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> MindFreedom International News - 11 February 2008
> http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing - please forward
>
> A Few 2008 Events About Changing the Mental Health System
>
> Below calendar of events in USA, Canada & UK may be of interest to
> those who care about human rights and alternatives in the mental
> health system.
>
> [Some but not all events are organized by MindFreedom or sponsor
> groups. Listing is not necessarily endorsement. The organizers are
> solely responsible for their content. Date listed is start date. This
> listing is not meant to be comprehensive. If your event is not yet
> listed you may submit e-mail to [log in to unmask]]
>
> For more info and links for below events go to:
>
> http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> PORTLAND, OREGON, USA:
>
> Forming a New State-Wide Coalition in Oregon of Mental Health
> Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors
>
> A free panel and public forum about how mental health consumer/
> psychiatric survivor groups can work together in Oregon and
> throughout the USA. MindFreedom Oregon is providing technical
> assistance.
>
> 15 February 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ALBERTA, CANADA:
>
> Are We Mad? Critical Perspectives on the Canadian Mental Health System
>
> Keynote speakers include authors Bob Whitaker and Don Weitz.
>
> 1 March 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY, USA:
>
> Recovery from Psychosis: Healing through Relationship
>
> Ron Bassman, PhD author of "A Fight to Be: A Psychologist’s
> Experience from Both Sides of the Locked Door" will keynote.
>
> 14 March 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> EUGENE, OREGON, USA:
>
> Opal Network Meeting
>
> All agencies, groups and individuals in Lane County supporting the
> voice of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors are
> encouraged to gather approximately quarterly ("fifth Tuesday") for
> this coalition meeting. MindFreedom Lane County is a sponsor group.
>
> 29 April 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA:
>
> International Conference on Self-Determination
>
> 27 May 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> SITE OF ORIGINAL "BEDLAM HOSPITAL", UK:
>
> BonkersFest 2008
>
> 'De-normalisation: The next civil rights movement?'
>
> BonkersFest is one of the anchor events in Mad Pride 2008 activities
> promoted by MindFreedom International.
>
> 7 June 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA:
>
> Madness, Citizenship and Social Justice: A Human Rights Conference
>
> MindFreedom International is working with the organizers of this event.
>
> 12 June 2008
>
> NOTE: Deadline for papers and panel submissions is this Friday, 15
> February 2008.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NEAR SARASOTA, FLORIDA, USA:
>
> Mad HeARTS Festival: Working Towards Healing and Change Through Art
>
> The organizers, Altered States of the Arts, is a MindFreedom
> International Sponsor Group.
>
> 17 July 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> MANCHESTER, UK:
>
> Asylum! Conference and Festival
>
> From the organizers, who are supporters of MindFreedom: "The
> conference will bring together organisations, activists, campaigners
> and academics working for radical challenge and change in mental
> health. It will showcase critical work on psychiatry and psychology
> (‘Big Psy’) and the pharmaceutical industry (‘Big Pharma’), and
> alternatives to diagnostic medical labels like 'schizophrenia' and
> 'paranoia'."
>
> 10 September 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> BUFFALO, NEW YORK, USA:
>
> Alternatives 2008
>
> Since the 1980's, the US federal government helps fund this large
> conference of several hundred mental health consumers and psychiatric
> survivors. While MindFreedom is not organizing this event, a number
> of members are active in this each year.
>
> 29 October 2008
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Volunteer? If you plan to attend any event above and would like to
> staff a MindFreedom exhibit table please contact [log in to unmask]
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> For descriptions and links for above events go to:
>
> http://www.mindfreedom.org/events_listing
>
> Upcoming events can also always be found in lower left hand corner of
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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