Mark your calendar for Sunday, August 15! From Armchair to Action: Winning Human Rights in Mental Health! Aug 15, 2021 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Link to Register HERE For decades, MindFreedom International (MFI) has been one of the strongest, longest standing independent coalitions for human rights in mental health. How can you…
Please take action today to demand the release of Shield member, Siddharta “Sidd” Fisher from Western State hospital in Tacoma, Washington. Alert Update: 8/4/21 “Hidden in plain sight. People have no idea how corrupt the Washington mental health system is!” These are the words of Cindi Fisher whose adult child who continues to be imprisoned…
Judi’s Room – July 28, 2021 3:00 PST 6:00 EST Share this event link with a friend Download this flyer HERE —————————————————————– About this event Judi’s Room is named after Judi Chamberlin, a beloved human rights activist within the psychiatric survivor’s/ex-patient movement who was fond of quoting the motto of the disability rights movement, “Nothing…
MindFreedom is dedicating it’s next ‘Judi’s Room’ to a community conversation about de-institutionalization. Dismantling Institutions in Favor of Community Living Wednesday, June 30 3:00 PM Pacific 6:00 PM Eastern On June 30 from 6:00-8:00 ET, we will be presenting our 6th free monthly meeting to foster understanding and collaboration across all disability. Our meetings were developed…
Update on 7/27/2021 Here is a recording of a voicemail left by Brian on the phone of Michele Diamond, when Brian learned that his Shield alert was successful and that he would be discharged MFI has confirmed that Brian was discharged. You can listen to Update on 7/14/21. Great news! The forced shocking of…
Dear Friends and supporters, A few days ago, on June 8, 2021 MindFreedom International resumed its consultation status with the United Nations to promote human rights in the mental health system. Specically, MFI contributed oral and written statements to the UN’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Caribbean and North America). Other well…
Judi’s Room – An Educational Series hosted by MindFreedom International in Collaboration with “I Love You, Lead On!” Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6:00 PM ET 5:00 CT 4:00 MT 3:00 PT Pre-registration is required In the spirit of Judi Chamberlin, our Fifth educational series offers a free, online presentation and discussion which continues the monthly…
Yulia Mikhailova has a daughter who experienced a close brush with harmful, forced psychiatry. Although her daughter is safe and doing much better today, Yulia was left with an overwhelming desire to see a major paradigm shift in how we treat individuals in distress. She is a history professor in New Mexico and knows that…
This alert originally was posted on May 7, 2021 Updated on June 29, 2021 and June 21, 2021 Please help Shield member Jill Kesti obtain immediate release from Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Facility Please call or write to the psychiatrist who is seeking to have Jill put on a long-term injectable ‘anti-psychiatric’ drug which…
MFI was disturbed to learn that Jill Kesti, a long-time Shield member and founder of Coalition to End Forced Psychiatric Drugging is being held against her will at Pine Rest ‘Christian’ Mental Health Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While there, she was forcibly injected three times with powerful sedatives. Her phone was taken away and…