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> Subject: MFNews: MLK, Mad Pride 2008 & Creative Maladjustment
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>>
>> MindFreedom International News - 15 January 2008
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org - please forward
>>
>> Today is the Birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>
>> MLK called for "Creative Maladjustment"!
>>
>> Mad Pride Movement asks, "What action will YOU take in 2008?"
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Today, 15 January 2008, would have been Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
>> 79th birthday.
>>
>> The Mad Pride movement asks you a simple question:
>>
>> By MLK's 80th birthday in 2009, what action will you take to show your
>> "creative maladjustment"?
>>
>> What is creative maladjustment?
>>
>> MLK repeated this theme more than a dozen times in essays and speeches
>> stretching from the 1950's during his training at Highlander to a
>> keynote speech in front of the American Psychological Association in
>> 1967:
>>
>> 1. MLK said psychologists had a favorite word, "maladjusted."
>>
>> 2. MLK said he was proud to be psychologically maladjusted, that we all
>> ought to be maladjusted to oppression, poverty, war.
>>
>> 3. MLK said the "salvation of the world" lies in the hands of the
>> creatively maladjusted.
>>
>> 4. MLK said over and over that the world is in dire need for an
>> "International Association for the Advancement of Creative
>> Maladjustment."
>>
>> Martin Luther King's IAACM was not, apparently, ever officially formed.
>>
>> Until last year.
>>
>> MindFreedom International, an organization working for human rights of
>> people in the mental health system, intentionally and officially began
>> the IAACM as part of the MAD PRIDE movement.
>>
>> For a decade "Mad Pride" celebrates each and every human being's
>> creative uniqueness and right to be nonviolently different, including we
>> people who have survived the psychiatric system. Like Gay Pride, Mad
>> Pride events have included parades, theater, "bed pushes," concerts and
>> more.
>>
>> As long as you follow MLK's nonviolence guidelines, *YOU* are a leader
>> in the IAACM! Yes, you! Get grandiose, get Mad Pride! If not now, when?
>>
>> BELOW are messages to you from some of the world leaders of the Mad
>> movement, as MFI prepares for a special seven-nation global
>> teleconference today, on MLK's birthday, about MAD PRIDE, and how to
>> help YOU take action in 2008:
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> PLEASE FORWARD THESE MESSAGES TO ALL APPROPRIATE PLACES ON & OFF THE
>> INTERNET!
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Mary Maddock, co-founder of MindFreedom Ireland and psychiatric
>> survivor, says:
>>
>> "We are proud to be mad, to be vulnerable, to be human beings. We are
>> proud to be maladjusted to a world which believes in war and division, a
>> world which does not value uniqueness, creativity, love, insight and
>> harmony."
>>
>> Adds John McCarthy of MindFreedom Ireland and psychiatric survivor says:
>>
>> "We plan a Mad Pride event on 8 June 208 in Cork, Ireland. It is a
>> family fun day to highlight the normality of madness and we are hoping
>> to get national media coverage."
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Dan Taylor, Secretary of of MindFreedom Ghana in Accra, Ghana, Africa
>> says:
>>
>> "It's a real coincidence that Martin Luther King' birthday is on the
>> same day we're having the Mad Pride teleconference. Today being the day
>> of the teleconference, I'm well psyched up to participate while joining
>> the others out there. My quotation linking Mad Pride and MLK is that,
>> 'Mad as some take us to be, our capabilities are not in the least
>> subdued or overawed by our madness. We are proud of our invaluable
>> contributions everywhere we are.' For our Mad Pride Event 2008 by
>> MindFreedom Ghana we intend organizing radio and TV talk shows as well
>> as street march and end it all with a musical and cultural pageant.
>> These activities will be organized in July 2008."
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Ruth Ruth of the Friendly Spike Theater in Toronto, Canada says:
>>
>> The Friendly Spike Theatre Band is helping to gather Mad Pride
>> Organizers to plan another great year of Toronto Mad Pride Events to
>> take place during July 2008. Events will include theatre, film and
>> presentations, and another great Toronto Mad Pride Bed Push!
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Says Terry from the UK:
>>
>> "Martin Luther King believed in a world where everyone can be
>> respected, and saw clearly that this will only come about when we have
>> respect for the diversity of our minds."
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Says Beth Sholtis in Ohio:
>>
>> "I have not been involved with MAD PRIDE until now. I would like to
>> bring attention to how challenging the mental health system is for us,
>> when it should be simpler. I want to do this in a way that is
>> entertaining, educational, and interesting -- maybe even funny."
