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🎙️ Talk with Tenney: Gerrit Smith’s Letter and the 1859 Jerry Day Controversy In this episode of Talk with Tenney, Lauren Tenney revisits a powerful moment in abolitionist history. She reads Gerrit Smith’s 1859 letter to the Jerry Day Celebration Committee, in which Smith declines an invitation to preside over the event—declaring that only blood and insurrection could now end slavery. This incendiary statement would later be seized upon by the Democratic Vigilant Association as supposed evidence that Smith had prior knowledge of John Brown and his company’s liberatory actions at Harper’s Ferry. Following the letter, hear a response from the editor of The Anti-Slavery Bugle, who reprinted Smith’s words and pushed back against his grim conclusion—arguing that the antislavery and temperance movements were still alive and vital. Together, these writings capture the tension, conviction, and deep divisions among abolitionists on the eve of the Civil War.

Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Eastern join Talk with Tenney for a chat with Mary Maddock of MindFreedom International! MindFreedom Ireland is holding their first electroshock protest in Dublin on Sunday, May 28, 2023! Tune in to Talk with Tenney for a chat with Mary Maddock on MindFreedom Ireland's 20th Anniversary (2023)! Check out Mary & Jim Maddock's Soul Survivor: A Personal Encounter with Psychiatry   http://www.mindfreedomireland.com/ http://www.mindfreedomireland.com/breaking-news/ http://www.mindfreedomireland.com/about/  

CENSOR DESANTIS IS HERE TO PROTECT US . . . AGAIN! Governor DeSantis Plans to Hold Higher Ed Captive, The Florida College System Presidents Remove DEI, CRT, and Personal Identity from Public Colleges and Universities Across Florida as of February 1, 2023.  WHAT:    When it comes to protecting and promoting human rights it is heinous what is happening in the State of Florida's already severely comprised culture. Day 5 of the removal of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs, Critical Race Theory and its foundations, and Identity from public colleges and universities in the State of Florida, per the February 1, 2023, deadline announced by The Florida College Systems Council of Presidents. The Florida College System Presidents ought to be held accountable for these violations and reverse their efforts before any more damages are done.  Instead of admonishing, sanctioning, and demanding the the FCS Presidents overturn their discriminatory actions, Governor DeSantis has announced, the "Civil Discourse and Intellectual Freedom" bill that will be proposed this upcoming legislative session, Spring 2023.   WHO:        Students, professors, employees, administrators, or community members who are involved with any of the dozens of colleges and universities in the state of Florida experiencing this shutdown and want to talk about it.  

I don't know if I'm going to be able to pull this off, but my plan is to try to read this on Talk with Tenney on Blog Talk Radio while I stream the document I am reading and live editing on Twitch. This is a live reading of Lauretta Bender, M.D.: The Children's Shock Doc as I prepare to send it for publication.  References are at the end of the recording. I go back and forth about whether to read parenthatical citatoins, sometimes I do, sometimes I do not.  This is a draft.  I will likely mention it if it seems relevant.  

12/22/2021 6PM EST Call in to talk with Chaya!: (914) 205-5794!  On this show Chaya Grossberg will discuss with Lauren Tenney her work consulting with people coming off psychiatric drugs, what helps them the most, and her other experience working with people in withdrawal from psych meds. She will share wisdom gained from 15 years of professional experience working non-medically with people seeking a variety of alternatives to the mainstream psychiatric paradigm. She will also share from her personal experience of having withdrawn from psychiatric meds herself. Link to book: Freedom From Psychiatric Drugs Link to book reviews: Freedom From Psychiatric Drugs   Chaya Grossberg Alternatives to Psychiatry Consulting chayagrossberg.com Talk with Tenney is intended to be for informational purposes. Host: Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS, Psychiatric Survivor. #NotMedicalAdvice To be a guest on Talk with Tenney contact Lauren Tenney (516)319-4295 follow for instant updates!  Talk with Tenney. Seeking historians for interview in documentary, Mental American Monster: The Sprawl of American Psychiatry, get in touch! Youtube: Facebook #MAM: #TSOAP

During the spring of 2015 I began a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exchanges with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. FOIA (FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT) RESULTS OF THE VA FROM 2015. This is a 2021 Veterans Day Reading of "Electroshocking Veterans and Their Fetuses" by Lauren Tenney first published in 2015 i n Mad in America.  Electroshocking Veterans and Their Fetuses By  Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, Psychiatric Survivor First Published: November 24, 2015  Read along: https://www.madinamerica.com/2015/11/electroshocking-us-veterans-and-their-fetuses/ Call in! 

