When MindFreedom International began in 1990 in New York City, a number of groups banded together in what we called “Support Coalition.” Even though MFI changed its name, this Support Coalition continues as a project and is crucial to uniting the people power we need to win human rights.
MFI’s Support Coalition unites a network of Affiliates and Sponsors, as indicated next to the group name.
An Affiliate in the Support Coalition is like a regional chapter. This local group always uses the name MindFreedom, such as MindFreedom Ireland or MindFreedom Ghana. A Sponsor group is an independent nonprofit or community organization that endorses MFI.
Sponsors and Affiliates support the mission, goals and guidelines of MFI. Each has a Liaison on the MindFreedom Support Coalition International Advisory Council (IAC), which provides suggestions to the MFI Board about strategy and campaigns.
Thanks much to everyone who has updated this MFI list of current groups. This is only the new start. We want many more Affiliates and Sponsors. For more information, contact David W. Oaks, Aciu! Institute, which is providing consulting: revolution@aciu.info. [Updated Sept. 2020.]
MFI Sponsors and Affiliates
(Grouped by nation in alphabetical order.)
AUSTRALIA
MindFreedom Australia (Affiliate) | Victoria, AU | australia@mindfreedom.org | Alex Chung |
CANADA
MindFreedom Alberta (Affiliate) | Calgary, Alberta | alberta@mindfreedom.org | Contact Name Private |
MindFreedom Nelson British Columbia (Affiliate) | Nelson, BC | nelsonbc(at)mindfreedom.org | Bryhre Cormack (they/them) |
MindFreedom Vancouver BC (Affiliate) | Vancouver, BC | info@mindfreedomvanbc.com | Gölök Zoltán Buday |
The Friendly Spike Theatre Band (Sponsor) | Toronto, Ontario | friendlyspike@primus.ca | Ruth Ruth |
GERMANY
Gruppe Aufbruch (Sponsor) | Cologne | vp5858@aol.com | Vicky Pullen |
Yael Elya Institut (Sponsor) | Dortmund | karin.roth@yael-elya.de | Karin Roth |
GHANA
MindFreedom Ghana (Affiliate) | Accra, Ghana | ghana@mindfreedom.org | Dan Taylor |
IRELAND
MindFreedom Ireland (Affiliate) | Cork, Ireland | ireland@mindfreedom.org | Mary Maddock |
JAPAN
MindFreedom Japan (Affiliate) | Osaka, Japan | japan@mindfreedom.org | Tsuyoshi Matsuo |
NETHERLANDS
Association for Medical and Therapeutic Self-Determination (Sponsor) | Amstelveen | info@metzelf.nl | Mira de Vries |
SOUTH KOREA
Mad Pride Seoul (Sponsor) | Seoul | madprideseoul@gmail.com | Daeryun Lim |
TAIWAN
Prestige Transformation, LLC (Sponsor) | Taiwan | lc1125hope@gmail.com | Lillian Chen |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law (Sponsor) | Washington, D.C. | communications@bazelon.org | Jennifer Mathis |
Disability Rights International (Sponsor) |
Washington, D.C. | info@driadvocacy.org | Rachel Arnold |
The Gesundheit! Institute (Sponsor) |
Urbana, IL |
To contact, find street address on website |
Patch Adams |
International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR) (Sponsor) |
Fort Wayne, IN | pestastny@yahoo.com |
Peter Stastny |
MindFreedom Colorado (Affiliate) |
CO | colorado@mindfreedom.org | Amy Smith |
MindFreedom North Florida (Affiliate) |
No. FL | nfla@mindfreedom.org | Frank Blankenship |
MindFreedom New Hampshire (Affiliate) | NH | nh@mindfreedom.org | Wayne Ramsay |
MindFreedom Lane County (Affiliate) |
Lane County, OR | lane@mindfreedom.org | Chuck Areford |
MindFreedom MidMichigan (Affiliate) |
MI | midmichigan@mindfreedom.org | Loretta Wilson |
MindFreedom Oregon (Affiliate) | OR | oregon@mindfreedom.org | David W. Oaks |
MindFreedom Portland (Affiliate) | Portland, OR | mindfreedompdx@gmail.com | Mike Hlebechuk |
MindFreedom Seattle (Affiliate) |
Seattle, WA | seattle@mindfreedom.org | Dave C. |
National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy (Sponsor) |
Huntsville, AL | narpa@aol.com | Ann Marshall |
PsychRights “Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights)” (Sponsor) |
Anchorage, AK | jim.gottstein@psychrights.org | James Gottstein |
Rethinking Psychiatry (Sponsor) |
Portland, OR |
RethinkingPsychiatry@gmail.com |
Rachel Levy |
Trauma Healing Project (Sponsor) |
Eugene, OR |
info@healingattention.org | Elaine Walters |