David W. Oaks

Today, May 4, 2014, MindFreedom and other groups held a protest of American psychiatric corporations. To read about the protest click here. For MindFreedom’s Facebook, click here. Below please find my statement of support. You may download a 2-page PDF of this statement here: oaksprotestapa2014

David Zupan

Thank you again everyone for your support. This blog entry is by my good friend David Zupan. He is a videographer,  and you must see this short video online. The famous group Habitat for Humanity has a special initiative that can help people with disabilities. My friend Sue Barnhart told us about it, and my brother Tony did a lot of the sweat equity that is required.

Many people helped out with a hammer or food. The result is a beautiful deck and ramp that helps me enjoy our wild backyard, and with Debra I know I am home!

Hey everyone, this is Debra and David talking. Thank you everyone for the van. It arrived the other day. It is a 2013 Dodge with low miles and it is fully accessible. Thanks to everyone who donated and supported this goal. We pledge to use this van for many good trips, including challenging the climate crisis!

Debra and David in front of the new van! You can name our van!

If you have a contact who is within driving distance of Eugene Oregon…or if you are local…please support donate to and attend the below fundraising sale to help me.

Here is the announcement from Friends of David Oaks (FODO):

Her is a PDF color poster you may download or view of the event:

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If you are on Facebook, get out this Facebook event to your contacts and say you will attend: https://www.facebook.com/events/188931397984319/

The Friends of David Oaks fundraising committee invite you to a Living Estate Sale in North Eugene, starting Friday, Feb. 21 through Sunday, Feb. 23rd.

WHAT: Living Estate Sale to raise money for David Oaks’ medical/rehabilitative care needs

In his speeches and essays for more than a decade, MLK referred to the idea of Creative Maladjustment. He in fact said the world is in dire need of a new organization: International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment or the IAACM. MLK talked like this more than a dozen times in ten years.

I found out something interesting about MLK’s historic dream speech at the March on Washington in 1963: He brought a written speech named “Normalcy, Never Again.” You can compare the text he never gave, with the actual dream speech which he improvised on the spot, here: http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130823-key-phrases-from-king-s-dream-speech-were-not-part-of-his-prepared-text.ece

We have a Facebook page for the IAACM here:

https://www.facebook.com/IAACM

Her are some MLK quotes about IAACM:

http://www.mindfreedom.org/kb/mental-health-global/iaacm/MLK-on-IAACM