David W. Oaks

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My Event on February 21, 22, 23 in Eugene Oregon

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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
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You are a leader in the IAACM, if you want to be.

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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

Eugene Oregon’s Daily Newspaper Publishes Major Article Today About David W. Oaks

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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 the editor about this excellent article, contact information is here:  http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/#letter

For news about the protest of the Chamber of Commerce, see the next blog entry below:

 

MFI and David W. Oaks Get an Archive

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Amanda from the MFI office delivers the archives to OHSU.

I have good news to report: The big medical school in Portland, Oregon Health Sciences University, has taken the material from MindFreedom while I was director for twenty-five years. For many years I have encouraged archives for our movement, but there are very few.

We have compiled posters, newsletters, journals, letters, photos, etc. I would like to give a lot of credit to my mother Violet Oaks, who volunteered eight years in the office often three days a week. Mom must have gone through almost every piece of paper in the office applying her seventy-plus years of office experience and changing our messy office to one that had a very good filing system, thank you Mom! Mom is now 96 years old so she is working from home by doing thank you notes for gifts to my trust fund. (more…)

Eugene Chamber of Climate Crisis

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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 the US Chamber of Commerce and its blockade of progress on addressing The Climate Crisis. (more…)

Fundraiser for me in December 2013 in Austin, Texas

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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 International. He has given 30 years of his life to activism and fighting for human rights in the mental health system. Let’s give back to him in his time of need!

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Street Theater at Saturday Market: Having Fun While Challenging the Climate Crisis

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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 about climate change. In the role of cheerful “climate change deniers,” they collect signatures in support of giving prizes like the Golden Ostrich award to the best deniers like the Chamber of Commerce. (more…)

Plea From My Friend

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This is David W. Oaks talking. My friends are raising money for an accessible van for me. You can help by spreading the word and contributing, even if you do so for a second time.

The good news is that my friends and family have raised enough for a used van. So your donation will help my van be better and better. Any extra money to my trust fund will go to accessibility items not covered by Medicaid, such as massage.

Below is the plea on behalf of my friends and family, from my very good friend David Zupan: (more…)