Author: AP Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a woman who died on a hospital floor, struggling to get up while staffers ignored her, has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city for $2 million. But the family of Esmin Green, whose death was recorded on a hospital security video, still is awaiting…
An upcoming mad pride celebration in Cork, Ireland. what Social Event when Jun 07, 2009 from 01:00 AM to 01:00 AM where Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork, Ireland contact name John McCarthy contact phone +353 (0)21 427 0475 add event to calendar vCal iCal Mad Pride Cork, Fitzgerald’s Park, June 7th 2009. There is great excitement among the organizers of…
Info Info about Opal Network in Lane County, Oregon: A quarterly meeting to support the voice and empowerment of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors. Opal Network in Lane County: Latest – You can watch a video of the May 12, 2012 fifth anniversary meeting of Opal Network in Eugene, Oregon, bringing together about…
Information, fliers, registration and more about the free training by Opal Training Institute on Thursday, 11 June 2009, in Eugene, Oregon. Free Training to AMPLIFY Voice of Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors. Save the date! On 11 June 2009, a half-day training will be held in Eugene, Oregon by the Opal Training Institute. Presenters…
MindFreedom will hold a free meeting in advance of the protest of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. what Social Event when May 15, 2009 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM where San Francisco, California, USA contact name David W. Oaks contact phone (541) 345-9106 attendees All are welcome. add event to calendar vCal iCal…
HEY HAL AT NETCORPS! — I created this duplicate calendar entry a little while ago here at the airport…. today Friday, 15 May, FROM SCRATCH, because i thought maybe somehow when we created the event item last month we screws up. But this one is invisible, too, in the two “EVENTS” window…. so I’ll just…
Ray is scheduled for another forced electroshock today, Wednesday, 13 May 2009. As this is posted, Ray Sandford has apparently been brought the 15 miles north of his home to Mercy Hospital for another involuntary outpatient electroshock. Involuntary electroshock is nothing new. It has occurred since 1938. What is different this time is that was…
Ray Sandford is among those who are most marginalized, and most disempowered in our society. Yet, he and his supporters have had a number of “wins” this Spring. Let’s look at the role of what Gandhi called “Satyagraha” in campaigns, or “truth force.” In just the past few weeks, Ray has had a number of…
Creative Support Takes On Psychiatric Corruption! When the American Psychiatric Association holds their large Annual Meeting in 2009 in San Francisco, once more MindFreedom International will be there to greet them with a nonviolent protest, co-sponsored by California Network of Mental Health Clients in a “Festival of Resistance.” All are invited to join us with…
Info Filed Under: community organizing in mental health I’m blogging this one early on a Sunday morning from a Motel 6 room in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area, where MindFreedom is having several actions to support the human right of Ray Sandford to say “no” to his involuntary electroshock. Well, it’s Day 3 of our…