text: Choice in Mental Health Care event in Eugene- workshop proposals

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ATTENTION LANE COUNTY RESIDENTS!!!

As you may know the City of Eugene is holding a major *free* all-day  
conference at the University of Oregon this fall, 20 October 2006, on  
the topic of "Choice in Mental Health Care as a Human Rights: A  
Vision of Recovery and Success."

BELOW is the text of a forwarded public service announcement from the  
conference planning committee. You will find information below about  
how *you* may submit a workshop proposal by the deadline of 14 August  
2006.

In the *next* e-mail on this alert list we will e-mail the same  
request for workshop proposals as an attached MS Word file.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FAR AND WIDE! Please  
consider submitting a workshop proposal as an individual or a panel.  
If you have questions use the contact data in the public service  
announcements BELOW.

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT from City of Eugene planning committee on  
Conference -- "Choice in Mental Health Care as a Human Right."

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The City of Eugene Human Rights Commission is sponsoring an all day  
conference titled "Choice in Mental Health Care as a Human Right: A  
Vision of Recovery and Success" at the University of Oregon on  
October 20, 2006.

This conference is for everyone who cares about both human rights and  
effective mental health care, and who is interested in reforming the  
mental health system to provide more of both!

Keynote speakers for the conference who are nationally recognized  
leaders have already been selected, but proposals are now being  
sought for workshops.

We hope to have workshops presented by consumers and families as well  
as by mental health professionals etc.

BELOW is the text from the poster about the workshop, and the request  
for proposals document.

[In the next e-mail we will e-mail out the same request for workshop  
proposals as an attached MS Word file.]

Hope to see you at the conference, and possibly to see you presenting  
there! Please forward this email to others you believe may be  
interested.

Ron Unger LCSW

Workshop Committee Chair

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SAVE THE DATE

Friday, October 20, 2006

10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.

As

The City of Eugene

Human Rights Commission

Hosts an all day conference

At

University of Oregon

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Choice in Mental Health Care as a Human Right:

A Vision of Recovery and Success.

. Raise awareness within our community about the need to transform  
the mental health system.

. Dialogue with consumers and survivors of mental health care about  
stigma and discrimination.

. Acknowledge that a range of humane and safe alternatives for mental  
health care, including non drug alternatives, is a human right.

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Who is Invited:

Everyone has a stake in effective mental health care!

All are welcome including mental health consumers, psychiatric  
survivors, family members, mental health professionals & workers,  
family & human service providers, students & educators, lawyers &  
advocates.

Who will be presenting:

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Keynote speakers have been selected,

But proposals are now being sought for

27 workshops (ranging from 45 minutes to

1 hour in length.) See below for more

details.

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Initial endorsers include:

Lane County Mental Health Consumers Advisory Council Lane County  
Mental Health

LaneCare

Lane Independent Living Alliance

Safe/Wonderland,

MindFreedom International

More endorsers and sponsors are welcome

For more information please contact:

Francisca Leyva-Johnson

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

(541) 682-5177

e-mail: hrcintern at ci.eugene.or.us

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Choice in Mental Health Care as a Human Right

Conference - Workshop Proposals

Submission Guidelines

The City of Eugene Human Rights Commission and its Mental Health and  
Human Rights Sub-Committee are accepting proposals for workshop  
presentations for the conference. Acceptable workshops may address  
any topic related to the intersection of mental health and human  
rights. Workshops will be either 45 minutes or 1 hour in length. (You  
can also propose to do a sequence of 2 or even 3 workshops in order  
to cover topics which require more time.) This conference will  
include 27 workshops altogether.

Suggested themes for workshops include the following:

  a.. Ways to increase the range of humane and safe alternatives for  
mental health care in order to insure human rights.

  b.. Reducing stigma and discrimination for mental health care  
consumer/survivors.

  c.. Training needs for mental health professionals in order to  
raise awareness about how to insure mental health consumer choice.

  d.. The mental health system from a consumer's perspective.

  e.. Community responsibility for mental health support.

  f.. Specific alternatives to psychotropic medications for mental  
health consumers.

  g.. Eliminating retraumatization by the mental health system:  
creating trauma sensitive services

  h.. The political and social construction of mental health issues.

  i.. Personal and family empowerment for mental health consumers.

  j.. Police, jails, and mental health issues.

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All proposals must adhere to the following guidelines:

  1.. Please submit an overview/synopsis of the workshop, of about 50  
words.

  2.. You can also submit a page giving additional information about  
the workshop, to supplement what is in the overview/synopsis. This  
additional page should be no longer than 300 words.

  3.. Submissions should include a title, along with presenter names,  
licenses held by presenters if any, affiliations of presenters,  
addresses, and contact information.

  4.. Three learning objectives for the workshop should be identified

  5.. A brief bio of each presenter (less than 50 words each)  
including experience as a consumer, if any, and prior experience  
presenting this or other workshops/presentations.

  6.. Please indicate any audio-visual requirements.

Questions? Please contact Hugh Massengill, Sub -Committee Co-Chair,  
at h.massengill at comcast.net or Ron Unger at ronunger at efn.org or at  
541-513-1811

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Please send proposals to

Francisca Leyva-Johnson

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

541.682.5177

email: hrcintern at ci.eugene.or.us

All conference proposals must be received by Monday, August 14, 2006.