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MindFreedom International Update - 24 July 2007
http://www.mindfreedom.org
- Reminder:
- Tomorrow, Wednesday, 25 July 2007, at 4 pm Eastern Time:
- Courageous Attorney Fights Forced Electroshock is Guest on
- MindFreedom *Free* *Live* Call-in Internet Radio
- Hear a live call-in interview with the attorney fighting
forced
- electroshock of Simone D. in New York State. The New York
State
- Office of Mental Health won its court case ordering Simone
D., who
- has already had 200 electroshocks, to have thirty (30)
more over and
- against her expressed wishes.
- This Wednesday, 25 July 2007 at 4:00 pm ET, just click on
http://prncomm.net
- to listen and phone in your
comments free and live with this
- courageous attorney. We will definitely have one of the
attorneys, and we
- may even have both of them: Kim Darrow and Dennis Feld!
More info:
-
http://mindfreedom.org/campaign/media/mfradio/next
- Keep up the pressure! Keep up the nonviolent campaign to
speak out to
- five (5) New York State officials to *stop* forced
electroshock! Note:
- For those outside New York State, we now list Hillary
Clinton's
- presidential campaign web page for comments.
- It takes just a moment to speak out via the web, find
latest news and
- links here:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-abuse/electroshock
- or use:
http://tinyurl.com/257edh
- People have speaken out at two Office of Mental Health
recent
- meetings! In the next two weeks there are more chances for
you to
- speak out at OMH public hearings, see the details here:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/new-york-state/speak-out-july-2007
- or use:
http://tinyurl.com/2o7cdx
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Save the date: Upcoming MindFreedom Free Internet Radio:
- Next week's MindFreedom Internet Radio show, Wednesday, 1
August
- 2007, at 4 pm ET, with live call-in will be:
- Ron Bassman, PhD author of the brand new book, "A Fight to
Be: A
- Psychologist's Experience from Both
- Sides of the Locked Door." Ron is a survivor of forced
insulin coma shock
- in New York State who went on to become a humane
psychologist and an
- advocate for change in the mental health system.
- ~~~~~~~~~
- More news at the MindFreedom News Web Site:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org
- Don't see an important news item? Submit it to
news@mindfreedom.org
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- And while you're on the web site... click on the button on
the RIGHT to
- join or donate now, or go directly to:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate
- Become a member or renew your membership now! Build united
strength in
- numbers!
- Do you want to...
- * 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?
- MindFreedom is for people who care about human rights who
want to unite!
- MindFreedom is a nonprofit human rights group that unites
100 sponsor and
- affiliate groups with individual members, and is
accredited by the United
- Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with
Consultative Roster
- Status.
- MindFreedom is one of the very few totally independent
groups in the
- mental health field with no funding from governments, drug
companies,
- religions, corporations, or the mental health system.
While most of
- MindFreedom's members are psychiatric survivors, *all* who
support human
- rights are invited to join and become active leaders.
- Join or donate here:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org/join-donate
- For hard-to-find books and gear go to:
-
http://www.mindfreedom.org/mad-market
- MindFreedom International Office: 454 Willamette, Suite
216 - POB
- 11284; Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA
- web site:
http://www.mindfreedom.org
- e-mail: office@mindfreedom.org
- office phone: (541) 345-9106
- toll free: 1-877-MAD-PRIDe or 1-877-623-7743
- fax: (541) 345-3737
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