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Well, so i have been working in Mental Health field for about 22 years various places across the country. I have worked in crisis programs here and in new york city and pretty much ever phase of program there is. I have been a Suicide Prevention interventionist, i guess after this, the one thing i want to say that force is not treatment. One thing that we have learned in the community Mental Health system which was set up in the 60s partly to answer the need for social justice around Mental Heal...

Families, my loved wupz ones that lost. That made me fight more. I never gate gave up my fate. My hope is restored. With that i would like to thank all of our panelist. Thank you. [ applause ] and we are now going to move to our second panel. While they take their seats, this idea of forced treatment versus Constitutional Rights has always been a tension that weve had in our criminal justice system. There is an issue that came up earlier this year that you may have read about involving this impl...

The beginning. Even my families, my loved wupz ones that lost. That made me fight more. I never gate gave up my fate. My hope is restored. With that i would like to thank all of our panelist. Thank you. [ applause ] and we are now going to move to our second panel. While they take their seats, this idea of forced treatment versus Constitutional Rights has always been a tension that weve had in our criminal justice system. There is an issue that came up earlier this year that you may have read ab...

Supposed to have been done from the beginning. Even my families, my loved wupz ones that lost. That made me fight more. I never gate gave up my fate. My hope is restored. With that i would like to thank all of our panelist. Thank you. [ applause ] and we are now going to move to our second panel. While they take their seats, this idea of forced treatment versus Constitutional Rights has always been a tension that weve had in our criminal justice system. There is an issue that came up earlier thi...

Families, my loved wupz ones that lost. That made me fight more. I never gate gave up my fate. My hope is restored. With that i would like to thank all of our panelist. Thank you. [ applause ] and we are now going to move to our second panel. While they take their seats, this idea of forced treatment versus Constitutional Rights has always been a tension that weve had in our criminal justice system. There is an issue that came up earlier this year that you may have read about involving this impl...

Proceedings begin. I cant remember your original question. I think that immigration and how we are in criminalizing in an effort to deport people is one of the more disgusting and shocking things i saw repeatedly in the course of filming. I think briefly that those of you in the i immigration area understand what its like. I tried a sanctuary case, i hope there is no other place in america where the authorities create the people that they process the way they do that there may be some jails wher...

Question and with respect to the advocacy. Do they do any analysis of any federal estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for the transbay. Something may become a barrier to qualify for certain types of funds . What they do is keep us informentd of upcoming opportunities and for example, and what would, if we notice an area for example, the department of Homeland Security and they give us funds for security and if we notice that we are not, and f...

Illness and arent willing to take their medication, it just does not work. Too many of our mentally ill end up on the streets and in the criminal justice system. These are pictures of my son and another mothers son. We wanted to share with you so you can have an insight to our lives and our sons lives. My son could have never harmed anybody. The other son has lived on the streets for four years now. This mom told me when he was firstborn how beautiful he was. He was a 4. 0 student, he was extrem...

See it myself the way its going. Just moving to the next question for maurice. Did you feel discouraged in your fight for innocence when you were incarcerated and did you feel like it was you against the system . Yes. I felt that, you know from day one. Because its like, even going through trial, it was like i felt that i had no way, story, even if my story was true, there was no way. My character, from where i was from, it was like, im already guilty. So for intimidation, i didnt feel intimidat...

A process under the act that is set up to protect peoples civil rights. One of the things in 1421 that hasnt been i am mplemented in the counties, the real issues as a matter of course is what is the process for hospitalization under the enforcement. Under this program, if someone misses a doctors appointment, they can call the police to take them to the upon the hospital for an evaluation. You might say there is something about that. But whe we see peoples interaction for service, when they see...