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Event National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy (NARPA) Annual Meeting (Hilton, Atlanta, George, USA, from Sep 08, 2010 04:00 PM to Sep 11, 2010 12:00 PM)
Choice, Not Force is theme of NARPA's 2010 annual meeting. NARPA is a founding sponsor organization of MindFreedom International.
Event Opal Network Meeting in Lane County, Oregon (Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library, Oregon, from Aug 31, 2010 02:30 PM to Aug 31, 2010 04:30 PM)
All who support the voice of mental health clients in Lane County, Oregon are invited to this quarterly meeting of the Opal Network coalition meeting. The topic this time: Non-Drug Alternatives in Mental Health.
Event Author Robert Whitaker Speaks in Eugene, Oregon (Hilton Hotel, Composer's Ballroom, Eugene, Oregon, USA, from Aug 20, 2010 07:00 PM to Aug 20, 2010 09:30 PM)
Journalist Robert Whitaker, author of the new book Anatomy of an Epidemic, is making waves throughout the mental health system with his findings. Hear him speak free at the Hilton on Friday, 20 August 2010. Event co-sponsored by MindFreedom and LaneCare.
Event Patch Adams Celebrates Mad Pride at Oregon Country Fair 2010 (Veneta, Oregon, USA, from Jul 09, 2010 11:00 AM to Jul 11, 2010 07:00 PM)
You can participate in MindFreedom Mad Pride events every day at this year's Oregon Country Fair, in the Community Village Stage Green. And on Sunday, "The Real" Patch Adams will be speaking! Mad Pride!
Event Protest two years after Esmin Green "murder by neglect at Kings County Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room." (New York, from Jun 18, 2010 05:00 PM to Jun 19, 2010 05:00 PM)
It's been two years since Esmin Green's death in a psychiatric emergency room in New York State was caught so vividly by a security camera, and made international news. What has changed? We The People is holding protest and vigil to speak out. MindFreedom New York supports this important event.
Event Authors Robert Whitaker & Linda Andre on MindFreedom Live Free Web Radio (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Jun 12, 2010 11:00 AM to Jun 12, 2010 01:00 PM)
This Saturday, your calls are welcome on this live web radio show interviewing two authors whose books question common psychiatric treatments. Journalist Robert Whitaker is the author of the new book, "Anatomy of an Epidemic," which says that studies show the main psychiatric drugs are actually increasing the level of mental and emotional problems. Electroshock survivor Linda Andre is author of the book "Doctors of Deception," which exposes the history of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Host is psychiatric survivor David Oaks, director of MindFreedom International. Plus YOUR live calls!
Event June 2010 MindFreedom 1st Wednesday Round Table, Eugene, Oregon (MindFreedom office, 454 Willamette, Suite 216., from Jun 02, 2010 05:30 PM to Jun 02, 2010 07:00 PM)
Speaker Howard Falk will speak about, "'Normal' Is Not Okay! Enduring My Diagnosis of Autism." Howard is a volunteer with MindFreedom International.
Event MindFreedom Web Radio LIVE from Toronto PsychOut Event (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from May 08, 2010 11:00 AM to May 08, 2010 12:00 PM)
Your calls are welcome on this live web radio show broadcast from international PsychOUT: A Conference for Organizing Resistance Against Psychiatry. Host David Oaks will interview participants in this major event for human rights and alternatives in the mental health system.
Event PsychOUT: A Conference for Organizing Resistance Against Psychiatry (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from May 07, 2010 12:00 AM to May 09, 2010 12:00 AM)
Toronto conference includes variety of speakers, workshops, plus protest about electroshock. David W. Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International, is one of the speakers.
Event "Label Jars Not People Show" on MindFreedom Web Radio (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Mar 13, 2010 11:00 AM to Mar 13, 2010 12:30 PM)
Psychiatry says it needs even more labels. MindFreedom says psychiatry needs a truth injection! Join guests Paula Caplan and Lennard Davis as they question psychiatry expanding its label bible, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual" (DSM). We'll also remember the legacy of Judi Chamberlin with guest Dan Fisher on this Saturday's MindFreedom Web Call-in Radio. Your calls are invited on this free 90-minute radio show, hosted by MindFreedom director David Oaks.
