NEWS: 3 NYC Events - Human Rights in Mental Health

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> NEWS: 3 NYC Events - Human Rights in Mental

> Health

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>

> MindFreedom International NEWS - 23 August 2004

> http://www.MindFreedom.org - please forward

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> NEWS BRIEFS

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> Three New York City Area Events to Win

> Human Rights in the Mental Health System.

>

> Plus: MindFreedom Shield Helps Free a Member

> from a Psychiatric Institution.

>

> 1) Psychiatric Survivors Inside United Nations.

>

> In a mad mad world, perhaps psychiatric survivors

> have some good advice for a troubled planet?

>

> Today begins two weeks of meetings in the UN on

> disability and human rights. MindFreedom, which

> is accredited by the UN as a Non Governmental

> Organization with Consultative Roster Status,

> has a team of psychiatric survivors participating.

>

> MindFreedom is calling on the UN to join the

> World Health Organization in declaring a

> " Global Emergency " of human rights violations

> in the mental health system.

>

> Read more here:

>

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/nyc_MindFreedom_UN_8-04.shtml

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> 2) Save the date - Saturday night, 9 October 2004

>

> You're invited to the MindFreedom Support Coalition

> International Fundraiser and Dance Reception. It's

> in collaboration with the International Center for

> Human Rights and Psychiatry annual meeting.

>

> The title: " Human Rights and Alternatives - A Way of

> Life. "

>

> For time, place, and tickets for the benefit, go

> here:

>

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/nyc10-09-04event.shtml

>

> For info about the ICSPP conference go here:

> http://www.icspp.org

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> 3) Protest Bush Administration Attacks on Human

> Rights

> of People Affected by the Mental Health System

>

> In the midst of the huge NYC demonstrations of the

> Republican National Convention, you are invited

> by MindFreedom member Rita DiCarlo to peacefully

> protest President Bush to " Stop the War on

> Our Brains. "

>

> E-mail Rita at mindaidproj and go to:

>

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/nyc_protest_Bush.shtml

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> OTHER NEWS:

>

> ** MindFreedom Shield Helps Free Canadian Member.

>

> Remember the MindFreedom Shield alert on 13 August

> about MindFreedom member Sara Arenson being

> locked up in a Winnipeg psychiatric institution

> and coercively drugged? Many of you spoke up!

>

> Less than one week later, Sara e-mailed us

> saying, " Good news. The hospital released me

> this morning. My psychiatrist said it had to

> do with the human rights groups that were

> putting pressure on them. Great job MindFreedom.

> Thank you so much for your help so far. "

>

> ** Get Around the Blockade

>

> As reported last week in an alert, the American

> Psychiatric Association is bragging to their

> members about how APA is blocking mainstream

> media coverage of a mental health scandal

> involving the Bush Administration: Every USA

> resident is to be screened for mental health

> problems in a plan cooked up by the drug industry.

>

> You can get around the media blockade! Please tell

> colleagues, e-mail lists, alternative media and

> others about " The Shrinking of America " :

>

> Via main web site: http://www.MindFreedom.org

>

> Or go directly to:

>

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/bush_psychiatry.shtml

>

> Catch the APA boasting about their media blockade

> here:

>

http://www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/bush_APA_silences_media.shtml

>

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> ACT NOW: Please forward this NEWS ALERT.

>

> If President Bush plans to screen the entire

> population for

> mental health problems.... Don't you think it's time

> you joined

> or renewed your membership with MindFreedom

> International?

>

> JOIN AND DONATE TO MINDFREEDOM NOW! ALL ARE INVITED!

>

> MindFreedom is totally independent, and not

> connected to any

> government, mental health provider, church or drug

> company.

>

> The majority of MindFreedom members have personally

> experienced

> coerced psychiatric procedures, but membership is

> open to

> everyone who supports human rights in mental health

> and

> includes advocates, professionals and family

> members.

>

> KEEP YOUR MIND FREE!

>

> TO JOIN, RENEW & DONATE TO MINDFREEDOM

> INTERNATIONAL:

>

> http://mindfreedom.org/join.shtml

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> Please forward.

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