Dr. Lee Coleman to discuss psychiatry’s “reign of error” at Judi’s Room on October 2nd

By MFI Office Staff | September 17, 2024

  Event Details Topic: Psychiatry, authority, and law Date: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic | 6 AM Eastern Australia | 7 PM Brazil | 11 PM UK Platform: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189   About the Speaker We are delighted…

Luke Sikinyi to facilitate a panel on race, mental health, disabilities, and the need for non-police crisis response at Judi’s Room on September 4th

By MFI Office Staff | August 19, 2024

  Event Details Topic: When calling for help gets you killed — part two Date: Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic | 6 AM Eastern Australia | 7 PM Brazil | 11 PM UK Platform: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189  …

Judi’s Room to discuss the topic of assisted suicide on August 7th

By MFI Office Staff | August 2, 2024

Event Details Topic: If assisted suicide is legal, what will our healthcare be like? Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic | 6 AM Eastern Australia | 7 PM Brazil | 11 PM UK Platform: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189  …

Judi’s Room canceled for July; will return in August

By MFI Office Staff | July 2, 2024

Judi’s Room, usually scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month, is cancelled for July 3rd. We will be back with Judi’s Room on Wednesday, August 7th at 6 PM Eastern Time. The topic will be: “If Assisted Suicide Is Legal, What Will Our Healthcare Be Like?” Assisted suicide law proposals are expanding to include…

June 5th Judi’s Room–PAIMI Advisory Councils: Sleeping 800-Pound Gorillas?

By Jim Gottstein | June 5, 2024

Event Details • Date: Wednesday, June 5th, 2024 • Time: 6 PM Eastern • Platform: Zoom • Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189   About the Conversation The federal Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act was enacted in the United States to ensure, among other things, that “the rights of individuals with mental illness are…

Judi’s Room, May 1, 2024: When Calling the Police Gets You Killed

By MFI Office Staff | April 17, 2024

Event Details Topic: When calling for help gets you killed Date: Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic | 6 AM Eastern Australia | 7 PM Brazil | 11 PM UK Platform: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189   About the Conversation Jared,…

Judi’s Room to present a conversation with Rob Wipond on April 3rd 2024

By MFI Office Staff | March 20, 2024

You’re invited to join us for the third Judi’s Room of 2024! Event Details • Topic: A conversation about involuntary commitment with Rob Wipond • Date: Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 • Time: 3 PM Pacific | 4 PM Mountain | 5 PM Central | 6 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard | 6 AM Eastern Australia…

Judi’s Room: Ron Bassman, Kristina Kapp, and Peter Stastny to discuss Survivors and Families Empowered (SAFE) on March 6th 2024

By MFI Office Staff | February 20, 2024

About This Event • Date: Wednesday, March 6th 2024 • Time: 3:00 PM Pacific | 4:00 PM Mountain | 5:00 PM Central | 6:00 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard | 6:00 AM Eastern Australia | 7:00 PM Brazil Standard | 11:00 PM UK • Platform: Zoom • Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82375518189   About the Topic From SAFE‘s…

Judi’s Room resumes for another year!

By Sarah Smith | January 24, 2024

Join us for the first Judi’s Room of 2024 Detroit Peer Respite and the Kiva Centers, Different Models with the Same End: Centering People with Lived Experience to Support Individuals in Distress Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 3 PM PST Registration is required. Despite experiencing recent reductions in staff, MindFreedom International will continue to host…

Image is a color rendition of Judi Chamberlin by Board Member Vesper Moore. They depicted Judi wearing a seventies era striped turtleneck, with large flowing brown wavy hair, white skin, and large black rimmed glasses

Jim Gottstein on “Reinventing Mental Health From Current System of Drugging Millions Indefinitely to Giving People Hope through People, Place, and Purpose

By Sarah Smith | September 11, 2023

— Join us for Judi’s Room — Featuring Special Guest Jim Gottstein* “Reinventing the Mental Health System from a Pipeline Drugging Millions Indefinitely to Giving People Hope Through People, Place, and Purpose” Wednesday, October 4, 2023 3:00 PM Pacific 4:00 PM Mountain 5:00 PM Central 6:00 PM Eastern 6 AM Eastern Australia, 12 PM Hawaii,…