Event Jim Gottstein & Lauren Tenney on MindFreedom Web Radio (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Feb 13, 2010 11:00 AM to Feb 13, 2010 12:30 PM)
Psychiatric survivor activists Jim Gottstein and Lauren Tenney are guests on this Saturday's MindFreedom Web Call-in Radio. Your calls are invited on this free 90-minute radio show, hosted by MindFreedom director David Oaks.
Event The City Club of Eugene Features a Panel by MindFreedom Lane County (Eugene, Oregon, USA, from Jan 15, 2010 11:50 AM to Jan 15, 2010 01:00 PM)
The City Club of Eugene will feature David Oaks, TC Dumas, and Ron Unger representing MindFreedom Lane County
Event Jan. 2010 MindFreedom 1st Wednesday Round Table (MindFreedom office, 454 Willamette, Suite 216., from Jan 06, 2010 05:30 PM to Jan 06, 2010 07:00 PM)
Speaker Ron Unger will talk about, "Changing Mental Health Care in Lane County, Oregon."
Event Opal Network Meeting in Lane County, Oregon (Singer Room, Eugene Public Library, Oregon, from Dec 29, 2009 02:00 PM to Dec 29, 2009 04:00 PM)
All who support the voice of mental health clients in Lane County, Oregon are invited to this quarterly meeting of the Opal Network coalition meeting. This will be the 11th quarterly meeting, and all are welcome.
Event Your Calls on Next MindFreedom Mad Pride Free Live Blog Talk Radio (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Dec 12, 2009 11:00 AM to Dec 12, 2009 12:30 PM)
What is your vision for a revolution in the mental health system in 2010? Your calls are invited on this free 90-minute radio show, co-osted by MindFreedom president Celia Brown and director David Oaks.
Event Celia Brown Moderates Panel on Mental Health, UN and Human Rights (United Nations Plaza, from Dec 10, 2009 02:00 PM to Dec 10, 2009 04:00 PM)
On Human Rights Day, the Celia Brown will moderate and participate in a panel in United Nations Plaza about human rights and mental health.
Event Dec. 2009 MindFreedom 1st Wednesday Round Table (MindFreedom office, 454 Willamette, Suite 216., from Dec 02, 2009 05:30 PM to Dec 02, 2009 07:00 PM)
Speaker Ben Luskin will talk about his story: Using Martial Arts to Win Mental and Emotional Well Begin.
Event The International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR) 2009 Annual Meeting (New York City, from Nov 23, 2009 08:00 AM to Nov 23, 2009 07:30 PM)
INTAR is holding an all-day gathering on the topic of "Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis: Alternatives Responses to 'First Breaks.'" INTAR is a sponsor group in MindFreedom Internationals' Support Coalition, and Celia Brown, MFI Board President, is on the planning committee.
Event Jim Gottstein is Guest on Next MindFreedom Mad Pride Free Live Blog Talk Radio (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Nov 14, 2009 11:00 AM to Nov 14, 2009 12:30 PM)
Your calls are invited on this free 90-minute radio show, hosted by MindFreedom director David Oaks, every second Saturday.
Event Alternatives 2009 (Omaha, Nebraska, USA, from Oct 28, 2009 12:00 AM to Nov 01, 2009 12:00 AM)
The 23rd annual Alternatives conference has begun..
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Adam Voss, psychiatric survivor

After being repeatedly placed in psychiatric institutions, Adam Voss remembered hearing about MindFreedom and decided to hop on a bus to join up. Three and a half days later, traveling the whole length of the USA, Adam arrived in July 2009 at the MindFreedom office in Eugene, where he was warmly welcomed. Adam’s experience with psychiatric coercion began in 2008 when he decided to dance outside the city hall in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. Forcibly taken by police to a psychiatric ward, Adam endured forced psychiatric drugging with neuroleptic or "antipsychotic" drugs, an experience repeated three more times. Having read about the MFI Shield program Adam said, "I realized that by traveling to MindFreedom headquarters I would find the peer support and protection I couldn’t find in the mental health system or even within my own family."