Free Webinar: Coalition Building 101: Mental Health Consumers & Psychiatric Survivors Find Common Ground with Each Other & Allies

This is a free webinar you can view either live now, or later via archive. Co-presenters are Nancy Snider and David Oaks, both of the board of directors of OCSC (Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition). David Oaks is also executive director of MindFreedom International. Nancy Snider directs Project Able. what when Sep 30, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM…

News that Lynne Salvi has died

Info MindFreedom has been informed that member Lynne Salvi died on 23 September 2011, according to police after driving her car off of a bridge in Portland. Everyone in the MindFreedom community sends our deepest support to family, friends and loved ones of Lynne. Here is a link to the news item about Lynne’s death,…

What’s Wrong With Bess?

A poem about how various family members abuse one member in the family, and then make that person out to be the mentally ill one because of how s/he reacts to their abuse. What’s Wrong With Bess? Author: Liz Purcell What’s Wrong with Bess?   What’swrongwith Bess? They like to say. She seldom ever. Wants to . . . play. Or have her hair. Done up in curls. As is the way. Of normal . . . girls.   What’s wrong with Bess? She sure is queer. It’s good the rest of…

Free Sample Issue of the New MindFreedom Journal Is Now Available

Have you considered joining MindFreedom International, but you want more information? Here’s your chance! A performer at the ‘Mad Pr!de !reland’ event entertains a young girl Who reads the MindFreedom Journal?   We hope you do! If you’d like a free sample issue of the award-winning MindFreedom Journal and information about membership mailed to you, click here!   MindFreedom members…