On Sunday, October 17, 2021, join Talk with Tenney with guest Felice Eliscu, Human Rights Advocate, who will talk about the new proposed Federal Legislation: A.C.C.A. and Placements for Youth that are Completely Unregulated and Abusive. We will discuss what some of these treatments are and how they cause Trauma instead of help and how you can help stop it.   Institutional Abuse Awareness Week is from October 17 - October 23, 2021. #InstitutionalAbuseAwarenessWeek #BreakingCodeSilence Call in to talk with Felice Eliscu, Human Rights Advocate on 10/17/2021 at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific.   Breaking Code Silence Website: https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/ Breaking Code Silence Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BreakingCodeSilence Support Breaking Code Silence: https://givebutter.com/STOPTTI

On February 12, 2021, with more than one dozen co-sponsors and one dozen multi-sponsors, the new involuntary outpatient commitment bill in New York State, sponsored by Assemblywoman Gunther, titled, "An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the correction law, in relation to enhancing the assisted outpatient treatment program; and to amend Kendra's Law, in relation to making the provisions thereof perma- nent." I will read #A5284, same as #S02614 on the broadcast today. If you can call in, do! 

 Call in (914) 205-5794 to talk with poet and visual artist Jyl Anais on October 31, 2020 from 9PM - 11PM Eastern on Talk with Tenney!   Jyl Anais is a poet and visual artist who works at the intersections of a variety of media. Her debut poetry collection, Soft Out Spoken, was released in 2019. Jyl’s work appears in We Are The Changemakers, Protectors 2: Heroes, and Asylum Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry among others. She’s worked as an advocate for victims of child abuse in the court system. Originally from Trinidad, she now lives in the United States where she works as a forensic medium, makes plant medicine in her home apothecary, and faces the blank page. Soft Out Spoken, Jyl Anais’ debut poetry collection was published by Sin Miedo Press in 2019. https://www.jylanais.com/ FIRE   A SPOKEN WORD ALBUM FIRE is a spoken word project by Jyl Anais with Alejandro Román H. As the album is in progress, its release date is not known. Sign up for our mailing list to learn when it’ll be available. https://www.jylanais.com/new   Check out merch from Jyl Anais F!CK THE DSM!  https://www.jylanais.com/new

Kathy Flaherty has lived at the intersection of mental health and the law since her first 1L year at Harvard Law School, when she was civilly committed to a psychiatric hospital. She interned for Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP) after her second 1L year, back in the early 1990's. Kathy has been the Executive Director of CLRP since 2015. CLRP provides legal representation to people eligible for mental health services from the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. One of CLRP's most important goals is to empower people with psychiatric and other labels by increasing their own ability to influence the decision-making processes that, to a large extent, control their lives. Kathy’s experiences as an ex-patient and psychiatric survivor inform her advocacy for disability justice. https://www.courant.com/opinion/hc-op-flaherty-mental-hospitals-not-answer-to-gun-violence-20180228-story.html https://www.courant.com/opinion/insight/hc-op-insight-flaherty-hartford-embrace-minor-league-20180530-story.html https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-flaherty-pratt-taxes-0427-20190427-tim6vpzzkfh4jaajue3lxo3evq-story.html https://www.courant.com/opinion/insight/hc-op-insight-flaherty-task-forces-0210-20190208-eoi7nshajbczpbzzwcpmx4k7rm-story.html https://ctmirror.org/category/ct-viewpoints/lets-talk-about-real-issues-not-trumps-mental-health/ https://ctmirror.org/2018/03/08/my-birth-certificate-is-fake-news/ https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-flaherty-court-order-mental-health-treatment-0201-20150130-story.html https://rootedinrights.org/setting-the-bar-higher-for-inclusion-in-the-legal-field/ https://studentprivacycompass.org/flaherty1/ https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/05/17/ep-77-mental-health-advocacy/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/smarter-living/disclose-disability-work-employer-rights.html

Call in to talk with Jacob Moses (914) 205-5794 and hear about his newest publication, Seance, October 24, 2020 at 9:00 PM Eastern 6:00  PM Pacific on Talk with Tenney.  Jacob Moses (AKA Jack M. Freedman) is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. Publications featuring his work span the globe. Countries include USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Singapore, and Thailand. He penned the books: ...and the willow smiled (Cyberwit, 2019), Art Therapy 101 (Cyberwit, 2019), and Seance (Cyberwit, 2020). Each of these books are available on Amazon. Check out more from Jacob Moses! pw.org/directory/writers/jack_m_freedman_jacob_moses Facebook.com/jacobmosespoet cyberwit.net/publications/1445 #Seance #MAMMarathon 

