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Human Rights Recovery is about recovering our full humanity. We use human rights as a frame of reference for deepening our connection as a human family.
We do this together. Our recovery takes place not only as individuals, but also as friends, neighbors, communities and as a human family. We use modern ideas about human rights as a frame of reference. We recognize that every way of looking at things is in some way incomplete. At the same time, we find that a rich understanding of human rights can provide a useful starting place for beginning our
02/16/2016
Hot off the press at MIA -http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/rethinking-public-safety-the-case-for-100-voluntary/
02/02/2016
Live today 4 PM EST on internet radio. Historic call to action: In 2008, the conscience of the world spoke out: Force, coercion and involuntary treatment must end. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was clear: Psychiatric survivors had the same rights as every other human being. Not long after that, involuntary treatment was labeled torture under circumstances similar to that found on many modern psych wards by the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Now psychiatry is trying to reverse that. Be a part of this historic moment. Learn how you can help preserve these crucial historic gains. Call (267) 521-0167 or click the link below http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/02/02/talk-with-tenney-a-conversation-with-tina-minkowitz-on-crpd-campaign
Talk with Tenney: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz on CRPD Campaign Call (267) 521-0167 or skype in to hear Tina Minkowitz speak about the Campaign to Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment CRPD = Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities * Survivors, researchers, service providers, lawyers - all welcome to write or contribu…
11/03/2015
Tweet to stop federal fall back of Murphy's law and spring forward to real change in mental health policy.
RecoverHumanRights on Twitter “. - Don't let U.S. fall back to Murphy's law. Spring forward to in crisis response, https://t.co/wyZxi2vxZN”
11/02/2015
Call to action for mental health advocates. This bill (HR 2646) would end federal funding for our independent peer-driven voice in SAMHSA, protection and advocacy, mental health alternatives, and peer support services. Help us keep that from happening. Details below and at realmhchange.org.
It is time for you, time for me.... time for all of us to act on the Murphy Bill. Now!! The Murphy Bill will be marked up in subcommittee in a couple of days. What happens in that meeting will substantially affect whether or not the Murphy Bill will become the Murphy Law. Your voice m...
How the system marginalizes and silences the very peer workers that it hires to advocate for peer experiences: "We have named these mechanisms: Dangle; Divide; Distract; Deny; Disrupt; and Diagnose." from Lauren Tenney, Ph.D. - read the full article here:
10/17/2015
A useful lesson from Mad Movement History: The necessity of independence in funding in order to protect independence in thinking - from the late John Judge, Lenny Lapon and Sharon Cretsinger
Voices Marching Out of Memphis: An Appeal for an Independent Anti-Psychiatry Movement Join us for eAlternatives, Oct. 14-18, 2015. We are a peer organized, peer-run, peer-funded conversation. We say things others won't. We do things others don't. We speak for ourselves. We invite you to do and honor that here.
10/16/2015
Important Racial Justice Message to Alternatives 2015 participants, presenters and organizers - please support in whatever ways you can!
eAltCon2015: Marching Our Voices Out of Memphis (Oct. 14-18): Racial Justice in Memphis: Be an... We are a peer organized, peer-run, peer-funded conversation. We say things others won't. We do things others don't. We speak for ourselves. We invite you to do and honor that here.
10/16/2015
Starting now! - eAlternative to Alternatives - 12 noon -midnight EST - Call toll-free: 855-661-1243 (no pin) -- or join by computer... Details below
From a computer: Uberconference.com/peerlyhuman
Alternate phone # 1-331-205-7196
International calls: Uberconference.com/international
Step 2: Walking In Each Other's Shoes - Google+ Making sense of intersectional othering. Making sense of the violence it leads to - to us, in us, around us. Where does it come from ? Why does it happen? What keeps it going? How did it get so [unconscious, pervasive, ugly, habitual, ...]? Speaking about ourselves and the truth of our experie…
10/15/2015
"Chronic Oppression" Sharon Cretsinger - Live reading/discussion -happening now- Call 855-661-1243 (no pin) or web in: www.uberconference.com/peerlyhuman (alt phone: 331-205-7196; international calls: uberconference.com/international)
Chronic: the last relapse in Jersey (a repeat, by request, of some of the material salvaged from the old blog) Here are aspects of being silenced. Aspects of being alive. Confessions of multiple su***de attempt, multiple overdose and...
10/15/2015
Happening now - call or web-in! Dial toll-free 855-661-1243
Click in: https://www.uberconference.com/peerlyhuman
Alternate number: 331-205-7196
International: uberconference.com/international
May the ‘Force’ NEVER EVER Be With You! The Case for Abolition - Mad In America A growing body of evidence indicates that forced “treatment” in today’s mental health system, including all forms of forced hospitalization and forced drugging, may actually cause FAR more harm than good. Recent published studies and articles point towards evidence of physical and psychological harm…
10/07/2015
Tweet away "othering" / Tweet across issues:
HumanRightsRecovery on Twitter “To end , must end / ( ), http://t.co/AxawGtHCRN”
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