Past Events

Events which have already happened.

Opal Cabaret with singer-songwriter David Rogers (Eugene, Oregon, from Feb 02, 2012 05:00 PM to Feb 02, 2012 06:30 PM)

Free. Fun • Friends • Freedom • Open Mike. All are invited. Performance & networking for your mental well being.

Deadline: For submissions to publication on "Madness & Disability" (Web, from Feb 01, 2012 01:00 AM to Feb 01, 2012 11:55 PM)

Madness and disability? That's the theme of an upcoming issue of the scholarly publication, Disabilities Studies Quarterly. Here's their forwarded info about how you can send in your submission.

Opal Network: Restore Human Dignity in Mental Health Care Through Authentic Relationship (Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon, from Jan 31, 2012 07:00 PM to Jan 31, 2012 08:30 PM)

PAM BIRRELL, PhD. will discuss, "How can family, friends, and mental health workers support the humanity of a person who is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder?" Mental health consumer/psychiatric survivor panel will join in free public forum.

MFI Web Radio Show Guests: Ann Rider & Debbie Plotnick (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Jan 14, 2012 11:00 AM to Jan 14, 2012 12:00 PM)

Why protest the American Psychiatric Association? This Saturday, 14 January. 2012, tune in live from wherever you are to hear special guests invite you to peaceful protest the American Psychiatric Association. Boycott normal! Host is David Oaks, MFI director. With your live calls from everywhere in the world. 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, 90 minutes.

Opal Hour 5 January 2012 (Eugene, Oregon, from Jan 05, 2012 05:00 PM to Jan 05, 2012 06:30 PM)

The Opal Hour is an opportunity to network and hear news to support your activism for change in mental health.

Your deadline for submitting to MindFreedom Journal (from Dec 31, 2011 11:00 PM to Dec 31, 2011 11:55 PM)

Submission deadline for next MindFreedom Journal has been extended. Submit your news items, photos, poetry, articles, letters.

Celebrate 25 Years of MFI United Independent Activism! (MFI Office, 454 Willamette, Eugene, OR, from Dec 22, 2011 05:00 PM to Dec 22, 2011 07:00 PM)

Twenty-five years ago, 22 December 1986, the project that became MindFreedom International was incorporated! You are encouraged to help celebrate wherever you are. Those in Oregon are invited to an MFI open house.

MF showing free film about hearing voices: "Knowing You, Knowing You." (Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon, from Dec 13, 2011 07:00 PM to Dec 13, 2011 08:30 PM)

See a new film, free, about how an individual who heard distressing voices found humane forms of help outside of the conventional mental health system. MindFreedom Lane County affiliate, Opal Network and OCSC co-sponsor this free film showing.

Intl Day of Persons With Disabilities & Human Rights Day (777 United Nations Plaza, NYC, from Dec 08, 2011 02:00 PM to Dec 08, 2011 04:00 PM)

BELOW is a forwarded invitation from NGO Committee on Mental Health to attend a panel discussion in NEW YORK CITY on 8 December 2011. Topic: "Celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and Human Right Day." MindFreedom International president and UN team chair CELIA BROWN will be moderator.

Erick Fabris Talk in Eugene (Room 110, Knight Law School, University of Oregon, 1515 Agate St., from Nov 12, 2011 02:00 PM to Nov 12, 2011 03:30 PM)

It is with great please that MindFreedom welcomes Erick Fabris, ethnographer, author, psychiatric survivor, and mad activist. Erick Fabris joins us in Eugene, Oregon to speak on community treatment orders, psychiatric coercion, and "chemical incarceration."

MFI Web Radio Show Guests: cj lince & Erick Fabris (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Nov 12, 2011 11:00 AM to Nov 12, 2011 12:30 PM)

Occupy the Psychiatric Industry, this Saturday, 12 Nov. 2011, tune in live from wherever you are to hear two special guests: cj lince has launched a "People's DSM" to fight back against psychiatric label. Author Erick Fabris exposes the new trend of forced psychiatric drugging of people living in their own homes. Host is David Oaks, MFI director. Plus with your live calls from everywhere in the world. 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, 90 minutes.

Mental Health Recovery Conference in Toronto (Toronto, Canada, from Nov 03, 2011 12:00 AM to Nov 04, 2011 12:00 AM)

INTAR and The Leadership Project of Toronto co-sponsor this event. INTAR supports alternatives for mental health recovery, and is a sponsor group of MindFreedom International.

Deadline: MFI 25th Anniversary Support& Ally Feedback Survey (Web, from Oct 31, 2011 01:00 AM to Oct 31, 2011 12:55 PM)

This year is MindFreedom International's 25th anniversary! We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a supporter and ally, as well as offer you an opportunity for input.

A Rally to Save the California Survivor/Consumer Movement (Culver City, California, from Oct 28, 2011 11:00 AM to Oct 28, 2011 02:00 PM)

David Oaks will be one of the speakers at this gathering to help support the movement led by mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors in California.

International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry Conference (Los Angeles, from Oct 28, 2011 08:00 AM to Oct 29, 2011 06:00 PM)

One of the main networks of dissident mental health professionals, psychiatrists, psychologists is ISEPP (formerly International Center for Study of Psychiatry and Psychology - ICSPP). ISEPP is a long-time sponsor organization of MindFreedom International. Many speakers are MFI members, including MFI director David Oaks.

Alternatives 2011 (Orlando, Florida, from Oct 26, 2011 12:00 PM to Oct 30, 2011 12:00 PM)

Each year the US government funds a conference that gathers hundreds of Americans who are mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors, many of whom are working with peer-run services.

'Boycott Normal' at Chamber of Commerce (1401 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon, USA, from Oct 10, 2011 04:00 PM to Oct 10, 2011 05:30 PM)

The MindFreedom Mad Pride Theater Troupe invites you to be part of a Youtubed peaceful street theater in front of a Chamber of Commerce office. What is called "normal" is wrecking Earth's environment, and the Chamber is one of the main entities blocking action on the Climate Crisis. Have fun asking, "Is it possible to be crazier than 'normal'?"

Web Radio Show on "Boycott Normal: DSM & You" Campaign! (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Oct 08, 2011 11:00 AM to Oct 08, 2011 12:30 PM)

Saturday, 8 Oct. 2011, tune in live from wherever you are to hear special guests about "Boycott Normal" Campaign. Host is David Oaks, psychiatric survivor director of MindFreedom International. Plus with your live calls from everywhere in the world. 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, one hour.

"Boycott Normal" street theater prep: MF 1st Wednesday (MFI Office, 454 Willamette, Eugene, OR, from Oct 05, 2011 05:30 PM to Oct 05, 2011 07:30 PM)

Help prepare for a peaceful street theater with MindFreedom International, with the support of Katina Adoniadis. We're launching Boycott Normal!

Free Webinar: Coalition Building 101: Mental Health Consumers & Psychiatric Survivors Find Common Ground with Each Other & Allies (Internet, from Sep 30, 2011 11:00 AM to Sep 30, 2011 12:30 PM)

This is a free webinar you can view either live now, or later via archive. Co-presenters are Nancy Snider and David Oaks, both of the board of directors of OCSC (Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition). David Oaks is also executive director of MindFreedom International. Nancy Snider directs Project Able.