Hi Everyone - Tonight 10/23 @9PM Eastern! Call in 914-205-5794! I will be reading an unpublished manuscript concerning the history of the use of electric shock treatment (ECT, electroconvulsive treatment) on children. I will also discuss how Lauretta Bender, MD, the psychiatrist who created the diagnosis of childhood autistic schizophrenia popularized the use of shock treatment on children and her work also using metrazol insulin shock and LSD-25 on children. I will also address Bender's connections to the 33rd Degree Scottish Masons and Superman. October 23 9PM Eastern, 8PM Central, 7PM Mountain, 6PM Pacific https://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2020/10/24/lauretta-bender-md-the-childrens-shock-doc-on-talk-with-tenney-10232020

Call in 914-205-5794 Part 3 of Mad Annals The Suppression of Challenges to the Biomedical Model by the Leaders of the Field Dates Back to the Early Twentieth Century

Call in (914) 205-5794 to talk with. Join me as I continue reading Chapter 9, Mad Annals #BehindTheScenes - I am recording this reading to incorporate edited clips into Mental American Monster: The Sprawl of American Psychiatry a #TrueHorror #HorrorHistory #History   Help me test the technology of the new platform!  Upcoming Shows:  Oct. 24, 2020 Jacob Moses Oct. 28 Kathy Flaherty Oct 31 Jyl Anais

914-205-5794 Call in! Say hi! #BehindTheScenes Tonight I am reading some of the history about psychiatry that I wrote to capture a recording of it to edit into Mental American Monster: The Sprawl of American Psychiatry! #MAMMonster #TheSprawlOfAmericanPsychiatry Obviously, I will not get through the whole reading tonight.  I will start with  Chapter Nine: Mad Annals................................................................................................................................................. 376 Dehumanization from Antiquity Voiced: The Rights Movement of the Nineteenth Century................ 381 Context of the History of the Biomedical Model in the First Half of the Twentieth Century ................ 429 Contextualizing the Early Twentieth Century: A History of the Organization of Organized Psychiatry from the Perspective of a Psychiatric Survivor......................................................................................................... 429 .................................................................................................... 585 #MentalAmericanMonster #MentalAmericanMonsterMarathon #MAMMarathon #SOAP #SprawlOfAmericanPsychiatry

Guest Call In number: (914) 205-5794 You don't have to be mad to call in. It helps.  Talk with Tenney tonight: Testing the streaming platforms gearing up for the new season!  Help me through the hiccups! Wild Card Open Lines

Allegations of regulatory misconduct against the NewYork State Office of Mental Health, Butler Hospital, and others filed with the FDA.  Here is the full article: https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/05/ect-regulatory-misconduct-filed-fda/ #FDAStopTheShockDevice. Talk with Tenney is going live. 9PM Eastern Sunday, May 24, 2020  More to follow.  Stay tuned! follow/like for instant upddates. Thanks!  

Late Night with Hero host Yvonne Smith has on this Sunday3 solid  Advocates ANn McDaniel of State indepent living council and John McAtte of WV Leadersip Academy Renta Pore of Affordable HealthCare WV  Please call in 267 521 0167 or listen on line. 830pm Eastern  p730m Central 630pm Mtn 530pm Pacific      ,  Ann McDaniel is the Executive Director of the West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council.  She has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Marshall University in Huntington, WV and does training and technical assistance for SILCs for the national IL Net training project , J.K. McAtee.  graduate of Fairmont State University with A.S. in Insurance and B.S. in Business, J.K is the WV leadership Academy Co ordinator. holds a skill set certificate as a Peer Support Specialist from WV State Community and Technical College as well as the Peer Recovery Support Specialist designation Renate Pore has worked in health policy for more than 30 years.  She currently works for West Virginians for Affordable Health Care.  She chairs the West Virginia Medicaid Coalition which works to protect and preserve Medicaid.  She also chairs the Protect Our Care Communications Committee to fight repeal of the Affordable Care Act   We will be discusing what life was like before ACA and  possible solution if the bill is repealed and advocacy efforts to inform the public about the truth of ACA which has helped many people and is still very much needed.

