Protesting Outside the APA
Info MindFreedom International protest in front of annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. (Photo by Tom Olin) Click to view full-size image… — Size: 73.5 kB Document Actions Print this
MindFreedom Brochure Photos
Info MindFreedom Brochure Photos Some members have expressed an interest in using the photos from the MFI brochure for fliers and other media. They are available individually from this folder. Protesting Outside the APA Made Pride Ghana Event Celia Brown Speaks at APA Protest Mary Maddock Youth Voices for Choices Document Actions Print this
Esmin Elizabeth Green
Info MindFreedom International co-sponsored and supported vigils to remember Esmin Green, who died so publicly in a psychiatric emergency room. Here are updates. Courtesy N.Y. Civil Liberties Union Updates about Esmin Green 2010 “We The People” holds protest and vigil to remember this “murder by neglect” two years ago, for info click here.…
BonkersFest 2008
BonkersFest 2008 – ‘De-normalisation: The next civil rights movement?’ The event will be on the actual area where the infamous Bedlam was located in UK. what mad-pride Convention when Jul 19, 2008 from 01:00 PM to 10:00 PM where Camberwell Green, Southwark SE5, United Kingdom contact name Creative Routes contact phone 020 7358 3183 add event to calendar…
The Mental Patients Liberation Alliance Announces Our 28th Annual Bastille Days Demonstration
Celebrate the Human Spirit HELP Stop Psychiatric Oppression “FORCED TREATMENT IS TORTURE” Friday noon July 11th to Monday noon July 14th 2008 Albany, New York BastilleDays_08@yahoo.com 1-800-654-7227 TheAlliance.org what Convention when Jul 11, 2008 01:00 AM to Jul 15, 2008 12:55 AM where Albany, New York contact name BastilleDays_08@yahoo.com contact phone 1-800-654-7227 add event to calendar…
“The Killing of Susan Kelly” by Dorothy Washburn Dundas
Info While institutionalized for three years as an adolescent in the early 1960s, Dorothy was labeled a “schizophrenic” and forced to undergo 40 combined insulin coma-electroshock “treatments.” She experienced and witnessed many atrocities and believes that luck, determination, her own anger, and one compassionate advocate were here best friends on the road to her survival.…
“Ruminations on Drugs, Madness, Mad Pride and Radical Mental Health”
Info In this paper, Katina Andoniadis Harvick explores the Mad Pride movement within the context of the struggle to define madness. Harvick June 2008.doc — Microsoft Word Document, 51Kb Document Actions Print this
How to make a big giant hypodermic needle “prop” for a skit
How to make a big giant hypodermic needle “prop” for a skit Here’s how to make an enormous hypodermic “prop” needle to use in your skits and plays. by David W. Oaks I have helped make about a dozen enormous hypodermic needles for skits and plays and guerilla theater. Making enormous prop hypo’s actually goes…
How to build a prop “Big Giant Pill”
MindFreedom Lane County held a skit called “The Normathon” involving worship of an enormous five-foot giant pill capsule. Here are simple instructions about how you may make your own “Big Giant Pill.” Jeremy in the MindFreedom office invented a brilliantly easy way to make a big giant pill, or more accurately, a capsule. His secret…
The Normathon: Mad Pride Miracle
Here is news and updates about MindFreedom Lane County’s “Mad Pride” skit, The Normathon. Updates 28 June 2008: View The Big Giant Pill as it awaits mounted on the wall of the MindFreedom office, click here! Live in Lane County? You are invited to workshop every other week to rehearse and prepare for the next…