Our brochures

We currently offer two informational brochures. You are welcome to print them out, photocopy them, and fold them in thirds for distribution. Hand them out at a local mental health care center, insert them in literature racks at your library or community center, or simply give them to your friends, family, students, or colleagues! You…

Jan. 2010 MindFreedom 1st Wednesday Round Table

Speaker Ron Unger will talk about, “Changing Mental Health Care in Lane County, Oregon.” what Meeting when Jan 06, 2010 from 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM where MindFreedom office, 454 Willamette, Suite 216. contact name David Oaks contact phone 541-345-9106 attendees All are welcome. add event to calendar  vCal  iCal First Wednesday MindFreedom Roundtable – FREE. WHEN: Wednesday,…

Dec. 2009 MindFreedom 1st Wednesday Round Table

Speaker Ben Luskin will talk about his story: Using Martial Arts to Win Mental and Emotional Well Begin. what Meeting when Dec 02, 2009 from 05:30 PM to 07:00 PM where MindFreedom office, 454 Willamette, Suite 216. contact name David oaks contact phone 541-345-9106 attendees All are welcome. add event to calendar  vCal  iCal First Wednesday MindFreedom Roundtable…

City of Eugene Police and Mental Health

The City of Eugene, like many cities, is re-examining the role of police in responding to individuals who are considered to be in a mental health crisis. Depending on whether or not principles of empowerment and self-determination and humane alternatives are included, such re-examinations could be beneficial or harmful.  Mental Health Crisis Response Committee Testimony…

Lab Rat

A poem about the abuse of patients in mental hospitals.  Lab Rat*    Locked in a psych ward. A gainst . . . her will. Forced daily to take . . .  a little . . . white pill. ’Tween two rows of healthy . . . pearly-white . . . teeth. With perfectly good . . . gums . . . underneath.   Then entered the ward . . . a nasty . . . distraction.  Dental students. To practice . . . extraction.  Before treating patients . . .  on the outside.  Again my…

Trauma Healing is Theme of Next Opal Network Meeting: Support voice and empowerment of mental health clients

This is a quarterly meeting of a coalition here in Lane County, Oregon to support the voice and empowerment of Lane County mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. what Meeting when Sep 29, 2009 from 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM where Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon contact name David W. Oaks contact phone 541-345-9106 attendees All are welcome. add event…