Save-the-Date: December 20, 2023- CCIT-NYC Announces Protest Rally to Protest NYC Eric Adams Human Rights Abuses of the ‘Mentally Ill’

Rally To Protest Human Rights Abuses in New York City     As many of your know, the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams announced last month HERE that he is authorizing New York City’s police and emergency first responders to forcibly hospitalize unhoused individuals and people with psycho social disabilities who are deemed…

MFI is Now Accepting Applications for Internships!

  MindFreedom International (MFI) and Aciu! Institute are searching for interns to join our team for the 2022-2023 academic year! Please consider applying if you are interested in community organizing and activism with marginalized and disempowered communities! MindFreedom International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Eugene, Oregon, with more than three decades worth of…

Imagery of a fall day on the University of Oregon Campus. The sidewalk is lined by trees of changing color, parked cars, and pedestrians

Mental Health & Disability Access on College Campuses

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…

Young woman with brown hair wearing a blue dress standing in front of a blue-colored sign that reads in bold font “Fostering a Culture of Empowerment in Mental Health Care.” The sign, also features a photograph of a former protest against psychiatry.

My Visit to MindFreedom’s Psychiatric Survivor Archives

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…