World Health Organization (WHO), based in Geneva, Switzerland, has a primary role to direct international health within the United Nations’ system and to lead partners in global health responses. As part of the QualityRights Initiative, WHO has developed a comprehensive package of training and guidance materials, to build the capacity for empowerment, human rights and recovery in mental health.
Key international experts included David W. Oaks, Aciu! Institute, who provided editing and feedback from the perspective of a psychiatric survivor leader.
MindFreedom International
Aciu! Institute is so grateful to have been able to provide consulting services to this important human rights nonprofit in recent years, including:
Assistance on video series by MindFreedom, the highly-recommended “Voices for Choices” – see the video below…
https://youtu.be/4DVfYtZUxMc
Mentoring.
Writing and editing on a chapter of handbook, Organizing Guide for Psychiatric Survivors: “Effective Community Organizing Tactics for Psychiatric Survivors & Allies.” You may download this pocket handbook for free here: MFI Pocket Organizing Handbook
Current MFI Consulting Affiliates: For 2020, Aciu! Institute is proud to be supporting and facilitating the growth of MindFreedom affiliates and sponsors:
Photo taken at MindFreedom Ghana’s headquarters in 2011
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Aciu! is non-denominational, but David is pleased to assist the Unitarian Universalist Church in several ways, both officially and unofficially. Aciu! is supporting the re-emergence of the Access Committee at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene. Aciu! is also sponsoring the independent UU Mental Health Justice Group in Facebook. All who support human rights are invited to join.
Other Aciu! Institute ClientsCareWorks: Aciu! is supporting the community organizing of the CareWorks chapter in Eugene, which brings together people with disabilities, family members, and homecare workers. CareWorks is a state-wide project of the union SEIU to change the way we Oregonians think about care.
Opal Network: Aciu! is the newest sponsor of this decade-old coalition of groups concerned about the empowerment and self-determination of mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors in Lane County, Oregon. The Network is named after the late author, speaker and psychiatric survivor Opal Whiteley, who was born in Cottage Grove. Aciu! is providing community organizing strategy and logistics.
MindFreedom Oregon: This local affiliate of MFI is taking on several important grassroots campaigns, with the support of Aciu! See (below) the photo of David leading a contingent in a Eugene parade with the “Normal Free” banner from Oregon Country Fair’s Community Village.
XR Regenerative Culture: Fighting the climate emergency is a top priority for Aciu!, as it ought to be for every earthling now. David is active with the Extinction Rebellion (XR) local chapter in Eugene, Oregon, USA, especially focusing on the Regenerative Culture theme in XR.
See a brief, four-minute video of an XR speaker in London who weaves together the strands of fighting to save the climate and challenging normality:
