Amplify!

1. THANK YOU! Co-Sponsors and Supporters of Today's Event: • The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law • Cascadia Behavioral Health Peer & Wellness Services • MindFreedom International • Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition (OCSC) • Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA) • Opal Network • Oregon Addictions and Mental Health Services (AMH) • Oregon State Independent Living Council (SILC) Amplify!

2. Build Alliances to AMPLIFY the Voice of Mental Health Clients Portland, Oregon 22 August 2011 Amplify!

3. Draw on the Strengths of the Cross-Disability Movement to Empower Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors Amplify!

4. Psychiatric survivor Executive Director: MindFreedom International www.MindFreedom.org Board member: Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition United States International Council on Disability David W. Oaks

5. What is the Opal Network? And who was Opal Whiteley anyway? Opal Whiteley

6. In a nutshell: • What's story of the psychiatric survivor/mental health consumer movement? Psychiatric Survivor/Consumer

7. Who has helped build bridges between "cross disability" and psychiatric rights? The Bridge Builders

8. Rae Unzicker & Justin Dart

9. Judi Chamberlin

10. 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." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

11. What are some of the milestones of this collaboration between these social change movements? Accomplishments!

12. Olmstead v. L.C. 1999 US Supreme Court • Sue Jamieson (attorney) • Elaine Wilson (middle) • Lois Curtis (right) Olmstead victory

13. 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 NCD Executive Summary

14. Rights? What rights? The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 2006 United Nations

15. Elements of community organizing: • Organizational mileage • Decide. Act. Win. Grow • Cross-issue unity. What is Community Organizing?

16. Opal Network: Applied community organizing! Fairly easy Opal victories: • Meeting with elected officials • Panels and speakers • Brainstorms and speak outs • Films Story of Origins

17. The state-wide story: Amplifying the voice of Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition (OCSC) Oregon's Story

18. Far, far more Peer Delivered Services in mental health! Exciting Potential!

19. MS, LPC - Counselor for Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA) Bjo Ashwill

20. Misused authority and power are our common enemy Unification

21. The blending of cross disabilities and mental health consumer / survivor issues follows the excellent gains of other movements A Brief History

22. Common Concerns

23. Medication side effects • Employment issues • Housing problems Common Concerns

24. Transportation issues • Problems with the traditional medical model • Lack of empowerment Common Concerns

25. Institutionalization • Family & friends • Cultural biases • And many, many more! Common Concerns

26. Remember Opal Whiteley The Selling of a New Event

27. Nothing About Us Without Us!

28. Who are we? Consumer/Survivors

29. Opal in action. Consumer/Survivors

30. What concerns have they voiced at Opal Network meetings? Are their concerns being addressed? Consumer/Survivors

31. When you return home: Tips and suggestions for collaborating state-wide What Can You Do?

32. THANK YOU! Co-Sponsors and Supporters of Today's Event: • The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law • Cascadia Behavioral Health Peer & Wellness Services • MindFreedom International • Oregon Consumer/Survivor Coalition (OCSC) • Lane Independent Living Alliance (LILA) • Opal Network • Oregon Addictions and Mental Health Services (AMH) • Oregon State Independent Living Council (SILC) Opal Training Institute