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Spring/Summer 2001 Issue

Jo Bower: c-s-x Protest At Tewksbury State Hospital

On Valentines Day of this year the Cross Disability Peer Group at Tewksbury State Hospital, the Northeast Independent Living Center, and other allies from around the state, organized a rally to insure privacy and sanitary conditions with respect to the shower policies at Tewksbury State Hospital. The campaign is ongoing. In this article NILP worker Jo Bower describes the Valentine's day "Have a Heart" rally in front of Tewksbury State Hospital and some of the conditions there which led to the rally.

Peter Foulkes: Privacy Campaign At Worcester State Hospital

Peter Foulkes, a leader in theWorcester Chapter of M-POWER, describes the ongoing struggle to insure a modicum of dignity in the living conditions for inpatients at Worcester State Hospital.

Andrew Palmer: Deni On Peer Education

Deni Cohodas is a long-time M-POWER organizer currently involved with the Peer Education Project. Nutshell editor Andrew Palmer interviewed Deni for this report on her current work with the Peer Educators.

Anne Thoegersen: Introducing Anne Our New Intern

In this article, Anne, our new intern, describes the path which led her to M-POWER.

Thomas Gagnon Interviews Jonathan Delman

In this article Journalist Thomas Gagnon interviews Jonathan Delman the Director of the Massachusetts Consumer Satisfaction Team. MCST is a growing organization committed to including users of the mental health system in the decision making process about the type and quality of care we receive. The surveys the Team collects from consumers at various treatment settings around the state become the basis for program evaluation and improvement. The Team is largely comprised of consumer/survivors in addition to those employees whose loved ones have been impacted by psychiatric disabilities.

Martin Koehler: Boston M-POWER Chapter Update

Boston M-POWER activist and educator Martin Koehler gives us this article on the Boston Chapter's recent activities

Ann Stillman: Lowell Chapter Update

In this article acting Lowell organizer Ann Stillman summarizes some of the issues and challenges with which Lowell M-POWER has recently grappled.

Nan Donald: Starting a New Chapter for Change

In this article CHANGE planning team member Nan Donald speaks of  the ongoing effort to catylize a statewide consumer/survivor advocacy network. In this regard Nan describes the recent Southeast Regional Gathering which took place in Plymouth Mass on 4/10/01

Andrew Palmer & Linda Stein: Consumers Gather In Plymouth To Hear Pat Deegan

As reported by Nan Donald in this edition of the Nutshell, the fledgling organization C.H.A.N.G.E. is sponsoring gatherings of consumer/survivors in different regions of the state. Andrew Palmer and Linda Stein both volunteered at the Southeast Regional Gathering. Together they wrote you this detailed account of the April 10th happening.

Brian Roiter: MCST Will Survey Adolescent Services

In this article MCST adolescent survey coordinator Brian Roiter explains the thinking behind the team's plans to survey adolescent services. 

Police Training Regarding Mental Illness

In this article Pat Lawrence Past President of NAMI of Massachusetts describes her calling as an advocate: to educate and enlighten the police about the realities rather than the stereotypes of the psychiatrically disabled.

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