Here is an archive of some of the past alerts sent out via email to the MindFreedom news list. It’s a quick way to review human rights activist and announcements. Archive of past MindFreedom News public e-mail alerts. MindFreedom has a free public e-mail announcement list of news, updates and announcements. To see an…
Info MindFreedom (then called “Support Coalition”) sponsored a series of strategic retreats, including in the beautiful Highlander Training and Education Center. Highlander has for decades supported empowered training of leaders in civil rights and poor people’s movements. At the end of this retreat, participants issued a unanimous statement that has been widely circulated. Highlander…
Info An article by Myra Kovary, a member of MFI’s United Nations team and the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, in which she describes the connection between Bastille Day and the history of the Mental Patients Liberation Alliance. By Myra KovaryIthaca, New YorkJuly 1, 2008 In the mid 1970’s, I wished my…
Info Jay Mahler and Sally Zinman were interviewed in June 2008 about the mental health consumer movement on the show “Mental Health Matters – Alameda County, California.” A recent episode of the program “Mental Health Matters – Alameda County, California” looks at the mental health consumer movement by listening to the stories of two long-time…
Info Jay Mahler and Sally Zinman shown being interviewed on the show “Mental Health Matters -Alameda County, California” Click to view full-size image… — Size: 37.7 kB Document Actions Print this
Info The kissit! XX Campaign was an active force in challenging abuse in the mental health system. It now exists as a permanent website archive. Please click here to visit the kissit! archive. Aidan Shingler, one of the major movers behind this campaign, now undertakes campaign work through writing, art work and performance. An eight-part…
Info The logo of the kissit! XX Campaign against psychiatric assault. Click to view full-size image… — Size: 27.8 kB Document Actions Print this
Info Rare footage of psychiatric survivor organizer Howie the Harp One of the legendary community organizers in the “mad movement” from the early days in the 1970’s was Howie the Harp. Here’s a brief video of Howie. To view this content the following requirements must be fulfilled: Adobe Flash Player version 9,0,28,0 or later must…
Info Here are some of the milestones in the organizational development of what has become MindFreedom International. 22 December 1986 – Incorporation of originating nonprofit project with start-up funding from Levinson Foundation. The goal is to publish a newsletter, Dendron, and provide a “Clearinghouse on Human Rights and Psychiatry,” to help network mental health consumers,…