This event is the initiative of Israeli consumers
in identification with this special day
Forces of the soul invite you to identify and to accept
Oct 11th 2009 8:00 PM | Barbi Hall | 52 Kibbutz Galuyot St. | Tel Aviv
It is important to emphasize that this evening is not for fundraising
The Goal is to accept and understand
the unique qualities of people dealing psychiatric disabilities
The evening is totally devoted to culture
Even in the hardest moments, I know there is a horizon"
"I don’t see it but am aware of its existence
The program includes consumer, musicians, poets and writers
The evening plan
consumers, telling their personal stories
The opening statement will be made by Tzviel Rofe, one of the first Israeli consumers to combat stigma
Other speakers are consumers, telling their personal stories, a victim of sexual abuse a parent of a person dealing with a sychiatric disability, a poetess dealing with a psychiatric disability, a soldier dealing with a psychiatric disability as a result of his war experiences
Identification
In addition, speakers come to say identification words include a representative from IDF (Israel Defense Forces), a psychiatrist, a rabbi, a representative from the gay community, entertainer Tzofit Grant.
Famous Israeli singers joining us and perform their songs
On this very day we are planting a seed and our hope is that from this
seed we will start a new tradition of similar events
I am a person dealing with a psychiatric disability "
and I am not ashamed
" You, the audience, came not to give, but to accept us