Last week Repeal of Obama Care was withdrawn but Repel fanatics are back. What  would a health care system that  serves the needs of your state look like. Congress seems intent on still robbing the poor and disabled for tax cuts. How is Medicad handled in your state what is happening.  How also will the other Billion dollar cuts for other social programs effect you and others. What invincible type of actions can we take.  listen on line or call in   267-521-0167

Once you know a crucial fact about what gets called "mental illness", the debate about whether or not President Donald J. Trump is "mentally ill" disappears, and what is left is what really matters. What really matters is that President Trump apparently has no desire to change behavior that has been described as totally self-absorbed, self-referential, misogynist, racist, xenophobic, and otherwise abusive. It's ironic that the arguments on both sides of the debate about whether or not Trump is "mentally ill" are based on the one "alternative fact": that deciding who is "mentally ill" is a science. That could not be farther from the truth.  Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., is a clinical and research psychologist and currently Associate at the DuBois Institute, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University. She is the author of They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal; The Myth of Women's Masochism; Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship; and numerous other books, chapters, and articles in the academic and popular media. She is a decades-long activist for psychiatric survivors and military veterans. Her most recent book, When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans, won three top national awards for nonfiction. She is a multi-awardwinning playwright and filmmaker.   Open lines. psychdiagnosis.weebly.com  paulajcaplan.net  

Call (267)521-0167 to Speak with Dr. Bonnie Burstow and Associated Scholars about groundbreaking advances in antipsychiatry on February 17, 2017 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Eastern - This show is coming in midst of the triumph of a scholarship, the relentless media backlash against the scholarship and two highly significant book launches. In October of 2016 Dr. Bonnie Burstow endowed a matching scholarship called “The Bonnie Burstow Scholarship in Antipsychiatry" at the University of Toronto. This is the first such scholarship anywhere in the world. Correspondingly, in December the first ever anthology of institutional investigations into psychiatry came out (Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology). Launches of this book will be taking place imminently in Toronto (Feb. 24) and in New York (March 11). Meanwhile, the scholarship has led to many contributions as well as mounting attacks from the media.  The significance of the moment will be discussed.   Guests include Dr. Bonnie Burstow, Lauren Spring, Efrat Gold, Sona Kazemi, Nicole Schott and potentially Simon Adam. Dr. Bonnie Burstow is an  Associate Professor at University of Toronto, the person who pioneered and endowed The Bonnie Burstow  Scholarship in Antipsychiatry and the editor of the book.  A devoted and long time  antipsychiatry activist, a philosopher, and a prolific author, her publications include Psychiatry and the Business of Madness and Psychiatry Disrupted.  http://bizomadness.blogspot.ca/

Join Yvonne Smith on Late Night with Hero with Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.Call in at (267)521-0167 on December 11, 2016 at 9PM Eastern, 8PM Central, 7PM Mountain, 6PM Pacific. This week, Yvonne's guest is Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D. Executive Director of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors and the National Association for Rural Mental Health. HR 34 is at the President's Desk to be signed.  Be part of the discussion about peers and the Murphy Bill. Find out for what is and what is not in H.R. 34 and what we can do going forward.  Call in!  Tune in for up-to-the-minute-updates. For previous shows: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/12/05/emergency-senate-vote-on-amendment-to-hr-34-is-near-ideas-for-legislators

On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 9PM Eastern, call in to (267)521-0167 to be part of the program.  This is an urgent call for you to speak out to your legislators.   On this show, Yvonne Smith, Lauren Tenney, and others will discuss things that you can talk about with your Senators AND Representatives concerning the scam of amending the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015 H.R. 34 as the 21st Century #CuresAct amendment, which includes awful versions of the Murphy Bills and multiple other bills that Senators are still attempting to amend before a vote. They are pushing this through and if you can believe, Senators are even still adding amendments. Senate will take up the proposed amendments on Monday, December 5, 2016, or earlier. PLEASE ACT NOW AND HELP STOP THE AMENDMENT TO HR 34. #tsunNAMIWarning For More information: https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/11/warning-psychiatric-tsunami-upon-u-s/ To reach your SENATORS: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ To reach your REPRESENTATIVES: http://www.house.gov/representatives/

This is a general call in  267 521 0167 8 pm Eastern 5pm Pacific. Yvonne Smith your host will be taking live calls at (267)521-0167.  If you would like to be a formal guest, contact Yvonne before the show. The Nation is clearly divided.  Half the people are happy. Others are grief stricken.  Where do we go from here? We are at the cross roads of either growth or the demise of the naton. Where do you think we should go from here? How do we hold others accountable regardless of where they are on our side of issues? How do you  feel the parties are handling the transition? How do you think it will effect you? What advocacy groups will you be joing? It is time for action. How will Trump effect advocacy on "Behaviorial Health"? What  now with the White power movement? This call is for all, whether you are Clinton or Trump supporters. 

