MindFreedom International News - 12 August 2007
http://www.mindfreedom.org

"Mad Historian" is next guest on:

MindFreedom Free Live Call- in Internet Radio!

This Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 4 pm ET just click on http://prncomm.net

People have been labeled "mad" for centuries.

Does this community of people have a "mad history" to tell in their own

words?

Hear an interview with a professional archivist and historian from

Toronto, Canada who is a psychiatric survivor: Geoffrey Reaume.

You can phone in to the show LIVE with your comments and questions.

The free LIVE MindFreedom News Internet Radio Show can be heard this

Wednesday, 15 August 2007 at 4 pm Eastern Time by clicking on:

http://prncomm.net

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Geoffrey Reaume not only believes there's a "mad people's

history," but he:

* teaches "mad people's history" at a university as an associate

professor...

* has written a book on mad history...

* gives walking tours throughout Toronto of our "mad people's history"

* and has helped start one of the very few archives of the

psychiatric survivor movement.

Geoffrey will also talk about recent events in Toronto, including

their infamous MAD PRIDE celebrations that include theater, mayoral

proclamations, music, historical walks through Toronto and more.

For Mad Pride 2007 info click here:

http://mindfreedom.org/campaign/madpride/2007

For a preview of video MindFreedom "Mad Pride Minutes" see:

http://mindfreedom.org/mfi-video

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The MindFreedom News host is David Oaks, who also sums up the

latest "mad news."

Phone numbers to call in live are announced during the free web radio

show. The show may start a minute or two late.

You may e-mail in questions & comments at any time that may be read live

during the show at radio@mindfreedom.org

If you miss the live show this Wednesday at 4 pm ET at http://prncomm.net/ ,

recent shows from the MindFreedom News Hour are

archived by Progressive Radio Network here:

http://oaks.progressiveradionetwork.org

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MORE ABOUT "MAD HISTORIAN" GEOFFREY REAUME

For a photo and bio of Geoffrey click here:

http://mindfreedom.org/campaign/media/mfradio/geoffrey-reaume

Geoffrey Reaume teaches Mad People’s History at York University in

Toronto, Canada where he is Associate Professor in the Critical

Disability Studies graduate program.

Geoffrey's doctoral dissertation on "mental patient" life inside the

Toronto Hospital for the Insane was published in 2000.

His study was made into a play which was staged by psychiatric

survivors.

Geoffrey is a co-founder of Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto

and is involved in preserving and memorializing mad people’s

historical sites, documents and artifacts with other psychiatric

survivors including MindFreedom. For info on the PSAT go to:

http://www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com

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Upcoming August MindFreedom Radio Shows..

... next two guests are also from outside the USA, all live on

Wednesdays at 4 pm ET:

* 22 August: Don Weitz , also from Ontario, a well-known leader in

challenging the psychiatric system.

* 29 August: Sue Clark, an electroshock survivor activist from

Canada, see her web site:

http://wittenbergces.blogspot.com/

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The Story of MindFreedom Free Live Internet Radio

For more than a year, since June 2006, MindFreedom Radio Show has

supported a nonviolent revolution in the mental health system.

Leaders, authors, activists, mental health professionals, psychiatric

survivors and others who are actively changing and challenging the

current mental health system have been featured in live interviews.

Listeners have called in from around the world.

The weekly show is hosted by psychiatric rights activist David Oaks,

director of MindFreedom. David also experienced the mental health system

as a youth when he was institutionalized five times and diagnosed

"schizophrenic." For a brief bio about David click here.

The Progressive Radio Network produces the show along with several

others from its studio in New York City. PRN was founded by radio

personality and health activist leader Gary Null.

If you listen LIVE to the MindFreedom News Hour jot down the toll

free call-in number for the USA or the special call-in number for

outside the USA as it is announced during the show. Please keep

trying, sometimes it takes more than once to get through.

You may e-mail at any time before or during the show to

radio@mindfreedom.org.  E-mail is checked during the show, and your

comments may be read live on "the air." Include where you are

calling from. If pronunciation of your name is not obvious please

tell us how to do that, or ask us to keep your comment anonymous.

After the distinctive drum beats of the intro music Crazy by Gnarls

Barkley, on each MindFreedom News Hour you'll hear a brief summary of the

latest news. Then you'll hear an interview about changing the system of

care for mental and emotional well being.

Shows have explored the history of the psychiatric survivor movement,

innovative alternatives to the conventional mental health system, how

psychiatric survivors and concerned mental health professionals are

working together on human rights campaigns, and more.

Regular features include updates about breaking stories and

networking announcements about successful activism and alternatives.

It's your mind! It's your freedom! Free your mind with the

MindFreedom News Hour hosted by David Oaks.

At 4 pm eastern time on Wednesday just click on:

http://prncomm.net

Or hear recent archives later at:

http://oaks.progressiveradionetwork.org/

Help create your own media for a nonviolent revolution in mental

health. Please spread the word!

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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

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