Info Jeffrey Fager, 60 Minutes Executive Producer: Let Psychiatric Survivors Speak for Themselves! Please sign this URGENT petition and share WIDELY! NEWS FLASH!MFI launches a change.org petition to CBS…”Jeffrey Fager, 60 Minutes Executive Producer: Let Psychiatric Survivors Speak for Themselves!” Please sign this URGENT petition and share WIDELY! MindFreedom has launched an online petition to…
Info David W. Oaks, former MFI Executive Director and longtime freedom fighter for psychiatric survivors, blogs on the parallels between chemical weapons in Syria and chemical abuse in the psych system. David W. Oaks is joyfully pelted by flower petals at his home in Eugene, Oregon The saber-rattling of the Obama administration has the world…
Info MindFreedom members who volunteer to provide comfort calls are a beacon of light for those facing dark times in the mental health system. Lending your ear or helping draft human rights alerts can make all the difference. Anyone, anywhere: If you can, consider offering your much needed support. Memo: From the desk of Heather…
Info David W. Oaks, former MFI Director and longtime freedom fighter for psychiatric survivors, blogs on the top 5 ways that the disability movement intersects with the civil rights movement and the environmental movement, especially the climate crisis. David and Debra pose on our new deck from Habitat for Humanity in our backyard summer August…
Info New Yorkers: now there is a way to celebrate Creative Maladjustment Week…The internet makes it easier to connect to people across long distances, however, there is something about meeting someone face to face that provides a real connection. Join activists and peer supporters as we celebrate our Creative Maladjustment connection and activism. MindFreedom New…
Info Creative Maladjustment Week is finally here!The week of July 7-14th 2013 we are definitely boycotting “normal” and raising awareness about human rights in the mental health system!Read more to find out about the events we have planned for Lane County, Oregon… Creative Maladjustment Week is here!July 7-14th 2013 we are Boycotting Normal and Raising…
Info MindFreedom releases a new guide to celebrating the inaugural Creative Maladjustment Week. Download it now! Read the guide, “How YOU Can Celebrate Creative Maladjustment Week,” to get some inspiration for celebrating the week of July 7-July 14! Download the new guide — How YOU Can Celebrate Creative Maladjustment Week — HERE! As Martin Luther…
Info Join Celia Brown and guests Lauren Tenney and Vanessa Jackson for a special Women’s History Month edition of MFI Alternative Mental Health Radio: “Honoring Women Involved with Psychiatric Survivor Research” LIVE this Saturday, March 30th @ 2pm ET/11am PT; we’ll be taking your calls at (646) 595-2125. MFI Board President Celia Brown will be…
Info Former MindFreedom Executive Director DAVID OAKS returns to the airwaves to talk about his break, rehabilitation, and the future of the mental health and human rights movement! Join host Sophie Faught, David, and his brother Tony Oaks for an inspiring interview with MindFreedom’s co-founder! LIVE this Saturday, June 8th @ 2pm ET/11am PT; we’ll…
Info MindFreedom needs YOU to help move our nonviolent revolution in mental health care forward. Get started by taking the volunteer survey (bit.ly/mfi-volunteer) now! Join MindFreedom’s non-violent revolution for human rights in mental health care! Take the new volunteer survey at: http://bit.ly/mfi-volunteer VOLUNTEER! Take our VOLUNTEER SKILLS SURVEY and we’ll find a way to play…