On November  6, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern Join Late Night with a Hero with Host Yvonne Smith. Guests include: Val Marsh and others for a LIVE CALL-IN Show on the 2016 Presidential Election. Call in and and tell us what is up in your state including Congress and Senate elections. (267)521-0167 

Disability and Diverse Communities Speak Out about the Presidential Debate and How the Candidates will Impact Our Communities. This is a current events show that will be looking at our analysis of the Clinton/Trump debates and how the candidates will impact our diverse communities. One candidate has in the recent past talked disparagingly about persons of different ethnicities, religions, and disabilities. What can we expect from each candidate? We will be keeping in mind people with disabilities intersect with various communities and asking that people speak out. We will set up our own poll. Call (267)521-0167 on 9/26 11PM Eastern  

267 521 0167  9pm Eastern  8pm Central 7pm Mtn 6 pm Pacific Call in Especially MAssachusetts, TN WV, CA NM. We are at a crucial time with the Media and Murhpy bill still in play. Congress is coming back in a few days. I hope that others who joined us last Sunday will return, Naomi Pinson Sera Courtney, and others.  Please press 1 or *1 to come on.   

Late Night with Hero present Sera Davidow Courtney Tara Neely and Naomi Ruth Pinson on  MA under Fire.     The Boston Globe has been running a sensational one sided piece on people with mental illness designed to encourage forced interventions and to silence those who speak up for  Human Rights.  Tara Marie McNeely is a certified peer specialist, photographer, blogger, and activist living in central Massachusetts with her teenage daughter, fiance, and two kitties. Her involvement with the mental health system began at the age of seven-and-a-half when trauma and ensuing anxiety were labeled as anything but, causing further trauma.  . As a teen she decided that, once she found her voice, she would use it in service of the voiceless, work to change the mental health system, and do her part in the fight for social justice.   Sera is an activist and advocate who has used her own experiences in the psychiatric system to guide her in her work as a part of the leadership team with the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community for going on 10 years. She is also a regular blogger at Mad in America, a filmmaker, and mother of two. Listen by web, podcast or telephone Please call in  267 521 0167 Naomi Ruth Pinson has been in recovery for the past 51 years from the ill treatment she received at the hands of the mental health system. Naomi was a part of the early protest movement in Boston, Mental Patient Liberation Front, and then joinded it's successor M-POWER (Massachusetts People/Patients Organizing for Wellness Recovery and Rights). Naomi created and directed the second peer support/recovery group in the nation (first one being Ed Knight and Howie Vogels group in upper NY state).                

"Tobias" is the latest chapbook of poetry written by Jack M. Freedman. Just as his previous book, "Never Lick the Spoon", was a tribute to those who passed, "Tobias" is a celebration of life. Jack has been published in the following journals: Unquiet Desperation, Third Rail, First Literary Review-East, Espresso Ink., Boston Literary Magazine, Eunoia Review, Acoustic Levitation. NYSAI Press, typoetic.us, di-verse-city, and POSTblank. Follow Jack on social media: Facebook page for Tobias: facebook.com/tobiaschapbook Facebook page for Never Lick the Spoon: facebook.com/neverlickthespoonchapbook Twitter: @TobiasChapbook Instagram: jfreedman81 Join Jack at the open mic and release party in New York:  Nothing New Thrift Shop 4916 Arthur Kill Rd, Staten Island, New York 10309 September 2, 2016 8PM For more details, please see the "Tobias" event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/764717533670430

August 21 Sunday-  6pm Pacific  7pm Mountain8 Central  9pm Eastern  267 521 0167 Mike Huber is  the Chair of NICL ( National  Independent Living Linving CEnters) menatal health Committe. Mike is Executive Director of CIL in Wisconsin. He has been a strong advocate within NICL to have people across other disabilities understand how our issues in the Consumer/Survivor Community is everyone's issues. NICL policy on all issues comes from work on its 10 committes which the Mental Health Committe and Civil Rights committe directly effects people with mental illness. But so do others. NICL Mental health Committe has monthly Confererence Calls to its members. Membership  in NICL is the only requirement.  2016 We have Multiple  bills on the table around Mental Health and the Disability INtergration bill The show is archived and will be availble later

