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<p class="MsoNormal">I am sending these notifications out on behalf of Hans Pols.. please use the
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">registration</span> links in the notices as I am not able to assist with this.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Debbie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Debbie Castle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Executive Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">School of History and Philosophy of Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays ( working from home currently ) 9am – 4.30pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">New South Wales Mental Health Month is in October, and we are planning a online event which we will share soon. New South Wales History Week 2021: From the Ground
Up is also almost upon us (4-12 September) and we have events to share. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk79660808"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The Research Group on the History of Community Mental Health at the University of Sydney
invites you to the following event, organised in association with History Week 2021</span></b></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<a name="_Hlk79591911"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Mental Health from the Ground Up:</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk79591911"></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Pioneering Consumer Activists Who Changed Mental Health</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Saturday 11 September 2:00 pm – 4:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Hlk79591985"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Until the 1970s, mental health care was provided by mental hospitals where conditions were dire. In the 1980s, several former residents of these mental
hospitals started to make their voices heard. During this event, we will interview three pioneering consumer advocates: Janet Meagher, Meg Smith, and Simon Champ. They<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">were
pioneering mental health activists at forefront of change in mental health care.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Hlk79592010"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Janet Meagher AM</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk79592010"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">After<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>10 years in Gladesville Mental Hospital Janet became a committed consumer advocate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Simon Champ<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">A consumer activist and artist whose paintings provide insights to his experience of schizophrenia. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Dr Meg Smith OAM<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">A<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span>clinical psychologist with bipolar disorder. She established self-help groups for individuals with bipolar disorder.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Introduction: Hans Pols. Facilitators: Paul Rhodes (clinical psychologist) and Holly Kemp (experience expert / peer worker).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">This is an online event. Please register at:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><a href="https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IaQsO2sqQa2FXPW8aGpBoQ"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">registration
link</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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