[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] punk and mental health talk

[Nathan Stickel]

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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Katrina Hamilton <
katrinamhamilton at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Sounds good to me
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> On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:09 PM, allison libertine <allibertine at gmail.com>
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> As long as there's n o objections, I'd like to give the okay to them by
> Monday.
> Allison
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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Ellen Crawford <crawfordee at vcu.edu>wrote:
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>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:10 PM, allison libertine <
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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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Nathan
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