Update: Thanks to Board member Susan Musante for attending a recent Memorial Tribute to Celia Brown and for providing a link to the recording below! Here is MindFreedom’s official statement The world lost a great advocate and leader with the passing of Celia Brown on Sunday night, December 11th, 2022. Celia was a self-identified psychiatric…
Rally To Protest Human Rights Abuses in New York City As many of your know, the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams announced last month HERE that he is authorizing New York City’s police and emergency first responders to forcibly hospitalize unhoused individuals and people with psycho social disabilities who are deemed…
Judi’s Room Wednesday, November 2, 2022 3:00 PM Pacific 4:00 PM Mountain 5:00 PM Central 6:00 PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard 6 AM Eastern Australia, 12 PM Hawaii, 7 PM Brazil Standard, 11 PM in Ireland & UK Pre-registration is required. To register click HERE Becoming an Advocate for Change Congress,…
Judi’s Room MindFreedom and I Love You, Lead On continue to provide topics of interest for these monthly public meetings. The topic of our next Judi’s Room is Independent Living Advocates: Potential Allies in the Fight for Alternatives to Guardianship Wednesday October 5 3:00 PM Pacific 4:00 PM Mountain 5:00 PM Central 6:00 PM Eastern…
MindFreedom International (MFI) and Aciu! Institute are searching for interns to join our team for the 2022-2023 academic year! Please consider applying if you are interested in community organizing and activism with marginalized and disempowered communities! MindFreedom International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Eugene, Oregon, with more than three decades worth of…
Stop Draconian Anti-Consumer/Survivor Legislation! California, USA A message from Ron Bassman: Dear Psychiatric Survivors, Advocates & Friends, You can help stop a very dangerous pending legislation in California – SB-1338 Bill, on which the State Assembly is scheduled to vote on August 15. If it is passed, it is likely that other states will follow the…
Challenging the Wide-spread Mistreatment and Abuses of People With Disabilities: featuring BBC news report on treatment of disabilities in Ukraine institutions Register HERE Wednesday August 3, 2022 3:00 PM – 5:00 pm Pacific 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Mountain 5:00 – 7:00 PM Central 6:00 – 8:00 PM PM Eastern & Atlantic Standard 6 AM…
Join us for our upcoming webinar: Student Mental Health Rights Lived Experience, Action and Awareness on College Campuses RESCHEDULED New date to be announced soon! Thanks to everyone who has expressed support or registered so far! Unfortunately due to sudden technical issues at our host location, we have to reschedule this important webinar to make…
Roadblocks in Student Journeys: Mental Health & Disability Access on College Campuses By Madison Eldridge & Maria Rose, Interns for MindFreedom International & Aciu! Institute In our early teen years, we both began experiencing challenges in our mental health. Family histories and harsh lived experiences left us both with mood-related challenges, a perceived lack of…
All welcome to pre-register! Happy Mad Pride Month! You are invited to a free, public webinar on Zoom about MindFreedom International’s (MFI) Support Coalition: THIS Monday, 25 July 2022 12:30 pm Pacific 1:30 pm Mountain 2:30 pm Central 3:30 pm Eastern 8:30 pm UK 9:30 pm CET (19:30 GMT, or find your local time here)…