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Caption: CCHR Florida President\u00a0Diane Stein is featured in\u00a0\u201cVoices for Humanity\u201d\u00a0on the Scientology Network.<\/em><\/p>\n
After taking home the PRNEWS Platinum Award in 2022 for its work to protect the human rights of families,\u00a0CCHR Florida is a finalist\u00a0for 2023 in the category of\u00a0Activism\/Advocacy Campaigns<\/a>. The story of how CCHR Florida President Diane Stein came to take up the battle to end the grip of coercive psychiatry in her state is documented in an episode of\u00a0Voices for Humanity<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on the Scientology Network.<\/p>\n Learn how Stein found out about the state\u2019s repressive Baker Act when her mother was committed in a spurious use of the procedure after experiencing an adverse reaction to a medication. \u201cThat was a wake-up call,\u201d she says. Because of her familiarity with CCHR, Stein was able to navigate the system and get her mother released. But she realized that if this could happen to\u00a0her<\/em>\u00a0family, it must be devastating to others who don\u2019t have any idea how to deal with such a violation of their family\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n In 2016, of the 19 million residents of Florida, nearly 200,000 were committed against their will through the Baker Act. Some 32,000 of these were children, who could be committed based on this law without their parents\u2019 knowledge or permission.<\/p>\n \u201cUsing social media and other means of communication, we were able to raise awareness on these issues and spur Florida families to contact members of the Florida Legislature,\u201d says Stein. They filed numerous complaints, exposed abuse through news stories and social media, partnered with other organizations, and ran information campaigns, creating a grassroots movement that put pressure on Florida lawmakers to make the issue a priority. As a result, the number of people committed under the Baker Act in Florida dropped for three straight years.<\/p>\n Continuing their pressure, in 2021 they helped see to the passing of\u00a0new legislation<\/a>\u00a0including a\u00a0Parents\u2019 Bill of Rights<\/a>. \u201cThe success of this campaign showcased that a small group of well-intentioned parents can effect meaningful change,\u201d says Stein.<\/p>\n \u201cCCHR gave me the insights I needed and the courage I needed to demand that they release my son,\u201d says a woman whose child was wrongly committed through the Baker Act.\u00a0\u201cI had someone on my side. I had someone to support me in uncharted waters.\u201d<\/p>\n Citizens Commission on Human Rights was cofounded in 1969 by professor of psychiatry Dr. Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology. With headquarters in Los Angeles, California, CCHR International guides a global human rights advocacy network of some 180 chapters across more than 30 nations. CCHR Commissioners include physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, legislators, government officials, educators and civil rights representatives.<\/p>\n The Scientology Network features episodes of\u00a0Voices for Humanity<\/em>\u00a0on CCHR\u2019s human rights advocacy from\u00a0Florida<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0France<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0from\u00a0London<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since\u00a0launching<\/a>\u00a0in 2018 with an introduction from Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige, the Scientology Network has been viewed in over 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about the Scientology religion and Founder L. Ron Hubbard, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the Church as a\u00a0global organization<\/a>, and presenting its\u00a0social betterment programs<\/a>\u00a0that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also\u00a0showcases documentaries<\/a>\u00a0by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.<\/p>\n Broadcast from\u00a0Scientology Media Productions<\/a>, the Church\u2019s global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network is available on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and can be streamed at\u00a0Scientology.tv<\/a>, on\u00a0mobile apps<\/a>\u00a0and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/diane-stein.html<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.cchrflorida.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n MULTIMEDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n VIDEO\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/series\/voices-for-humanity\/diane-stein.html<\/a><\/p>\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/23-0826-s2p-cchr-stein-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nCaption: CCHR Florida President\u00a0Diane Stein is featured in\u00a0\u201cVoices for Humanity\u201d\u00a0on the Scientology Network.<\/p>\nTAGS: #CitizensCommissiononHumanRights #CCHR #CCHRFla #BakerAct #CoercivePsychiatry #ChurchofScientology #VoicesforHumanity #ScientologyNetwork #Scientology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEARWATER, Fla. and LOS ANGELES, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — After winning the PRNEWS Platinum Award for Government Relations in 2022, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Florida is once again a finalist for 2023. Learn about CCHR Florida President Diane Stein and the battle she leads to prevent coercive psychiatry from harming Florida families. Watch her episode on Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":92921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,12804,14],"tags":[19495],"class_list":["post-92924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-ap","category-florida-news","tag-prnews-platinum-award","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3323,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/23-0826-s2p-cchr-stein-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}