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Why Zero for the State-Wide Voice of Oregon's Mental Health Clients?
Ask the Governor! Why is Oregon one of the few states in the USA to provide zero funding to support the state-wide voice, empowerment, self-determination and advocacy of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors?
Join the "Why zero?" campaign today!
Ask the Governor:
Why, since 2003, is the State of Oregon one of the few states to provide zero to support the voice of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors?
At the same time, the State of Oregon found half a billion dollars to build new institutions!
Just use this State of Oregon's web contact form for Governor Kulongoski here:
http://www.governor.state.or.us/Gov/contact_us.shtml
SAMPLE MESSAGE BELOW -- your own words are best:
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Dear. Gov. Kulongoski,
Why has your office chosen to ZERO OUT support for the state-wide voice of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors for five years?
Most States have an office of mental health consumer affairs, or a state peer advocacy program, or an annual meeting for mental health clients.
Not Oregon.
Yet Oregon found half a billion dollars -- $500 million -- to build new huge psychiatric institutions.
Why zero?
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS ALERT to other Oregonians, with encouragement to contact the Governor NOW.
Be sure to use this easy web page to send your polite but firm question by e-mail, phone or postal mail to the Governor:
http://www.governor.state.or.us/Gov/contact_us.shtml
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Additional action:
The Governor's Department of Human Services is asking for public input about their budget.
For more info see "related content" below.
