The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Traveling Exhibit held its Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on June 23rd at the Mini Social event space in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. The event featured local businessman Jimmy Alauria as Master of Ceremonies, who introduced CCHR's mission to protect human rights in mental health.
Special guest speaker Judy Renfro, a member of JustServe, a global volunteerism movement of the LDS Church, shared her experiences helping community members cope with addiction. She recounted tragic stories of individuals who lost everything to drugs, emphasizing the responsibility of medical professionals when prescribing medications that can alter behavior or create dependency.
The ribbon cutting opened the exhibit for tours of graphic panels and documentaries exposing the history of false science and abuses in the psychiatric industry. Guests expressed surprise at the origins of psychiatry, with many finding the documented abuses hard to believe until seeing the evidence firsthand.
The exhibit, now traveling to other major U.S. cities, warns parents and community members that psychiatric treatments can be lethal. CCHR operates 14 identical traveling exhibits worldwide. For more information, visit the CCHR website or watch documentaries on CCHR volunteers and the film Psychiatry: An Industry of Death on the Scientology Network.
CCHR was co-founded in 1969 by psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology. Its commissioners include physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, and civil rights representatives, all committed to ending damaging practices in mental health.
