations in the Loop (Jackson, Adams, Library Place),
and near Metra Stations. There are also commercial parking lots on
South Wabash near Congress. A map and driving directions are available
at a link at:
http://www.roosevelt.edu/campuses/downtown.htm
This
event is sponsored by the Social Justice Studies Program and Economics
Department at Roosevelt University along with the Pomegranate Health
Collective, Mad Tea Party, Museum for Universal Self Expression (MUSE),
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, and MindFreedom Chicagoland.
For more information contact MindFreedom at email: office@mindfreedom.org ph: 541-345-9106.
