Anniversary Today

Today is the 39th anniversary of the infamous killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University by members of the Ohio National Guard. Nine other students were wounded, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

Some of the students had been protesting on campus against the American invasion of Cambodia, which then-President Richard Nixon had recently announced [...]

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News from MindFreedom

Just sharing-
1 May 2009 – This Friday!
State Capitol Rotunda, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
May Day for Ray: Protest Forced Electroshock of Ray Sandford
Join MindFreedom International in protesting the ongoing forced 
outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford of Minnesota wherever you 
live: Vigil, write letters to the editor, speak out! If you can get 
to Minneapolis/St. Paul you can join MindFreedom [...]

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MLBM Radio

Mad Liberation
By MOonLight
KBOO Radio 90.7 FM
1- 2 a.m. Late Friday night
(yes, I know that it is technically Saturday morning- relax, it’s just a radio show)

May 31st, 2008

Dedicated to Everyone
who has ever been given a psychiatric label, to anyone who experiences mental health challenges and to anybody who has the misfortune (or good fortune) [...]

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My Weekend

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Lazy me, more MindFreedom news

The below free MAD PRIDE event is worth traveling to from anywhere in
Oregon! A documentary video crew is traveling two hours to be there!
But no matter what, please spread the word, it’s hilarious. Download
the poster, it’s a blast!
~~~~~
OREGON NEWS RELEASE – immediate release
http://www.mindfreedom.org/norm
more information: 541-345-9106 lane@mindfreedom.org
FREE ACTIVIST EVENT IN EUGENE, OREGON:
“Mad Pride” group plans public [...]

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More Mental Health nik-naks

From: David Oaks <oaks@mindfreedom.org>
Subject: Re: [OCSC-talk] dialogue with office of Governor
To: Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition <ocsc-talk@intenex.net>
Thanks Dave R.
I’m thinking about the times we testified and met with legislators
about bills.
I’ve been visiting the legislature for about 20 years.
In the early years we were mainly just stopping bad bills. That’s it.
And it was uphill.
It just seems more and [...]

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Mental Health grab bag

An assortment of news and information releases related to the consumer/ survivor movement, broadly:
Mental care – As the nonprofit tries to right itself, critics trace
the crisis to early leadership
by ARTHUR GREGG SULZBERGER
The Oregonian
Even though he moved to France more than two years ago, the chief
information officer at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare continues to
collect a hefty paycheck [...]

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Another MindFreedom news release from lazy blogger

Hi,
This is for everyone in Oregon…
In case you missed any of these news items, here is a link to April
2008 alerts about changing Oregon’s mental health system:
http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-oregon-news/2008-April/
date.html
If that link is too long for your browser, try clicking on this link:
http://tinyurl.com/4nlef3
The big picture for April 2008?
As you may know by now, Oregon’s mental health system has [...]

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Oregon Consumer/ Survivor Coalition

NEWS RELEASE – 23 April 2008 – PLEASE FORWARD!
http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/or/ocsc
New Oregon state-wide coalition of groups representing
mental health consumers & psychiatric survivors launches.
First board of directors and assembly of organization
representatives of “OCSC” officially begins.
Board unanimously elects Tracey Dumas, PhD first President.
Yesterday, 22 April 2008 was Earth Day. And there was some Earth-
shaking news for the future of [...]

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My older son is home for his birthday-

Andrew sleeping on the couch this morning:

deb_talon-comfort

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