Local and international artists, both emerging and professional, are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary call for work addressing human rights and psychiatry, and mental health and arts. what mad-pride when Jun 06, 2008 01:00 AM to Jul 15, 2008 12:55 AM where 88 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6A 1K2 contact name Cherise Clarke…
Info Document Actions Print this The global news wire service United Press International (UPI) picked up the New York Times story about the “mad pride” movement. Mad pride giving voice to mentally ill Date Published: May 10, 2008 01:00 AM Source: United Press International (UPI) Original UPI article click here. NEW YORK, May 10 (UPI)…
Info Document Actions Print this The global news wire service United Press International (UPI) picked up the New York Times story about the “mad pride” movement. Mad pride giving voice to mentally ill Date Published: May 10, 2008 01:00 AM Source: United Press International (UPI) Original UPI article click here. NEW YORK, May 10 (UPI)…
Info Here are a few of the upcoming anchor events for Mad Pride 2008. Mad Pride has celebrated human diversity and creative maladjustment for a decade, and now you can participate anywhere! MindFreedom Ghana in Africa is again holding one of the big Mad Pride events this July 2008! Perhaps the New York Times article…
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Info The conference organizers announced: “International perspectives on progressive notions of mental health recovery, family supports, community membership, ending forced impoverishment and system change requirements will be part of the focus of the conference. The meetings will feature leaders from across disability and aging and relate the efforts being made across the world to make…
Info This day, 21 January 2008, is the official national holiday in the USA to celebrate the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who would have turned 79 last week. Just moments ago, Patch Adams, MD phoned up MindFreedom International from his home in Virginia. Patch agreed to be the new chair of a…
Info Ron Bassman, PhD author of “A Fight to Be: A Psychologist’s Experience from Both Sides of the Locked Door” will keynote in New York City starting 14 March 2008. What Meeting When Mar 14, 2008 01:40 PM to Mar 15, 2008 01:40 PM Where Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South; New York University Contact…
Info Rufus in England has helped organize several successful “Bed Pushes,” where a group in costume pushes a bed (often with a manequin tied down in four-point restraint) through the streets, escaping from the psychiatric system. The Bed Pushes in UK have won national publicity on the BBC. Now Bed Pushes are planned in Germany,…
Info How To Hold a Successful Mad Pride Event Tips, suggestions, and brainstorms to create and participate in successful Mad Pride events, small and large! Photo of UK Bed Push Showing Mad Pride Mad Pride Brain Balloon Image You May Use For Posters Image of a hypodermic needle to show how to make a big…