[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] punk and mental health talk

[Ellen Crawford]

totally downnnnn. :D

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:10 PM, allison libertine
<allibertine at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Hey all! My friend Michelle passed this on as something we could host a
> the brick. i'd like put this on with the help of someone else (i might have
> to work that night but could possibly get my shift covered, but if I can't
> I'd still like to bottom line and help set up before work.) I can get in
> contact with the speaker. I just want to run it by ya'll. Any objections?
> Does it interfere with another event?
> Let me know!
> Love and Garlic,
> Allison
>
> Hello Michelle - I hope all is well. A while back you expressed interest
> in helping organize my talk in Richmond. I would like to tour in June and I
> would like to speak in Richmond on Friday 6/7. I have included my pitch
> below. Please let me know what you think. You can check out some
> testimonials about me speaking at my website www.punksinrecovery.com the
> website is still being developed however it can give you an idea of what I
> am up to. Thank you very much and take good care - Craig
>
> My name is Craig Lewis and I have lived in the Boston area my entire life
> and I am now 39 years old. I was very ill for a very long time with various
> symptoms of a mental health condition. My life was terrible and all who
> knew me knew that I was very unhealthy as well as living a very
> dysfunctional life.
>
> I have been involved in the punk scene since I was a teenager and the punk
> community has witnessed me out of control of many occasions in the past. I
> truly lived a life of suffering and misery. In the past several years I
> have been in what we call in the mental health world, 'recovery'. I have
> learned excellent coping skills and helpful symptom management methods that
> have been highly effective and instrumental in me rejoining society as a
> mentally healthy adult. I now work as a mental health peer counselor for a
> large mental health agency in Boston as well as the Department of Mental
> Health
>
> I am both a punk rock and mental health activist
>
> I have made a remarkable turnaround in my life and I am living a
> successful and healthy life.
>
> I have prepared and written an approximately 50 minute long presentation
> titled "Punk Rock, Mental Illness and Recovery" and I have presented at the
> Democracy Center in Cambridge, at Heaven Street Records in Brooklyn, New
> York, Libertalia in Providence, Rhode Island, The Big Idea bookstore in
> Pittsburgh, The Wooden Shoe collective in Philadelphia, a collective house
> in Washington DC and Collective-A-Go-Go in Worcester, MA, and received a
> wonderfully warm and generous response on each occasion.
>
> I believe that there are many people in our community who could benefit
> from hearing me speak about my life experience and I want to help my peers
> and those in the community at large, gain a healthier perspective on the
> real probability of recovery from mental illness and the life improvements
> that people can experience who suffer from life impacting symptoms, both
> major and minor.
>
> I would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to me at your
> convenience to hopefully further discuss and potentially plan this event.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Sincerely,
> Craig Lewis
>
> 857-719-4840
> punx.in.recovery at gmail.com
> Punk Rock Mental Illness & Revovery
> www.punksinrecovery.com
>
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