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DESCRIPTION:THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM  & THE PRISON SYSTEM  August 6th, Saturday, 2 PM 
 to 4 PM, Berkeley  Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, Cedar & Bonita,  
 Berkeley. We will discuss the similarities,  differences and the increasing 
 inter-workings of the  Mental Health System with Prisons, the Criminal  
 Justice System, Youth Authority, and the racism and  abuse endemic to all 
 these systems.  We will discuss  how fear, discrimination, and economic 
 forces play in  shaping these systems as well as the current trend or  hope 
 that the mental health system is somehow a viable  alternative to the 
 brutality of prison and law  enforcement systems. Speakers include Peter 
 Maiden,  investigative journalist who's whose work focuses on  law 
 enforcement and the mentally ill, Mesha Monge-Irizarry,  creator of the 
 Idriss Stelley Foundation, and mother  of Idriss Stelley a young man with a 
 psychiatric  diagnosis who was killed by SF Police, and one  additonal 
 speaker yet to be confirmed.  Come join the  discussion.  This seminar is 
 par tof the   Mindfreedom San Francisco Bay Area  FREE SUMMER SEMINAR 
 SERIES      CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES      ON PSYCHIATRY  which has  THREE MORE 
 EXCITING SEMINARS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.  For the latest information e-mail 
 us: bayareamfsci@sbcglobal.net                        WHAT IS MINDFREEDOM?  
 MindFreedom, a.k.a. Support Coalition International,  unites 100 grassroots 
 groups and thousands of members  to win campaigns for human rights of 
 people diagnosed  with psychiatric disabilities. Membership is wide open  
 to everyone who supports human rights. MindFreedom is  headquartered in 
 Eugene, Oregon, and has a website:    http://www.mindfreedom.org/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/07/27/72043.php
SUMMARY:The Mental Health System and the Prison System
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist at Cedar and Bonita in Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/07/27/72043.php
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