1st Wed.: What is International Mad Pride Campaign?

Sat Jul 1 13:36:31 CDT 2006

*Free* 1st Wednesday MindFreedom Lane County Round Table

WHEN: *This* *coming* Wednesday, 5 July 2006, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

TOPIC: "What is the International Mad Pride Campaign?"

Mad Pride events are taking place this year in Vancouver and
Toronto, Canada; UK; New York State; and even Ghana, Africa!
Celebrate the human spirit and psychiatric survivor rights.

Brief presentation followed by discussion. Free refreshments.

WHERE? The Roundtable is located at:

Growers Market Building
454 Willamette, Second Floor
Eugene, Oregon, USA

This will be the 42nd successful monthly Round Table sponsored by
MindFreedom International, a coalition based in Eugene, Oregon, USA of
100 groups with the mission of a nonviolent revolution in mental health
care.

Bring a friend! See you there!

For more info about MAD PRIDE events see:

http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-news/2006-June/000039.html

To hear about Mad Pride on the MindFreedom News Hour free Internet  
broadcast:

http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-news/2006-June/000040.html

LOCATION DETAILS:

Wheelchair accessible. If you need to use the accessibility lift contact
the office before hand at 345-9106 to make sure dock door is unlocked.

There are many fairly easy parking options:

* There are five reserved spots to the north of building against the
fence on the west edge of the Amtrak parking lot.

* We've never heard of a parking meter ticket after 5 pm. And all meters
are officially free at 6 pm.

* If parking meter spots are full, there are 2-hour free
parking spaces in the lot across the train tracks to the
north, or on any side street starting two short blocks to
the west starting at Charnelton.

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IN OTHER NEWS...

* Welcome aboard Erin, the new Administrative Assistant.

* You may hear David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom,
speak about Mad Pride and the psychiatric survivors movement
at the Oregon Country Fair on Saturday, 8 July, 1 pm at
the Chez Ray Stage, as part of the Spoken Word program.
Also, each day at 5 pm in the Community Village visit the
Doors of Expression for a brief Mad Pride workshop.

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ACTION YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP:

PLEASE FORWARD THIS NEWS TO OTHERS IN LANE COUNTY WHO MAY BE INTERESTED
ON AND OFF INTERNET, THANKS!

Latest MindFreedom International news, and to join MindFreedom, see
http://www.MindFreedom.org

Questions? Comments? Want to volunteer? Here's contact info:

FORWARDED BY:

David Oaks, Director
MindFreedom International
454 Willamette, Suite 216 - POB 11284
Eugene, OR 97440-3484 USA

http://www.mindfreedom.org
email: oaks at mindfreedom.org fax: (541) 345-3737
office phone: (541) 345-9106
toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE or 1-877-623-7743

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to win human rights & alternatives.
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"Human salvation lies in the hands of the
creatively maladjusted." - Martin Luther King, Jr.