Happy Earth Week! My Open Personal Letter about Mental Health Justice, Climate Crisis & Unitarians
BELOW you will find my open letter that combines my main identities and interests: I am a survivor of abuse in the mental health system, a disability activist (labeled quad), environmentalist focused on the climate crisis, and spirituality: I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Please comment here. Whether you comment or not, please forward this open letter for anyone far and wide. Help it go viral. Thanks. If you wish to send me a direct message, please use the contact form on the right to reach my...
read moreDavid W. Oaks Statement of Support for Protest of American Psychiatric Association 2014 Annual Meeting
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 Thanks for everyone who supports the peaceful protest of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in New York City on May 4, 2014. Thanks to MindFreedom and allied groups who organized this event. Thanks to my friend, President of MFI,...
read moreMy Event on February 21, 22, 23 in Eugene Oregon
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: OAKS sale214 fnl1 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...
read moreEugene Oregon’s Daily Newspaper Publishes Major Article Today About David W. Oaks
The Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, Register-Guard daily newspaper ran a huge piece by journalist Randi Bjornstad about me, my fall, my broken neck, activism, our supportive community, changing the mental health system, and even the Chamber of Commerce protest on climate crisis. There are two great photos by professional photographer Paul Carter, plus how to give to my irrevocable trust fund. You can read, download, print a PDF of the article here: R-G-DavidWOaks-1-5-2014 You may wish to write a letter to the editor about this excellent article,...
read moreEugene Oregon’s Daily Newspaper Publishes Major Article Today About David W. Oaks
Photo by Paul Carter, Eugene Register-Guard The Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, Register-Guard daily newspaper ran a huge piece by journalist Randi Bjornstad about me, my fall, my broken neck, activism, our supportive community, changing the mental health system, and even the Chamber of Commerce protest on climate crisis. There are two great photos by professional photographer Paul Carter, plus how to give to my irrevocable trust fund. You can read, download, print a PDF of the article here: R-G-DavidWOaks-1-5-2014 You may wish to write a letter to...
read moreI Help Organize a Peaceful Protest About Climate Crisis at Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce
On December 5, 2013, about 5 groups united together to hold a nonviolent protest about the pivotal role of the Chamber of Commerce blocking progress addressing the climate crisis. For several years, I held an email dialogue with the director of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Dave Hauser. This last summer several of us held a street theater event at the Eugene Saturday Market and together we nominated the local Chamber for a Golden Ostrich Award. We used humor to point out that our local Chamber should join 56 other local Chambers that...
read moreEugene Chamber of Climate Crisis
Updated: Monday Dec 2nd – See below for before or after gathering. Also see how you can help where ever you live. Flash Gathering: Eugene Area Chamber of Climate Crisis Tongue in Cheek Award Ceremony Thursday, December 5, 2013 Contact: David Zupan Phone: 541-484-9167 At 12:30 pm on December 5th, local citizens concerned about the global climate crisis will gather at the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, 1401 Willamette, to give them an award. The Golden Ostrich trophy will be presented to the Eugene Chamber because of their support for...
read moreFundraiser for me in December 2013 in Austin, Texas
Below is an announcement from wonderful supporters who are planning a national fundraiser about the same time and place as Alternatives 2013 Conference (totally separate, of course). Please spread the word, and if possible attend: Support David Oaks’ Independent Living Sponsored by Friends of David Oaks The Friends of David Oaks Committee invites participants from Alternatives 2013 in Austin, Texas to a fundraiser dinner to support David to obtain a wheelchair accessible van. David Oaks is the former Director of MindFreedom...
read moreStreet Theater at Saturday Market: Having Fun While Challenging the Climate Crisis
There is a campaign to impact peacefully the US Chamber of Commerce by reaching the local chambers about the climate crisis. My friend David Zupan took a video of our street theater. Here is his blurb about our guerrilla theater: Watch activist David Oaks in “How We Stop Worrying and Deny Climate Change,” a new 10 Min film now on vimeo at: Street Theater Against Climate Crisis In spite of a recent spinal cord injury, David leads friends to the Saturday Market in Eugene, Oregon to engage the public in playful but thoughtful dialogue...
read morePlease Help Me (David Oaks) Get an Accessible Van With Crowdsourcing
My friends and family launched a Crowd Source Campaign to get me an wheelchair accessible van. The campaign was launched around my 58th Birthday (September 16th). Here is how you can help and/or spread the word. I will use this vehicle for activism including on the climate crisis, so please excuse the irony, but it looks like I will use this well. My network wants to try and get a new vehicle, though a used one will suffice. Here is the blurb from my good friend John Jordan-Cascade: Dear friend, No doubt by now you have heard about the...
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