US NETWORK OF USERS AND SURVIVORS OF PSYCHIATRY
PRESENTS THE
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL TOUR
COMMUNITY TEACH-IN ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY FOR USERS AND SURVIVORS OF PSYCHIATRY
DC/MD TOUR DATES AND LOCATIONS:
Washington, DC: JUNE 24, 5:30 – 7 PM
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia,
1331 H St NW # 35
Baltimore, MD: JUNE 25, 12- 3 PM
Maryland Disability Law Center
1800 N. Charles Street; Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD: JUNE 25: 5 – 7 PM
Silver Spring Drop in Center, 7961 Eastern Ave.
Some of the issues to be covered in this interactive discussion include:
• Why should the US ratify the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) when we have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
• What are the most innovative human rights principles in the CRPD?
• Which principles of the convention are especially relevant to people with psychiatric disabilities?
• How can the CRPD be used as a human rights instrument in your community?
• How you can get involved in the movement for human rights for people with disabilities.
with Daniel Hazen, Co-coordinator, U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
Daniel Hazen is a survivor of psychiatry, currently working as a human rights activist, advocate, organizer, nationally and internationally. He is also active on the board of directors of the U.S Human Rights Network, and the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, Inc.
Co-sponsored by: The Center for Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP), Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth (CAFETY), Freedom Center, The Icarus Project, The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights), Maryland Disability Law Center (MDLC), Mindfreedom International, The Opal Project, Silver Spring Drop In Center, Statewide Independent Living Council of Kansas (SILCK), Youth POWER!
For more information, please contact Leah Harris, Co-Coordinator, U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, 202-236-7747; leah_ida@hotmail.com (visit us on Facebook and coming soon to the web:
http://www.usnusp.org/).
On December 13, 2006, the UN adopted the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) The CRPD represents a historic paradigm shift away from viewing people with disabilities as "objects" of treatment and guardianship to active agents in their own lives, deserving of the human rights and dignity that are inherent to all people. The CRPD has been signed by 139 countries and ratified by 53 countries, and there is a growing grassroots movement of activists working for ratification without reservation by the U.S. Senate.