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> WHAT IS YOUR "MAD PRIDE" ACTION FOR 2008?
>>
>> Your Mad Pride action shows your creative maladjustment, and does not
>> have to be big.
>>
>> Yes, there are some major events planned, such as the amazing annual
>> "Bonkerfest" in UK that involves thousands with music and frivolity;
>> theater events in Toronto; concerts in Australia; an annual campout
>> protest on the grounds of the Capitol in Albany, NY; annual street
>> marches in Accra, Ghana; normality screenings at the huge Oregon Country
>> Fair.
>>
>> But small events are as important! Even two or three people can take a
>> Mad Pride nonviolent action by, say, holding up a sign publicly with
>> your unique message, taking a digital photo, and e-mailing it into
>> MindFreedom at [log in to unmask] or uploading it. Include a caption.
>> Be creative!
>>
>> Or you could do a skit, such as the "Normality Screening" inspired by
>> the Patch Adams clown troupe in Florence, Italy. This is an "airport-
>> type" screening for normality using a rubber chicken, white coat and red
>> rubber nose. People love these! MindFreedom has held more than 1,000
>> normality screenings, including at the entrance to the American
>> Psychiatric Association headquarters. Normality has never ever been
>> found.
>>
>> Let us know your hopes and dreams for your Mad Pride event at
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> MAD PRIDE weekly free live call-in Internet radio!
>>
>> You can phone in LIVE from anywhere in the world!
>>
>> MindFreedom International holds a free, live call-in radio show on the
>> web each week!
>>
>> You can phone in with your MAD PRIDE suggestions, questions, ideas,
>> songs, sayings! Host David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom includes the
>> latest news.
>>
>> For info on the next MindFreedom Mad Pride Free Live Call-in Web Radio
>> Show, including how to listen and hear the phone numbers to call in
>> live, check here:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/next-radio
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Last year, in 2007, info about MLK & IAACM got more hits on the
>> MindFreedom International web site than anything else!
>>
>> HERE IS MORE INFO on the web about Mad Pride, MLK & IAACM:
>>
>> *** QUOTES from Martin Luther King about his dream of an International
>> Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment (IAACM), here:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-global/iaacm/MLK-on-IAACM
>>
>> or use this web link:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2rhank
>>
>> *** ONLINE VIDEO of MLK calling for creative maladjustment:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/mfi-video/mlk
>>
>> *** MINDFREEDOM LAUNCH of IAACM last year:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/mlk-iaacm
>>
>> *** INFO ABOUT MAD PRIDE MOVEMENT, including update of known 2007
>> events:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride
>>
>> *** HOW TO SCREEN FOR "NORMALITY"
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/normality-screening
>>
>> or use this web link:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/26ltpg
>>
>> *** BRIEF VIDEO ABOUT HOW TO DO AN EASY NORMALITY SCREENING:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/mlk-iaacm/how-to-screen-
>> normality
>>
>> or use this web link:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2nta3w
>>
>> *** MORE MFI VIDEOS:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/mfi-video
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ALL APPROPRIATE PLACES ON & OFF THE INTERNET!
>>
>> WHAT'S YOUR MAD PRIDE 2008 ACTION?
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> More news at the MindFreedom News Web Site:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org
>>
>> Don't see a news item? Submit it to [log in to unmask]
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Build united strength in numbers!
>>
>> JOIN MINDFREEDOM INTERNATIONAL!
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate
>>
>> * Win human rights campaigns in mental health.
>>
>> * End abuse by the psychiatric drug industry.
>>
>> * Support self-determination of psychiatric survivors.
>>
>> * Promote safe, humane, effective options in mental health.
>>
>> * Show your MAD PRIDE!
>>
>> MindFreedom is a nonprofit human rights group that unites 100 sponsor
>> and affiliate groups with individual members.
>>
>> MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent activist groups
>> in the mental health field with no funding from governments, drug
>> companies, religions, corporations, or the mental health system.
>>
>> All human rights supporters are invited to join MFI by donating here:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate
>>
>> For hard-to-find books and gear, including a normality screening kit, go
>> to MFI's Mad Market here:
>>
>> http://www.madmarket.org
>>
>> MindFreedom International Office:
>>
>> 454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284; Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA
>>
>> web site: http://www.mindfreedom.org
>> e-mail: office(at)mindfreedom(dot)org
>> MFI office phone: (541) 345-9106
>> MFI member services toll free: 1-877-MAD-PRIDe or 1-877-623-7743
>> fax: (541) 345-3737
>>
>> Please forward.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~
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