I did find a list of names of sorts.  Will send it when I get some time to
"research."  Think Fay is one of the "inner" circle of the Justin Dart-ADAPT
crowd of friends and wantabees.

Seems part cult, part guerilla-insurgency techniques .  Supposedly empowers
the "least among us," diminishes elite control, and hierarchy.  You gotta
believe!

Their "invisibility" inculcates "plausible denial"--as in,"who me?"
Actually they're tied-in with the CIL's, Universities, and grass root orgs.
Interesting game.

I'm guessing from what/who I know/knew.

S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Highlander 30 Call to Action


> Steve,
>
>         Justice for All is a strange outfit. Seems like the "constituency"
> they serve is not nearly so important as their own agenda. Wonder who
funds
> them. If you know any of this juicy stuff let me know. They are obvoius
all
> for humans rights, it just that the humans they are interested in are a
> very precious and enigmatic few.
>
> Bobby
>
>
> >What intrigues me, Bobby, is why JFA sends this info last minute or after
> >the fact.
> >
> >Be "informed" but don't participate in policy or decision making.
> >
> >I keep asking who are these people because I don't know them or of them,
nor
> >have I been asked to give consent for their activites.
> >
> >Something in this process leaves me uneasy.
> >
> >Jailing the MI?  A new HUD subsidized housing program?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bobby Greer" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:07 PM
> >Subject: Re: Highlander 30 Call to Action
> >
> >
> >> Steve,
> >>
> >>         Seems Ironic this meeting took place in my home state, which
has
> >> one of the worst public mental systems in the nation. We have just
closed
> >> out last public psychiatric hospital amd are now jailing most of the
> >> MI(homeless).
> >>
> >> Bobby
> >>
> >>
> >> >Seems like the "latest" group to speak out are speaking.
> >> >
> >> >S.
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: "Justice For All Moderator" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> >Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 9:13 PM
> >> >Subject: Highlander 30 Call to Action
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>                         Justice For All
> >> >>
> >> >>                         [log in to unmask]
> >> >>
> >> >>                  Highlander 30 Call to Action
> >> >>
> >> >> The following is a joint statement from leaders from the psychiatric
> >> >> survivor movement following meetings at the Highlander Training and
> >> >> Education Center, near Knoxville, Tennessee.  Names of those signing
> >> >> the statement are at the bottom.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Highlander Statement of Concern and Call to Action
> >> >> March 25, 2000
> >> >>
> >> >> In the tradition of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Eleanor
Roosevelt
> >and
> >> >> thousands of men and women concerned about social justice and
> >progressive
> >> >> change, thirty people with long histories of fighting for human
rights
> >in
> >> >> mental health gathered for three days at the Highlander Center in
> >> >> Tennessee. We argued, came to consensus, and then quietly shared our
> >pain,
> >> >> our concerns, our fears, and our hopes for the future.
> >> >>
> >> >> We came to understand that our personal stories have power and that
> >they
> >> >> must be heard. We must tell them to other people who have been
damaged
> >by
> >> >> psychiatric treatment, to the public, to lawmakers and to political
> >> >> candidates as well. We are compelled to share our collective
struggle
> >and
> >> >> claim our place as a civil rights movement alongside those who have
> >been
> >> >> similarly discounted, disenfranchised, and marginalized: people of
> >color;
> >> >> gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people; people with
physical
> >or
> >> >> cognitive disabilities; women; people belonging to religious,
ethnic,
> >and
> >> >> linguistic minorities; and people forced to live in poverty amidst
the
> >> >> great wealth and abundance of the corporate economy.
> >> >>
> >> >> We are obliged to be vigilant and to help others realize the
horrible
> >> >> consequences that arise when certain groups are seen as less than
fully
> >> >> human and less deserving of basic civil rights. We must never forget
> >that
> >> >> in Nazi Germany "mercy killings" of mental patients, people with
> >> >> disabilities and others labeled asocial preceded the attempted
genocide
> >of
> >> >> Jews and other oppressed groups during the Holocaust. To prevent
> >similar
> >> >> atrocities from occurring we pledge to speak out for equal human
rights
> >> >> for everyone throughout the world.
> >> >>
> >> >> In the Highlander tradition, we came away from those three days on
the
> >> >> mountain determined that we will not allow anyone to do for us, to
> >> >> discount us, or to pat us on the head instead of looking us in the
eye.
> >We
> >> >> came away invigorated and ready to act individually and collectively
to
> >> >> insure that self-determination, respect, ethical behavior, and
humane
> >> >> voluntary services and supports become the foundation of a
reinvented
> >> >> mental health system. This system must first and foremost do no
harm.
> >We
> >> >> came away ready to make this a reality.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Highlander Call for Action:
> >> >>
> >> >> ***We call upon all people committed to human rights to organize and
> >fight
> >> >> against the passage and implementation of legislation making it
easier
> >to
> >> >> lock up, shock, and forcibly drug people labeled with psychiatric
> >> >> disorders,legislation that is creating the back-wards of the
> >twenty-first
> >> >> century not just in hospitals, but also in our own homes.
> >> >>
> >> >> ***We call upon all people committed to human rights to work
together
> >to
> >> >> build a mental health system that is based upon the principle of
> >> >> self-determination, on a belief in our ability to recover, and on
our
> >> >> right to define what recovery is and how best to achieve it.
> >> >>
> >> >> ***We call upon people who have used mental health services to heal
> >each
> >> >> other by telling our stories. We call for the creation of literature
> >and
> >> >> other art forms that use our truths to educate, to inform, and to
> >validate
> >> >> our culture and our experience.
> >> >>
> >> >> ***We call upon elected officials, political candidates, and those
with
> >> >> power over our lives to recognize and honor the legitimacy of our
> >concerns
> >> >> through their policy statements, legislative proposals, and their
> >actions;
> >> >> and we hereby give notice that we will do whatever it takes to
insure
> >that
> >> >> we are heard, that our rights are protected, and that we can live
> >freely
> >> >> and peacefully in our communities.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >>
> >> >> The Highlander 30: Laurie Ahern, Patricia Deegan, Ken Schlosser,
Judi
> >> >> Chamberlin, Tom Behrendt, Carla X Cubit, Celia Brown, Anne Krauss.
Ron
> >> >> Bassman, George Ebert, Mary Ann Ebert, Linda Morrison, Janet Foner,
Tom
> >> >> Olin, Lawrence Plumlee, Gayle Bluebird, Cookie Gant, Vicki Fox
> >> >> Wieselthier, Mickey Weinberg, Beverly Jones, Loren Mosher, Ty
Colbert,
> >Jay
> >> >> Mahler, Kris Yates, Sally Zinman, Ted Chabasinski, Lynda Wright, Sue
> >> >> Parry, Linda Sisson, David Oaks
> >> >>
> >> >> Comments to: [log in to unmask]
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Fred Fay
> >> >> Chair, Justice For All
> >> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> >> http://www.jfanow.org
> >> >>
> >> >> Register to Vote Online at http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm
> >> >>
> >> >>
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