Info Cookie (1949 – 2003) was a founder of MindFreedom International’s coalition, and was a rolling coalition herself: African American lesbian disabled psychiatric survivor artist photographer! Cookie served on the MFI board for several years, and co-founded MindFreedom Michigan. (Photo by Tom Olin at an MFI international strategy conference.) Click to view full-size image… —…
Info Loren (1933 – 2004) was a dissident psychiatrist who founded Soteria House, a commonsense alternative to the forced psychiatric drugging of the mental health system. Loren was a MindFreedom board member, and an ally to psychiatric survivor activists. (Photo by Tom Olin at an MFI international strategy conference at Highlander.) Click to view full-size…
Info Rae (1948-2001) was a psychiatric survivor activist who was a key bridge-builder between the entire disability movement and our movement to change the mentalh health system. Rae championed the National Council on Disability (NCD) report, From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speaking For Themselves. Rae is shown here with her beloved…
Info We are MFI photos Hugh Massengill Tom Wittick Jim Gottstein of PsychRights Laura Prescott Dorothy Dundas Peter Lehmann, editor, author, psychiatric survivor activist Leonard Roy Frank Lauren Tenney, psychiatric survivor activist from New York State Leah Harris Cindi Fisher, mother of psychiatric survivor Ron Unger, chair, MindFreedom Lane County affiliate Bhargavi Davar, PhD, psychiatric…
Info We are MFI photos Tsuyoshi Matsuo, MD, chair of MindFreedom Japan affiliate Loretta Wilson: Electroshock survivor and MindFreedom Michigan liaison Geetha Rathnamala, psychiatric survivor Chuck Hughes is a psychiatric survivor activist from Santa Barbara, California. Levi Chambers: Young adult leader Lynne Salvi, psychiatric survivor Samantha Johnson, psychiatric survivor, MFI intern Paula Joan Caplan, PhD…
Info We are MFI photos Dan L. Edmunds, EdD – dissident psychologist from Scranton, PA Aki Imai: Graduate student ally to psychiatric survivors Frank Blankenship: Psychiatric Survivor Activist in Florida Laura Delano – Psychiatric survivor blogger activist LaTonya Gibbs: MindFreedom Office Rock Star and Mental Health Consumer Martin Luther King and “Creative Maladjustment” « Previous…