 CAll in number 6pm Pacific 7pm Mountain, 8 Centratl 9pm Eastern  267 521 0167 Late Night Returns From Summer Vacation to Welcome  Host Yvonne Smith & Guest VAL Marsh to update us on the Battle Congress is out of Session but where are we now on the Mental Illness Bills. What is the Climate Around the USA Also last 30 mins please call in and let us know what kind of Shows you would like to have on. Are there Heroes you know of or state updates. Please call and in 

I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD (Co-Chair) Emily Keener, PhD Mary Pelton-Cooper, PsyD Rakhshanda Saleem, PhD Lauren Tenney, PhD The full report can be found at URL http://div35mitf.wix.com/report On that web page there is posted · the executive summary · the full report with references · the full set of appendices with references Please feel free to share this.  To hear previous parts of this report: Part One:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/07/26/talk-with-tenney-report-on-division-35-involvement-with-pens-and-its-aftermath Part Two: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/07/27/talk-with-tenney-report-division-35-involvement-with-pens-and-its-aftermath-2

I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA report. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD (Co-Chair) Emily Keener, PhD Mary Pelton-Cooper, PsyD Rakhshanda Saleem, PhD Lauren Tenney, PhD The full report can be found at URL http://div35mitf.wix.com/report On that web page there is posted · the executive summary · the full report with references · the full set of appendices with references Please feel free to share this.  This episode picks up from page 37 of the report. 

I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD (Co-Chair) Emily Keener, PhD Mary Pelton-Cooper, PsyD Rakhshanda Saleem, PhD Lauren Tenney, PhD The full report can be found at URL http://div35mitf.wix.com/report On that web page there is posted · the executive summary · the full report with references · the full set of appendices with references Please feel free to share this. 

Headlines this week are filled with Police killing individuals in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and New York who are African American and Latino and/or who also have a perceived disability.     African Americans being racially profiled and killed by Police is not new.  What is new and becoming more common is police violence being recorded.  These videos going live contain horrific graphic footage that the public is witnessing via social media. The anger of the people from witnessing these human rights violations is causing a ground swell.  Now, because of social media, we also have more footage of our Human Rights movements: Black Live Matter and Psychiatric Survivors are putting more light on these incidents.  What does it mean for a robot to have killed a man? If it had been a white man, would there be equal acceptance of this fate?  What changes are occurring in our society or in our relationships to the Community and the Police?  On July 15, 2016 from 9-11 PM Eastern, please join Celia Brown, President of MindFreedom International, Yvonne Smith, hoste of Late Night with a Hero, Lauren Tenney, host of Talk with Tenney, and others for this OPEN LINES CALL IN SHOW as we discuss how we can partner and strategize for human rights and racial justice,  and explore the intersection of race, disabilities, and human rights. July 15, 2016 9-11 Eastern, 8-10 Central, 7-9 Mountain, 6-8 Pacific  Call in number to be part of the program: (267) 521-0167  

OPEN LINES. (267) 521-0167 On July 6, 2016  #HR2646 PASSED 422 to 2; A sad day in America.   Our fight continues. On July 8, 2016,  we again warn of  the realities future generations will be subjected to under Murphy's Law, if enacted.  Call in (267) 521-0167 9-11PM ; On July 8, 2016, Call in to the OPEN LINES Talk with Tenney at (267) 521-0167 9-11PM Eastern, 8-10 Central, 7-9 Mountain, 6-8 Pacific (267)521-0167   More to follow. https://www.facebook.com/TenneyLauren/videos/10157015154310462/?l=502693060780628520

Call in 267-521-0167 on June 15, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern, 8-10PM Central, 7-9PM Mountain, 6-8PM Pacific. The Murphy Bill passed in the Energy and Commerce Committe, with a vote of 53 - 0.  We are invisible in the process. Our rights are quickly slipping away.  Join in the conversation as we now go full force to defeat HR 2646 the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Today, the Murphy bill went through s supposed mark up -- and then was voted to leave committee and be presented to the House for a full vote.  Hear from Yvonne Smith and others who were there and others who watched it videostreamed.   On this very sad day, we lost a pillar of our movement, Patrick Risser.  Sarah Knutson will  join us with information about a journeying on vigil for to honor the life and contributions of Pat Risser. To participate in an ongoing journeying on vigil for our brother Pat Risser,call (331)205-7196 Pat's website:  http://www.patrisser.com/ To hear Pat in his own words:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2015/08/31/late-night-with-hero-pat-risser-and-host-yvonne-smith http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2015/04/17/madu-with-hosts-sarah-knutson-and-lauren-tenney-an-evening-with-pat-risser 

