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MadFreedom Advocates VT
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We’re a grassroots org run by/for psych survivors, mad folks, and others marginalized by the mental health system. We’re working towards equal rights, better services, and ending discrimination.
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Last day to submit opinions and commentary to The Madvocate for our spring issue! Email [email protected] to submit or for more information!
February 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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CRAZYWISE screening and Q&A this weekend!

Sunday, February 23
5:30 – 8:00pm

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Beige Graphic with MadFreedom Advocates logo and abstract organic white lines. Crazywise film screening and Q&A Sunday, February 23·5:30 – 8:00pm https://zoom.us/j/95353797144 “Crazy…or wise? The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a ‘calling’ to grow or just a ‘broken brain’? The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience.” Screening followed by Question/Answer session with director Phil Borges.”
February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Check out our February newsletter here!
MadFreedom Advocates February Newsletter
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February 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Every Monday at 1pm, we gather. Join us!

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MAD FREEDOM ADVOCATES® invites YOU to join us for our weekly VT MAD COMMUNITY VIRTUAL DROP-IN DISCUSSION GROUP MONDAYS, 1 PM-2PM Zoom link available in the LinkTree in our bio Open to all & centering people marginalized by sanism & the mental health system, these public meetings are a space to build connections, exchange ideas, and meet others within the mad community.
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Submit the songs that are getting you through by emailing [email protected] by Feb 5!
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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As MadFreedom Advocates moves our work forward, we invite you to join us. Nothing about us without us includes you! Want to share your voice? Your time? Your skills? We have a place for you to plug into legislative advocacy, The Madvocate newspaper, events, outreach, and other ideas you may have!
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February 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Virtual VT Mental Health Advocacy Day* Debrief with MadFreedom Advocates, Jan. 29, 5:45-6:45 on Zoom!

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Image description: an orange background covered in digital purple paint containing the following captioned text in white letters. Virtual VT Mental Health Advocacy Day* Debrief with MadFreedom Advocates! A community debrief session for psych survivors, mad people, and mental health system service users who attended Mental Health Advocacy Day in person or virtually who want to talk through their experiences of the event in community. Wednesday, January 29, 5:45-6:45 pm EST on Zoom, link available at our website’s public events calendar & in our LinkTree. *not an official Mental Health Advocacy Day event for info or access requests, contact neilah@madfreedomadvocates.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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THE MADVOCATE NEEDS YOU!

SUBMISSION DEADLINES:
Arts:
Feb 5
Opinions & Commentary:
Feb 19

Submit by email:
[email protected]

Or contact [email protected] or 802-477-3195 for more info or to subscribe
Breaking News! TOWARD DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, CHOICE, CARE, & FREEDOM! THE MADVOCATE NEEDS YOU! We want to hear from our community in THE MADVOCATE, a new quarterly newspaper centering news and views from folks in Vermont who have experienced trauma, mental health system involvement, madness, received psychiatric diagnosis, institutionalization, or other marginalization by sanism. SUBMIT YOUR ART! Accepting poetry, prose, lyrics, drawings, comics, show announcements music, photos, & more. When in doubt, reach out! Your voice is important! Submit Opinions & Commentary! Do you have an experience with the system, with madness or your mind, with care, or with ways you are surviving this time that you want to share to a wide audience? Do you have a relevant statewide or local project or campaign that you want folks to understand and take action about? Is there a local or statewide issue that impacts our community and deserves attention? What does Mad freedom look like to you? SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Arts: Feb 5 Opinions & Commentary: Feb 19 NEWS: Reach out with hot tips, things you are curious about, or to connect about paid writing opportunities. Submit by email: communications@madfreedomadvocates.org Or contact communications@madfreedomadvocates.org or 802-477-3195 for more info or to subscribe Image ID: a graphic styled as a vintage newspaper containing the captioned text, with images of a megaphone and an open mouth. The center of the page reads “Mad freedom now!”
January 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM