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Freedom Center In New York Times - Mad Pride

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 13:50.

Freedom Center was mentioned in a recent New York Times article about Mad Pride; Check it out!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/fashion/11madpride.html

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July 2007 Bed Push In Hampshire Gazette

Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 14:15.

Making a push for better care: Protesters march to bring attention to mental health services

BY VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS

JERREY ROBERTS
A group of people, some dressed in medical attire, support Mad Pride Month by pushing a bed down Elm Street Sunday afternoon. Supporters say the bed push symbolizes an escape from psychiatry and was held to raise awareness about the overuse of forced treatments in mental health and the need for safe choices in mental health services. Enlarge photo | Buy photos

[ Originally published on: Monday, July 30, 2007 ]

NORTHAMPTON - Pushing a bed a mile and three-quarters through the city Sunday afternoon, 15 members of the Northampton-based Freedom Center aimed to bring attention to forced drugging and other perceived injustices of the psychiatric system.