TONIGHT! OPEN LINES -- CALL IN: SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE MURPHY BILL.   Monday night, June 13, 2016 9-11 PM Eastern 8-10 Central, 7-9 Mountain 6-8 Pacific   Lauren Tenney and Yvonne Smith will be joined by Val Marsh, Executive Director of National Coalition for MH Recovery.   Tune in for the latest updates on the efforts to stop the Murphy Bill.   Call (267) 521-0167 to speak out against HR 2646, the 'Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act'.   HR 2646 (The Murphy Bill) is going to mark up and vote between June 14 - 15, 2016.   Call in. Speak Out.   For years people have been fighting against Congressman Tim Murphy's proposed legislation that will cramp down on all of our human, constitutional, and civil rights, while perpetuating the fraud of psychiatry. This legislation is dangerous. It slashes our rights to choice, informed consent, and privacy while increasing potential profit for (p)harma and State-Sponsored Organized Psychiatric Industries.   #StopTheMurphyBill #HR2646 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talkwithtenney/2016/06/14/talk-with-tenney-open-lines-hr-2646-stop-the-murphy-bill

OPEN LINES.  Monday, May 30, 2016: 9-11 PM Eastern, 6-8PM Pactic, 8-10 CALL: (267) 521-0167 to be part of the program.  People who are veterans  or friends or famiily members of those who died or who are injured are most welcome to Call (267)521-0167 to be part of the program as we honor those who sacrificed their lives for our freedoms.  OPEN LINES on Memorial Day, as we honor those who gave their lives to protect our freedoms, join Yvonne Smith and Lauren Tenney in confirming the pledge to assist veterans who are injured in war.  All too often veterans are being directed into the clutches of organized psychiatry.  Organized military psychiatry and military psychology are not often discussed, although many Americans support the idea of veterans getting support.  However, psychiatry is killing people and those who are veterans are targets for the industry.  Veterans who died because of psychiatry ought to be honored.  In addition to your calls, we will be discussing the current Bill concerning Informed Consent for Veterans, the DARPA iniatiative for implanting chips in the brains of veterans, the FOIA request showing evidence for shock treatment on veterans -- including pregnant veterans, family members who seek out psychiatric/psychological services from the VHA, and genral abuses of psychiatry. To see the proposed informed consent bill: http://laurentenney.us/files/115672174.pdf. 

Call in 267-521-0167 6pm Pacific 7pm Mtn 8 central 9 pm Eastern. James Barry "Jim" Gottstein is an Alaska based lawyer who specializes in business matters and public land law, and is well known as an attorney advocate for people diagnosed with serious mental illness. Gottstein has sought to check the growth in the administration of psychotropics, particularly to children

Oryx Cohen along with Will Hall took a different look at  recovery from Mental health system.The subject of the film is around 3 individuals and their experiences. We want to know what did it take to make this ground breaking film and spread the word in 130 locations in one day. What happens if we donot see hearing voices as something broken or wrong with a person    

Friday night there is the Premier of Healing Voices this show is for people to extend the conversation about the movie and the issues  addressed. All are Welcome to call in. Invited Oryx Cohen   http://healingvoicesmovie.com/

Sunday' special guest is Scot Spicer A certified peer support specialist, public health professional and co-founder of National Mental Health and Dignity Day, Scott Spicer has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit and human services sectors. His experience includes working with youth and adults in community and university settings, as a community organizer,  as well as a peer support specialist in supported employment and case management programs. Scott has been an advocate for peer/consumer/survivor/ex-patient leadership over the past several years and is a proponent of  individuals organizing to speak out and take action for social justice and civil rights. He served on the American Psychological Association’s Recovery to Practice initiative from 2010 – 2014, is an active local leader with the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and has served on the Board of a local Center for Independent Living.   

On March 22, 2016, from 9-11PM Eastern, call (267) 521-0167 The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228).   We have less than one week left to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice.  For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,000 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see:  http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice  http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/e Watch this powerful video: ECT Destroys Life produced by Aftershock: Life After ECT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyi32-slxUk

Sunday March 20 6 pm Pacific 7pm Mtn 8pm Central &9Pm Eastern. Current events on how Mental health Community is effected by the Current Events. Late Night Hero and Frequent Guest Joseph Rogers. Confirmed guest also  Daniel Fisher. Gina Calhoun invited but not confirmed.. Please Call in 267  621 521 0167 Joseph Rogers has been a succesful advocates for persons labled with mental illness for over 3 decades. Both Dr. Fisher and Rogers have been involved in system advocacy and Organizers of Past Alternatives Conferences.      

