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Information Standards |
HEAL was founded in 2002 as a registered
student organization at the University of Washington. In 2005, upon the
graduation of the founding members, HEAL moved off campus to continue our
efforts. Since 2005, we have expanded our activist network to eleven
states, and currently have active chapters in seven states.
One of our founders, Angela Smith,
started a
personal website exposing institutionalized abuse and covering
various social issues Ms. Smith found of compelling interest (i.e.
environmental issues, animal welfare, etc.) in 1998. Due to our network's
desire to address all issues affecting the quality of life for all people,
we continue to support other organizations, networks, and individuals that
focus on a variety of issues addressed by our campaigns.
Our primary campaign is Teen Liberty.
Teen Liberty is the title we have applied to our agenda to expose and close
abusive and fraudulent behavior modification programs. Behavior
modification programs include, but are not limited to: therapeutic boarding
schools, boot camps, residential treatment centers, wilderness programs,
wilderness camps, and faith-based group homes. Most of our chapter
coordinators are survivors of abusive behavior modification programs. And,
as a network, we focus 99% of our efforts and resources on the
Teen
Liberty Campaign.
If you are an activist working
on any issue we support including Teen Liberty, Prison Reform, Human Rights,
Animal Welfare, and/or Environmental Protection/Sustainability, and you
would like our assistance, please
click here for important information.
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Teen Liberty Agenda |
open letter & invitation for
Behavior modification Industry
HEAL is taking this opportunity
to make, explicitly known and understood, our invitation to behavior
modification programs to submit requests to HEAL for dialogue regarding our
concerns and their wishes to see our website changed or edited. We stand by
the content on our website. However, we are very reasonable people and have
written an open letter (click
here) to the behavior modification industry (including individual
programs) detailing the guidelines for interaction and discussion between
our network and themselves. These guidelines are detailed on pages
throughout our website as well. But, because of recent attacks by
Craig Rogers of Abundant Life Academy and others, we felt it was
time to make our policies and position on these issues boldly explicit. If
you are a program that wishes to engage in legitimate discussion with HEAL
and/or the HEAL network, please read our letter at
www.heal-online.org/invite.pdf for important details. (Also see,
HEAL: Special Report--Communicating with Programs
and
Request Log.) |
