2016 Year in Review – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Nashville Chapter

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<strong>2016</strong> saw the expansion of the <strong>Citizens</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> on Human Rights, Nashville
Chapter, carry<strong>in</strong>g out the work of the <strong>in</strong>ternational organization <strong>in</strong> the Southeast
United States.
Annette Freeman
<strong>Citizens</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> on Human Rights
PO Box 41795 Nashville, TN 37204
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<strong>Citizens</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> on Human Rights (CCHR) Nashville
Chapter began the year with a special event held <strong>in</strong> honor of
People are gett<strong>in</strong>g hurt every day at
the hands of psychiatrists. They must be
brought to account for their actions.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day where chapter members posed the question, “If Hitler was beh<strong>in</strong>d the
Holocaust, who was beh<strong>in</strong>d Hitler?” Church of Scientology pastor, Rev. Brian Fesler, was glad to host this event, which
he opened by say<strong>in</strong>g, “We remember [the Holocaust] so we can mourn the loss, we remember so we can honor the
lives, but more than that we remember so we can prevent.” A video was played to attendees which revealed how the
pseudoscience Eugenics contributed to the Holocaust, and exactly who propagated these ideas.
Next, Nashville Chapter members traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, to jo<strong>in</strong> other civil rights and social justice groups <strong>in</strong>
protest<strong>in</strong>g the American Psychiatric Convention. Representatives of the NAACP, the Nation of Islam, 10,000 Fearless
Men, Black Lives Matter and Concerned Black Clergy jo<strong>in</strong>ed CCHR <strong>in</strong> protest<strong>in</strong>g the use of the controversial ECT
(Electro-Convulsive Therapy, also known as electroshock treatment) on children. ECT is an “archaic technique
<strong>in</strong>vented <strong>in</strong> the 1930s, [which] sends jolts of electricity <strong>in</strong>to the bra<strong>in</strong>, <strong>in</strong>duc<strong>in</strong>g a seizure. It’s associated with numerous
side-effects, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g short and long-term memory loss, cognitive problems, unwanted personality changes, manic
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symptoms, prolonged seizures, heart problems and death,” accord<strong>in</strong>g to Natural News.
CCHR Nashville then took its message of human rights for those be<strong>in</strong>g abused <strong>in</strong> the field of mental illness to a
community event <strong>in</strong> the Edgehill neighborhood and to events for parents and educators. Volunteers distributed fliers
and spoke to people who have been victims of abuse <strong>in</strong> psychiatric hands.
Then, volunteers were out at a national music and arts festival and soon after participated <strong>in</strong> a cultural festival, sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g
a light on psychiatric abuse and spread<strong>in</strong>g the word.
In October, to observe World Mental Health Day, CCHR held a special “Lunch and Learn” with a health and wellness
doctor. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the sem<strong>in</strong>ar, she was able to br<strong>in</strong>g awareness to parents on children’s mental and physical health
needs, especially what to do if a child is experienc<strong>in</strong>g health issues, and what parents can do to help their children be
at a more optimum health level. She discussed societal norms where people are given a pill, and how that merely
masks the problem without fix<strong>in</strong>g it.
Rev. Fesler, who also serves on the board of CCHR Nashville, said, “CCHR volunteers are excited about all of the
activity <strong>in</strong> <strong>2016</strong>, but there is much more work to be done. People are gett<strong>in</strong>g hurt every day at the hands of psychiatrists.
They must be brought to account for their actions.”
CCHR is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious mental health <strong>in</strong>dustry watchdog whose mission is to eradicate
abuses committed under the guise of mental health. It works to ensure patient and consumer protections are enacted
and upheld as there is rampant abuse <strong>in</strong> the field of mental health. In this role, CCHR has helped to enact more than
150 laws protect<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dividuals from abusive or coercive mental health practices s<strong>in</strong>ce it was formed five decades ago.
For more <strong>in</strong>formation on CCHR, visit cchrnashville.org.
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