MFI Support Coalition - MindFreedom International (MFI)

Get organized and give freedom a voice in your area!

The MFI Support Coalition is alive and growing! Here you will find information, links, and resources about MindFreedom Sponsor and Affiliate groups. Find out about grassroots activities, discover how you can join by having your group join as a Sponsor or starting your own MindFreedom Affiliate.

Find a Sponsor or Affiliate. Find a group near you and get involved.

Apply to be a Sponsor organization or Affiliate. Email your interest: interns@mindfreedom.org. We can make the movement stronger when our groups work together in unity.

Support Coalition: Launch Resources. A basic guide of introductory information that addresses the Support Coalition’s organizational structure, eligibility, and how to get started. It is encouraged that both prospective Sponsor and Affiliate groups, as well as current groups, review this information periodically.

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Mental Health & Disability Access on College Campuses

July 26, 2022

Roadblocks in Student Journeys: Mental Health & Disability Access on College Campuses By Madison Eldridge & Maria Rose, Interns for MindFreedom International & Aciu! Institute In our early teen years, we both began experiencing challenges in our mental health. Family histories and harsh lived experiences left us both with mood-related challenges, a perceived lack of…

Purple text reading "Support Coalition" super-imposed on a silhouette of a bird. In background, on left photo of Vesper Moore, mixed-race indigenous person, in suit with sunglasses in front of White House lawn, on right photo of TC Dumas, African American woman in red coat in front of blank wall.

MindFreedom Support Coalition Public Webinar: This Monday

July 20, 2022

All welcome to pre-register! Happy Mad Pride Month! You are invited to a free, public webinar on Zoom about MindFreedom International’s (MFI) Support Coalition: THIS Monday, 25 July 2022 12:30 pm Pacific 1:30 pm Mountain 2:30 pm Central 3:30 pm Eastern 8:30 pm UK 9:30 pm CET (19:30 GMT, or find your local time here)…

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My Visit to MindFreedom’s Psychiatric Survivor Archives

July 12, 2022

Psychiatric Survivors Archives of MindFreedom International: “Fostering a Culture of Empowerment in Mental Health Care” By Maria L. Rose, Intern for MindFreedom International & Aciu! Institute On June 27, 2022, I had the opportunity to visit Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) newest exhibit in Portland featuring dozens of artifacts from the history of MindFreedom…

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Teens Need Access to Mental Health Alternatives

June 7, 2022

As a teenager, I hear the term “mental health” a lot. My peers and I definitely talk about our mental well-being more openly than people did in the past 50 years. It is for good reason that we do this—young people today are under a lot of stress with the pandemic, competitive job market, and the threat of global climate change constantly looming.

Board Member Vesper Moore Visits White House

May 17, 2022

Vesper Moore, our newest Board Member of MindFredeom International, recently visited the White House for the new confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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‘Creating an Anti-Racism Framework in the Psychiatric Survivors Movement’ a webinar hosted by MindFreedom on September 18, is now available for viewing.

September 7, 2020

On September 18, MindFreedom International hosted a special online training for all MFI members and affiliates.