Events which have already happened.

The Mental Patients Liberation Alliance Hosts 32nd Annual Bastille Day Protest About “Psychiatric Oppression” (Albany, New York, from Jul 13, 2012 12:00 PM to Jul 15, 2012 12:00 PM)

On Bastille Day 2012 weekend, The Mental Patients Liberation Alliance (“The Alliance”) will be hold several actions to “celebrate the human spirit and break the silence about psychiatric oppression.”

Mad Pride Event in Toronto 2012 (Toronto, from Jul 10, 2012 12:30 PM to Jul 15, 2012 12:30 PM)

Mad Pride Toronto 2012: A Celebration of Madness is a free event for five days in July 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

MFI Web Radio Show Guests: Protesters Susan Rogers & Frank Blankenship (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from May 12, 2012 11:00 AM to May 12, 2012 12:00 PM)

Why Protest the American Psychiatric Association? Guests SUSAN ROGERS and FRANK BLANKENSHIP tell us why they protested this past Saturday in Philadelphia, about psychiatric labeling by the American Psychiatric Association. Host is CELIA BROWN, MFI President. What’s your view? With your live calls from everywhere in the world, join us at 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, for 60 exciting minutes.

Rethinking Psychiatry’s 2012 Symposium (Portland, Oregon, USA, from May 11, 2012 07:00 PM to May 12, 2012 05:00 PM)

The second annual symposium for Rethinking Psychiatry will be held in Portland, Oregon, USA, with keynote speak psychiatric survivor/attorney Jim Gottstein of PsychRights in Alaska.

Imagining a Different Future: Whitaker, Rogers, McKinney (Philadelphia, from May 06, 2012 02:00 PM to May 06, 2012 05:00 PM)

Leaders in the psychiatric survivor/mental health consumer movement have a post-protest event on Sunday, 6 May 2012, in Philadelphia, the day after the Saturday 5 May 2012 protest. (The 6 May event is being organized independently.)

Occupy Toronto and Occupy Psychiatry (Toronto, from May 06, 2012 01:00 PM to May 06, 2012 03:00 PM)

“Occupy Psychiatry” is a solidarity protest in Toronto, Canada (5/6), the same weekend as the Occupy APA protest in Philadelphia (5/5).

Boston: Protest the approval of the DSM-5 (Boston, from May 05, 2012 02:00 PM to May 05, 2012 04:00 PM)

In solidarity with the Occupy APA protest in Philadelphia on Saturday, 5 May 2012, on the same day Boston activists will also protest the DSM.

Boycott Until 5/5/2012 (and Beyond!) (Global, from May 05, 2012 10:00 AM to May 05, 2012 04:00 PM)

MindFreedom International is calling on everyone to “Boycott Normality” with peaceful “creative maladjustment” protests from now until 5 May 2012 and after. That’s when the American Psychiatric Association is scheduled to give their blessing to their new label bible, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) 5.

Madness & Normality: Reevaluating Attitudes Toward Mental Health – A Talk by David Oaks (Oberlin College, Ohio, from May 02, 2012 04:30 PM to May 02, 2012 06:00 PM)

MindFreedom director David W. Oaks will be speaking at Oberlin College in Ohio, sponsored by a student organization. Attendance to the speaking engagement is free. A post-event light dinner is free with RSVP.

MFI Web Radio Show Guests: Ted Chabasinski & Laura Delano (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Apr 14, 2012 11:00 AM to Apr 14, 2012 12:00 PM)

Special guests TED CHABASINSKI and LAURA DELANO tell us why they are protesting psychiatric labeling by the American Psychiatric Association. Host is David Oaks, MFI director. With your live calls from everywhere in the world, join us at 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, for 60 exciting minutes.

Brian Cutean featured artist at free Opal Cabaret (LILA Peer Support Club, Eugene, Oregon, from Apr 05, 2012 05:00 PM to Apr 05, 2012 07:00 PM)

Wild folksinger songwriter Brian Cutean is the featured performer, along with an open mike. Celebrate a nonviolent revolution in the mental health system, and the rights of psychiatric survivors, at the next free Opal Cabaret. Co-sponsored by MindFreedom, OCSC, Opal Network and LILA Peer Suport Club.

Panel on life of R. D. Laing, dissident psychiatrist (Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, from Mar 30, 2012 12:05 AM to Mar 30, 2012 12:55 PM)

Dr. Brent Potter has organized a panel to speak about the life and work of R.D. Laing, the controversial psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and human rights advocate, who Dr. Potter states, “laid the groundwork for therapeutic households, mental health law reform, and the peer recovery movement.”

Free film: Open Dialogue by Daniel Mackler (Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon, from Mar 27, 2012 07:00 PM to Mar 27, 2012 09:00 PM)

MindFreedom is among the co-sponsors of a free showing of the new film Open Dialogue by Daniel Mackler, about a non-drug mental health alternative being successfully used for people diagnosed ‘schizophrenic’ in a number of Scandinavian nations.

Laura Van Tosh Speaks at Lane County Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Advisory Council (Eugene, Oregon, USA, from Mar 27, 2012 01:00 PM to Mar 27, 2012 03:00 PM)

Lane County Mental Health Consumer / Survivor Advisory Council presents: Free Public Forum. Briefing by Laura Van Tosh, National Mental Health Consumer Advocate,

MFI Web Radio Show Guest: Jim Gottstein vs. DSM (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Mar 10, 2012 11:00 AM to Mar 10, 2012 12:00 PM)

Special guest JIM GOTTSTEIN, questions the psychiatric labeling by the mental health industry. Host is David Oaks, MFI director. With your live calls from everywhere in the world, join us at 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, for 60 exciting minutes.

Opal Cabaret With Singer Pam Sievers (Eugene, Oregon, from Mar 01, 2012 05:00 PM to Mar 01, 2012 06:30 PM)

Celebrate your free mind with singer Pam Sievers, plus open mike, sing-along and more. Mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors are especially invited, but all are welcome.

MFI Web Radio Show Guest: Paula Caplan (Global: Free on World Wide Web, from Feb 11, 2012 11:00 AM to Feb 11, 2012 12:00 PM)

Special guest Paula Caplan, PhD questions the psychiatric labeling by thge mental health industry. Host is David Oaks, MFI director. With your live calls from everywhere in the world. 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT, 60 minutes.

Opal Cabaret with singer-songwriter David Rogers (Eugene, Oregon, from Feb 02, 2012 05:00 PM to Feb 02, 2012 06:30 PM)

Free. Fun • Friends • Freedom • Open Mike. All are invited. Performance & networking for your mental well being.

Deadline: For submissions to publication on “Madness & Disability” (Web, from Feb 01, 2012 01:00 AM to Feb 01, 2012 11:55 PM)

Madness and disability? That’s the theme of an upcoming issue of the scholarly publication, Disabilities Studies Quarterly. Here’s their forwarded info about how you can send in your submission.

Opal Network: Restore Human Dignity in Mental Health Care Through Authentic Relationship (Eugene Public Library, Eugene, Oregon, from Jan 31, 2012 07:00 PM to Jan 31, 2012 08:30 PM)

PAM BIRRELL, PhD. will discuss, “How can family, friends, and mental health workers support the humanity of a person who is diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder?” Mental health consumer/psychiatric survivor panel will join in free public forum.