Climate Chaos & Drinking Craft Beer in Eugene
News Release – 17 November 2015 Eugene Activists Visit Brewery To Ask Ninkasi to Say: “The US Chamber does not speak for us about the climate crisis!” Chief Financial Officer of Ninkasi Brewery Will be Next Elected Chair of the Local Chamber of Commerce This Friday, 20 November 2015, at 5:00 PM, Eugenians concerned about the climate crisis will gather at Ninkasi Brewery Tasting Room at 272 Van Buren St. Activists will drink the craft beer, and speak about the way global warming impacts each of us locally. For more than...
read moreTaste of Climate Justice: Peaceful Action in Eugene, Oregon
You can download a PDF of the below news release here: ninkasi When: Friday, 20 Nov. 2015 — 5:00 PM Where: Ninkasi Tasting Room, 272 Van Buren St, Eugene, Ore. Join us for an evening of beer tasting at one of the few local businesses in Eugene to respond to our raising concerns about the US Chamber of Commerce’s role in climate crisis. We recognize that Ninkasi is a staple in this community with the leverage to make change at a large scale. We hope that our presence will inspire them (and us all!) to take greater action. Brief...
read moreWorld Health Organization Publishes Blog About My 40 Years in The Mad Movement
The World Health Organization (WHO), based in Switzerland, has a project Mental Health Innovation Network that is publishing brief online blog entries to promote “dignity” of mental health system users and psychiatric survivors. Below is the blog by me that MHIN distributed, in which I looked back on four decades in The Mad Movement: Psychiatric Survivor Story: 40 Years Witnessing Mental Health User Dignity By: David Oaks Posted: 29th October 2015 To mark this year’s WMHD, the Mental Health Innovation Network is...
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read moreRace, Gun Violence & Mental Health: #BlackLivesMatter
October 10, 2015 World Mental Health Day In the wake of yet another national uproar about a mass shooting, much of the public once again turns its eye towards supposed mental health reform as the solution to the atrocity of acts of gun violence carried out in public spaces by primarily young, white men. The issue of gun control has soared back up to the top of concerns being addressed by presidential candidates, and national discourse has fallen back into its routine, polarized stances. The Republican leadership continues to suggest that gun...
read moreDisability Activist Asks You to Find Experts to “Amplify His Voice”
News Release – 26 September 2015 David Oaks Psychiatric Survivor Quad Plans to be a Public Speaker, Again Oaks Hopes “Project Amplify Us” Will Help Others Facing Similar Disabilities After nearly four decades of activism, mainly for human rights in mental health, David Oaks experienced a big fall and broken neck 33 months ago that put him in a powerchair with a label of “quad” and a number of new challenges, such as an impairment to one of his vocal folds. Now, with the help of his brother Tony and others, he has...
read moreDisability Activist Asks You to Find Experts to “Amplify His Voice”
News Release – 26 September 2015 David Oaks Psychiatric Survivor Quad Plans to be a Public Speaker, Again Oaks Hopes “Project Amplify Us” Will Help Others Facing Similar Disabilities David Oaks in powerchair with his big brother Tony Oaks, friend Rev. Phil Schulman, wife Debra Nunez. After nearly four decades of activism, mainly for human rights in mental health, David Oaks experienced a big fall and broken neck 33 months ago that put him in a powerchair with a label of “quad” and a number of new challenges, such as an impairment to...
read moreHello World! 5 Reasons We Must Say ‘No’ to Normality & Psychiatry
Updated 21 September 2015: If you live on Earth and breathe, then you must overthrow what is mistakenly called “normal” and the mental health industry. Why? Today, our planet is faced with an unprecedented emergency, according to the vast majority of scientists, wise people and just about everybody else. Smart folks tell us that we have the technology, smarts, and economy to address these urgent crises, but do we have the will? It seems that the general public is paralyzed, and as our leaders continue to procrastinate, we are...
read morePsychiatric Survivor Disability Activist Launches Fun Contest: “Help Me Go Viral!”
Updated 21 September 2015: Please feel free to post a selfie of you sticking out your tongue (known as a Qsign face) to Facebook, Twitter, or both. Please add the hashtag #qsigncrisis to whatever you post wherever. If you post to Facebook, please add your selfie to my Timeline! (If you are not yet a friend, please email me with your Facebook name at: davidwoaks@gmail.com.) You are invited to take a selfie doing a “Qsign,” which I will explain in a moment. But first I need to beg for your help, especially if you are one of these...
read morePsychiatric Survivor Disability Activist Launches Fun Contest: “Help Me Go Viral!”
Updated 21 September 2015: Please feel free to post a selfie of you sticking out your tongue (known as a Qsign face) to Facebook, Twitter, or both. Please add the hashtag #qsigncrisis to whatever you post wherever. If you post to Facebook, please add your selfie to my Timeline! (If you are not yet a friend, please email me with your Facebook name at: davidwoaks@gmail.com.) You are invited to take a selfie doing a “Qsign,” which I will explain in a moment. But first I need to beg for your help, especially if you are one of these young...
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