2 Lane County events this Fri. 7/14 re: mental health consumer/psychiatric survivors

Wed Jul 12 14:40:48 CDT 2006

NEWS: MindFreedom Lane County - 12 July 2006 - please forward

	2 Lane County events this Fri. 7/14
	re: mental health consumer/psychiatric survivors

For 26 years Bastille Day -- 14 July -- has been used as a day to  
protest the psychiatric system, and now July is Mad Pride Month (see  
info at bottom).

By coincidence there are two free events that day, this Friday, in  
Eugene, related to mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors.  
You are invited!

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1. LAUREL HILL EMPOWERMENT DISCUSSION

Laurel Hill is a major psychosocial rehabilitation program in Eugene  
and it is going through some major changes. Laurel Hill is shutting a  
popular drop-in center for mental health consumers, and replacing it  
with another type of service. A lot of Laurel Hill participants have  
had questions and concerns about the process.

This is also a good opportunity to help build empowerment and self- 
determination in Laurel Hill, including a potential "clients council"  
so that participants there may have an organized voice.

The Lane County Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Council agreed to  
have an open meeting at Laurel Hill on this topic, all are welcome --  
especially Laurel Hill clients. The event will be this Fri., 14 July,  
at 3 pm at Laurel Hill, 2145 Centennial Plaza. That's all the info we  
have on this, for more info contact Laurel Hill.

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2. STATE-WIDE VIDEO CONFERENCE

You are welcome to be at a free state-wide video conference earlier  
that same day. You may attend in Eugene via a state agency location  
on Chad St. (near the Register Guard). There is a possibility of two  
carpool slots from downtown Eugene if you contact the MindFreedom  
office soon.

MindFreedom helped these state-wide videoconferences get going, and  
it's fun to see and communicate with mental health consumers and  
psychiatric survivors from more than half a dozen locations all over  
the state. This meeting will be especially interesting because Dan  
Fisher, director of National Empowerment Center based in  
Massachusetts, will be patched in to answer questions about building  
a state-wide organized voice for consumer/survivors in Oregon, which  
can participate in a new coalition of such groups.

BELOW is the announcement from the State of Oregon about this  
videoconference, including the address of the Eugene location, and  
the times. Hope to see you there! Please forward. (To get future  
announcements on this directly, or with questions or comments about  
the videoconference, contact Mike H. at the e-mail address below.)

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From: Michael.Hlebechuk at state.or.us

Subject: Consumer/Survivor Video Conference Meeting Announcement

Date: July 11, 2006 2:34:53 PM PDT

Announcing

Oregon Consumer/Survivor V-Con Project
Video Conference (V-Con)

Friday, July 14, 2006    10:30 AM to 1:00 PM

In partnership with the DHS / Office of Mental Health and Addiction  
Services' Consumer/Survivor Council, the Oregon Consumer/Survivor V- 
Con Project brings together Oregon consumer/survivor leadership and  
organizations via video conference technology.  The July 14 meeting  
will be the second V-Con Project meeting. This video conference is  
open to all Oregon mental health consumer/survivors.

Agenda

10:30 - 10:40 	Introductions

10:40 - 11:15		Development of Trauma Policy in Oregon
					~ Lyn Blackshaw

11:15 - 11:45		National Statewide Organizing Efforts
					~ Dan Fisher, M.D., Co-Director
						National Empowerment Center

11:45 - 12:00	            Local Follow-up on Creating a Statewide  
Consumer/Survivor/eX-Patient
                                     Network with Regionally Elected  
Board Members
	                                  ~ Michael Hlebechuk

12:00 - 12:20 		Alternatives 2006 Planning Update
					~ TBA

12:20 - 12:50		Real Choice Systems Change Grant
                                                ~ Michael Hlebechuk

Email: michael.hlebechuk at state.or.us  or
Phone: 503.947.5536

Video Conference Locations

Salem
DHS Central
500 Summer St NE
Meeting Room 350
Site Host: Pat Davis

Eugene
McKenzie Center
2885 Chad Street (SDA 5)
Conference Room 2
Site Host: David Oaks

Portland
DHS * Albina Office
30 N. Webster
Moderator and Site Host: Michael Hlebechuk

Enterprise
Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness
207 SW 1st Street
Site Host: Charline Griffith

Medford
800 Cardley Avenue
Small Conference Room
Site Host: Mark Fisher

Ontario
Lifeways Behavioral Health
702 Sunset Drive
Site Host: Alice or Roland

Corvallis
Accountable Behavioral Health Alliance
310 NW 5th St., Suite 206
Site Host: TBA

Please plan to arrive 20 minutes early if you are attending the  
videoconference at the Salem location. This will give you time to  
obtain a visitor's badge and receive technical instruction. For all  
other locations, please plan to arrive 15 minutes early to allow time  
for technical instruction. For more information, please call Michael  
Hlebechuk at 503.947.5536 or Pat Davis at 503.945.7813.

Michael Hlebechuk
Residential Supports Coordinator
Oregon Department of Human Services
Office of Mental Health and Addiction Services
500 Summer St. NE, E-86
Salem, OR 97301-1118
Phone: (503) 947-5536
Fax: (503) 378-8467

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
American writer

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- end announcements -

For info about other events in July regarding Bastille Day and Mad  
Pride see:

http://www.intenex.net/pipermail/mindfreedom-news/2006-July/000041.html

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
office phone: (541) 345-9106 fax: (541) 345-3737
toll free in USA: 1-877-MAD-PRIDE or 1-877-623-7743

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