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Coalition Building 101 for Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors: Finding Common Ground with Each Other and Allies Thank you Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center 30 September 2011. By Nancy Snider & David Oaks. Psychiatric survivor Executive Director: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By Nancy Snider & David Oaks
Coalition Building 101
for Mental Health Consumers
and Psychiatric Survivors:
Finding Common Ground
with Each Other and Allies
Thank you Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center
30 September 2011
Presentation by David W. Oaks
Psychiatric survivor
Executive Director: MindFreedom International
www.MindFreedom.org
Board member:Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition
United States International Council on Disability
The 'gears' of people power!
Where Mutual Support Meets Activism
Build your coalitions!
Draw on the Strengths of
Our ALLIES
And EACH OTHER
to
Empower Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors
Takes all types!
Coalitions types are diverse, like YOU!
• Local, state, national, international?
• Informal and short term? Ad hoc network?
• Formal, with incorporation, dues?
• Bottom line: "Group of groups"
Opal Whiteley
Informal Local Coalition in our Lane County in Oregon:
What is the Opal Network?
And who was Opal Whiteley anyway?
Oregon's Story
A state-wide story:
Amplifying the voice of
Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition
(OCSC)
OCSC: Consumer/Survivors
Who are we?
Consumer/Survivors United
An informal coalition in a “nutshell”:
What's story of the psychiatric survivor AND mental health consumer movement?
OCSC represents Oregon in NCMHR
Formal coalition:
National
Coalition for
Mental Health
Recovery
http://www.mindfreedom.org
MindFreedom International is a
coalition celebrating our 25th year for human rights and
humane alternatives.
Independent. United. Activism.
The United States International Council on Disabilities is a federation of US-based non-governmental organizations, federal agencies and individuals committed to advocacy and action on behalf of the global disability rights agenda. USICD: Council as type of “coalition”
USIC Board President Marca Bristo
Historic informal coalition!
Who has helped build bridges between "cross disability" and psychiatric rights?
Rae Unzicker & Justin Dart
Judi Chamberlin
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively
maladjusted.
It may well be that our world is in dire need of a new organization: "The
International Association for the Advancement of Creative
Maladjustment."
MindFreedom Ghana
Global Emergency
Survivor of
Electroshock
In Accra
Psychiatric
Institution
In Ghana
Turkish Consumer/Survivors
Concern about globalization of western psychiatric industry
Pune, India activist Bhargavi Davar, PhD
Piers Gooding (Melbourne Australia)
Graduate students.
This intern started MindFreedom Academic Alliance
Geoffrey Reaume, PhD
Historians
This is an activist and one of the founders of Psychiatric Survivor Archives of Toronto
Al Galves, PhD, of New Mexico
Psychologist.
New director of International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP).
Board member MFI.
Mother power!
Accomplishments!
What are a few "measurable
outcomes" from collaboration
between allies?
Movements rolling together.
The uniting of cross disabilities and psychaitric survivor survivor issues builds on the "wins" of other movements
Olmstead victory
Advocates & Consumers!
Olmstead v. L.C.
1999 US Supreme Court
Sue Jamieson (attorney)
Elaine Wilson (middle)
Lois Curtis (right)
NCD Executive Summary
National Council on Disability “blueprint” in 2000: Mental health systems need to be voluntary Give rights to those with psychiatric labels Treatment should = healing, not punishment Make consumer/survivor-driven alternatives to
traditional mental health systems a priority
Coalitions in United Nations
Rights?
What rights?
The UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities - 2006
Community Organizing: Recycle!
Decide.
Win.
Act.
Grow
Unite to Win
A Few MindFreedom Campaigns:Shield: Alerts and Our Own Media
Global: UN, Handbook and Training
Choice: Alternatives for Mental Health
Mad Pride: Celebrate Our Diversity
Coalition: Affiliates and Sponsors
Electroshock & Human Rights Initiative
What will be your origin story?
Easy Local Coalition-Building Activities:
Meet with a decision-maker Panels or speaker
Brainstorm and speak out Show a relevant video
Informal "meet up"
An OCSC-building goal!
Far, far more Mental Health
Peer Delivered Services
in mental health!
Nothing About Us Without Us!
Common core concern
Choice in Mental Health
Respecting individual choice on medication
Finding more alternatives
Employment issues
Housing problems
Robert Whitakerauthor of Anatomy of an Epidemic
Patch Adams & Gesundheidt
Warning:
Red Rubber Nose!
Consumer/Survivors
Our local coalition meeting with the mayor
Greetings from Oregon's OCSC: We are a Movement!
What Can You Do?
What is one
specific step
you can take toward coalition building in the next few days or
weeks?
To reach some of the resources mentioned...
Email:Presenter David Oaks: [email protected]
OCSC at: [email protected]
Google:Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition
MindFreedom International Project Able
National Coalition for Mental Health RecoveryUSICD
Thank you: Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center