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> Pride!
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>> MindFreedom International News - 21 January 2008
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org - please forward
>>
>> USA Officially Celebrates the Life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>>
>> MLK called for "International Association for the Advancement of
>> Creative Maladjustment" (IAACM)
>>
>> TODAY: Patch Adams, MD Agrees to be New Chair of the "IAACM"!
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> This day, 21 January 2008, is the official national holiday in the USA
>> to celebrate the life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who would have
>> turned 79 last week.
>>
>> Just moments ago, Patch Adams, MD phoned up MindFreedom International
>> from his home in Virginia. Patch agreed to be the new chair of a dream
>> MLK had that never came true:
>>
>> The IAACM.
>>
>> That's the International Association for the Advancement of Creative
>> Maladjustment, not the International Association of Air Cleaner
>> Manufacturers.
>>
>> Patch Adams is the internationally famous psychiatric survivor
>> physician/clown who was portrayed by Robin Williams in a film about
>> Patch's life.
>>
>> Repeatedly, in the last two decades of his life, Rev. King said in
>> speeches and essays that he was proud to be "psychologically
>> maladjusted" to oppression, war and poverty.
>>
>> MLK said the "salvation of the world lies in the hands of the
>> maladjusted!"
>>
>> More than 10 times MLK said the world desperately needed a new
>> organization, the International Association for the Advancement of
>> Creative Maladjustment (IAACM)!
>>
>> As far we know, the IAACM never officially formed. Time Magazine called
>> it a "half joke."
>>
>> But last year, in 2007, MindFreedom International helped launch the
>> IAACM at its international conference as part of the "Mad Pride"
>> movement that celebrates the right to be nonviolently different, odd,
>> crazy, nuts, strange, weird, or whatever term society would like to toss
>> our way.
>>
>> Who else could have intentionally and consciously formed the IAACM, in
>> reality, other than psychiatric survivors?
>>
>> 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"?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Patch announced the paradox today that as official honorary chair he
>> would like to have the IAACM "as non-hierarchical as possible."
>>
>> Patch said the main quality he would most like to celebrate is, "Insane
>> persistence! Never, ever give up. I am crazy every day. Stay nuts!"
>> Patch travels the world 300 days of the year spreading his message of
>> maladjustment. In 2008 he will be in Haiti and Darfur among other places
>> literally dying for a new kind of normality.
>>
>> As long as you follow MLK's nonviolence guidelines, *YOU* are a leader
>> in the IAACM!
>>
>> Your suggested long-term goal: Millions upon millions upon millions --
>> okay billions, why not -- of people engaged in creative acts of cultural
>> disobedience! Hey, we're in a global crisis -- get grandiose!
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ON "NORMALCY":
>>
>> "The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy that
>> recognizes the dignity and worth of all of God's children.
>>
>> "The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy that allows
>> judgment to run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty
>> stream.
>>
>> "The only normalcy that we will settle for is the normalcy of
>> brotherhood, the normalcy of true peace, the normalcy of justice...
>>
>> "We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with
>> itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a
>> day not of the white man, not of the black man. That will be the day of
>> [hu]man as [hu]man."
>>
>> -from MLK's 25 March 1965 speech in Montgomery, Ala.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> LATEST MAD PRIDE 2008 NEWS!
>>
>> IAACM actions can be about anything. You don't need a psychiatric label.
>>
>> For example: Even a few people together can do public "cultural
>> disobedience" about something to which we ought to be maladjusted,
>> nonviolently, and take a digital photo, get it out. You've done an IAACM
>> action!
>>
>> As usual, though, people with psychiatric labels are leading the planet!
>>
>> Mad Pride "IAACM" actions for 2008 have been announced already been
>> announced in seven nations!
>>
>> For example, there's the third annual "Bonkersfest" in UK which gathers
>> together thousands for music and costume and strangeness. Three thousand
>> people participated last year, and far more are expected this year. This
>> year Bonkersfest will be on the site of the actual historically infamous
>> "Bedlam" psychiatric institution!
>>
>> A number of nations are holding "Bed Pushes." This is where individuals
>> dressed in patient garb help push a bed through the streets to "escape"
>> people dressed as psychiatrists carrying huge needles. The public loves
>> them, the psychiatric industry not so much. Past Bed Pushes have won
>> national media in UK, along with publicity in Canada and the USA. This
>> year Berlin has announced a Bed Push, and more are expected.
>>
>> A new innovation in the Bed Push announced for Oregon: MFI mad
>> scientists are developing huge pill or capsule props to help roll after
>> and "chase" the bed, symbolizing the overwhelming power of the
>> psychiatric drug industry. Stay tuned.
>>
>> Your Mad Pride action shows your creative maladjustment, and does not
>> have to be big.
>>
>> Yes, there are some major events planned, including 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 once more at the huge Oregon Country Fair (more
>> than a thousand done, no normality found yet).
>>
>> 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 or video, and e- mailing it
>> into MindFreedom at [log in to unmask] or uploading it to YouTube.
>> Include a caption. Use the IAACM tag. Be creative!
>>
>> Or you could do a public skit, such as that "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 is never found.
>>
>> Let us know your hopes and dreams for your Mad Pride event at
>> [log in to unmask] Both labeled and unlabeled are all welcome to
>> lead.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> LATEST LINKS ON MAD PRIDE:
>>
>> *** HOW-TO tips from Rufus in UK about how you can hold a Bed Push,
>> including a link to dozens of photos of their three years of Bed Pushes:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/how-to
>>
>> *** New MAD PRIDE 2008 full-color graphic by Canadian artist Irina
>> Lyubchenko that anyone can use for MAD PRIDE events under Creative
>> Commons copyright..... along with updated listing of all known 2007 MAD
>> PRIDE events, and how to get on MAD PRIDE e-mail lists for both 'talk'
>> and 'news':
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride
>>
>> *** INFO ON PATCH ADAMS and Gesundeit Institute, which has been sponsor
>> group of MindFreedom's coalition since 1992:
>>
>> http://www.patchadams.org
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> MORE NEW ITEMS ON MFI WEB SITE:
>>
>> *** LATEST UPDATE on conferences and events all over world:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing
>>
>> *** Exclusive to MindFreedom: Prof. NORMAN SARTORIUS of Geneva, retired
>> from WHO, summarizes studies that show that your best chance of full
>> recovery from a "serious" mental health problems is to live in poorer,
>> developing countries, rather than rich, developed nations!
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-global/sartorius-on-who
>>
>> *** REVIEW by Ron Bassman -- psychiatric survivor & psychologist -- of
>> book "Alternatives Beyond Psychiatry":
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/resources/review-alternatives-beyond-
>> psychiatry
>>
>> *** ANNOUNCING NEW AFFILIATE:
>>
>> MindFreedom Germany has started! You may e-mail to the affiliate at
>> [log in to unmask] Get your German translation of the MFI brochure
>> (and English versions for that matter!) here:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org/brochure
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> HERE IS MORE INFO on the web about IAACM, Mad Pride, MLK
>>
>> *** 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 IAACM - MAD PRIDE 2008 ACTION?
>>
>> E-mail to: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> More news at the MindFreedom News Web Site:
>>
>> http://www.mindfreedom.org
>>
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>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>> fax: (541) 345-3737
>>
>> Please forward.
>>
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