Notes from Organizing Meeting, 1/8/09
Submitted by lupine on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 6:36pmI.Mission Statement Ideas
We are about...
A. Support, education, publications
B. Empowerment, autonomy, dignity
C. political action as therapy
D. transforming the currrent ways of handling/adressing madness, while adressing the culture/society that causes madness
E. offer alternatives to the medical/pharma/psych models, and assist those navigating the system
F. Solidarity with others in social justice movements locally:
1. local issues: police brutality, poverty, criminalization and legalized murder of mad folks
G. adressing the burnout of activists
II: Outreach:
A. Hope Center proposal approved
1. we are interested in doing presentation soon
B. Get list of media contacts together
(C. Press releases?)
III. Miscellaneous tasks:
A. Concept mapping of local resources and institutions