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NEWS: Psychiatric Survivors & Allies at Zuzu's Event 3/26

 

 

UPDATE: Your Mind & Freedom - 5 March 2004

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Latest News About Upcoming Conference

Uniting Psychiatric Survivors and Allies.

 

Zuzu's Place is one of 100 Sponsor Groups in

MindFreedom Support Coalition International.

 

Below is an update from Zuzu's Place about

their important conference in just three weeks.

 

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Momentum is building!

 

Update by Zuzu's Place

 

On March 26 to 28, 2004, psychiatric survivors

and their allies from all around the country

are gathering at Zuzu's Place in Whitman, MA, USA

to discuss " The Next Step for Psychiatric

Survivors: Creating Places of Our Own. "

(See below for original conference

announcement.)

 

Freedom Center in Northampton has

decided to co-sponsor the conference!

 

In addition to keynote speakers

Judi Chamberlin, David Oaks, and Robert

Whitaker, other presenters include:

 

- Oryx Cohen and Will Hall, of Freedom

Center, will be speaking about the challenges

of supporting survivor-controlled residences.

 

- Gail Hornstein, affiliated with Freedom

Center and author of " To Redeem One

Person Is to Redeem the World: The Life

of Frieda Fromm-Reichmannwill, " will be

presenting about exciting developments

in the Voice Hearers Network.

 

- Margaret Lunevitz, an attorney and a

survivor, will be presenting on

dealing with laws related to involuntary

commitment and forced treatment.

 

Don't miss this opportunity! Join us in

confronting the challenge of

creating genuine alternatives!

 

You can now register online at:

http://www.zuzusplace.org/index.php?id=register

 

A full schedule of events, and all other

conference information, is now

available at http://www.zuzusplace.org.

 

Questions? Email contact.

 

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URGENT MESSAGE FROM ZUZU'S PLACE!

web: http://www.zuzusplace.org

e-mail: contact

ph: 617-834-5463

 

JOIN US IN A CRUCIAL BATTLE IN THE FIGHT FOR

HUMAN RIGHTS IN MENTAL HEALTH!!!

 

" The Next Step for Psychiatric Survivors:

Creating Places of Our Own "

 

A conference featuring:

 

* Judi Chamberlin ** David Oaks *** Robert Whitaker

 

Survivor-controlled alternatives are crucial

in the struggle for human rights in mental health.

 

We are all working toward the day when no

one will have to submit to the horrors of

forced psychiatric " treatment. " To achieve

this, we need places -- actual physical

structures -- where people can live with

freedom and dignity.

 

Join us in a discussion about how to create

genuine alternatives. Hosted at Zuzu's

Place, one of the first survivor-run

cooperative residences in the United States,

this conference will bring our community

together to confront the challenges we face

in creating places of our own.

 

HOLD THE DATE!

 

When: March 26 to 28, 2004. (Evening reception

Friday; workshops and plenary sessions

Saturday through early Sunday afternoon.)

 

Where: Zuzu's Place in Whitman, MA, USA

 

Accommodations: Limited space available for

free accommodations at Zuzu's Place and

nearby residences. Inexpensive motels are

available nearby.

 

Cost: $110 pre-registered, $130 at the

door. NOTE: Full and partial scholarships

available. No one will be turned away

for lack of money!

 

For more information, and to register, go to

http://www.zuzusplace.org.

 

Questions? Email contact.

 

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*Judi Chamberlin is the author of _On Our

Own_, a seminal work in the history of the

psychiatric survivors' movement. See:

http://www.bu.edu/cpr/about/profiles/judicham.html

 

**David Oaks is the Director of MindFreedom

Support Coalition International and a leading

survivor/activist. See http://www.mindfreedom.org

 

***Robert Whitaker is an award-winning

investigative reporter and author of

_Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine,

and the Enduring Mistreatment

of the Mentally Ill_. See:

http://www.madinamerica.com/

 

- end of announcement -

 

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" Today, psychologists have a favorite work and that

word is 'maladjusted.' The salvation of the world

lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. "

 

- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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