News From Members of the New York State Psychiatric Survivor Movement.
Children, youth and adults hold a demonstration to demand that the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) ban the use of electroshock on children under 16. Hear and see them chant in front of the OMH central office building.
On June 19, 2008 Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green was murdered-by-neglect at the Kings County Hospital Center’s Psychiatric Emergency room in Brooklyn NY. In the wake of her death a group of survivors of psychiatric atrocities formed an alliance to condemn violations of human rights against individuals who are assigned psychiatric labels. This group of citizens called themselves WE THE PEOPLE. On July 25, 2008 WE THE PEOPLE held a candlelight vigil to mourn the loss of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green and t...
VIGIL TO MOURN THE LOSS OF MS. ESMIN ELIZABETH GREEN AND CONDEMN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS Who: All People. What: Candle Light Vigil to mourn the loss of Ms. Esmin Elizabeth Green and condemn violations of human rights. Why: WE THE PEOPLE call for an end of abuse, torture, and neglect in the wake of Ms. Green's Death on June 19, 2008, while detained at Kings County Hospital Center's Psychiatric Emergency Room. Where: Kings County Hospital Center, Psychiatric Emergency Room, Building G. 606 Wi...