Tune in on March 17, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern (267)521-0167 to hear and comment on the Final Draft of Official Complaint to Ombuds Office at FDA concerning the processes that FDA has taken in the proposed down-classification of the shock device  The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228).   March 28, 2016 is deadline for FDA comments.  Tune in to hear the current situation, share your experiences of shock treatment, and encourage others to respond to the FDA.  For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,150 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see:  http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice  http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/

On March 15, 2016 from 9 - 11 PM Eastern, call in (267) 521-0167 to join people who are shock treatment survivors and allies discuss the current state of the FDAs attempts to down-classify the shock device to a class II device putting it in the same category as eyeglasses or wheelchairs.  The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the “probable benefit of ECT outweighs these risks” (p. 81228).   We have 13 days left to say #FDAStopTheShockDevice.  Tune in to hear the current situation, share your experiences of shock treatment, and encourage others to respond to the FDA.  For more information and to sign the MindFreedom International Petition that has over 1,000 supporters see: https://www.change.org/p/fda-stop-fda-from-down-classifying-the-shock-device-to-a-class-ii-device-stop-shock-treatment To read about the FDAs latest move to down classify see:  http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/02/40-days-to-tell-the-fdastoptheshockdevice  http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/12/shock-device-safe-as-eyeglasses-89-days-to-say-no/ Watch this powerful video: ECT Destroys Life produced by Aftershock: Life After ECT here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyi32-slxUk

Lets Talk Legislation effecting the Disabled with Kelly Buckland and Cross Disability Activism Sunday March 6 9Pm Eastern &8pm Central 7pm Mtn  6Pm Pacific The ADA was a good start but thier are much more work to do. Several pieces of legilation in Congress and State Houses are effecting the independent living of all  Disabled people. Listen and or call in  267-521-0167 Kelly Buckland is a person with a disability who has been actively involved in disability issues since 1979.  Kelly started his career as an employee for Idaho’s Protection and Advocacy system.Kelly has testified before Congress several times on issues such as universal health care, Fair Housing and appropriations for centers for independent living.Kelly has a long history with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).  He hasserved on numerous NCIL Legislative and Advocacy Subcommittees and other standing NCIL committees, the NCIL Governing Board since 1998, as NCIL Vice-President from 2001-2005, and as NCIL President from 2005 to 2009.  Kelly is currently employed as the Executive Director of NCIL. Kelly is also the recipant of numeous awards. Please Get Pen and paper in hand and even Call in during the Call in section of the Show.  phone   267-521-0167  During the Show a toll free call in will be given for Hawaii and Alaska. NICL has been a strong orgnized force in opposing HR2646AKA Murphy Bill and any laws calling for forced medical intervention. http://www.ncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Policy-Priorities-Spring-2016.pdf  

Call in 267 521 0167 Sunday febuary 21 9pm Eastern 6 pm Pacici There is much legisltion around the USA that will effect disabled people labled mental illness. Federal and state policies have  these individuals under attack for loss of thier rights. Call in to discuss your effort in your community. What legisltaion is pending? What are plans for voter education? This is part of 3 part series 

 Tina Minkowitz speaks about the Campaign to Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment CRPD = Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Survivors, researchers, service providers, lawyers - all welcome to write or contribute art work demonstrating support for the standards of international law prohibiting commitment and forced treatment Target date 29 March 2016, opening day of Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 15th session Aim is to demonstrate wide range of civil society support for the absolute prohibition, to share knowledge, to strengthen all those working to put this standard into practice Learn how you can participate Learn more about the CRPD and where to find the absolute prohibition Share your ideas and brainstorm plans and strategies Dates: Tuesday 2 February at 21:00 GMT/ 4pm New York/ 3pm Mexico City/ 1pm Vancouver/ 10pm Europe/ 11pm Johannesburg/ 6am Seoul and Tokyo/ 8am Melbourne  Tuesday 9 February at 8:00 GMT/ 9am Europe/ 10am Johannesburg/ 5pm Seoul and Tokyo/ 7pm Melbourne/ 3am New York/ 2am Mexico City/ 12am Vancouver This event is designed to reach an international audience and participants should choose the time that best meets their needs. Please see http://www.timezoneconverter.com to check the time in your area if not listed.