FW: Russ -Not a stigmabuster

[Guest guest]

FYI

Amy

" I don't suffer from stress.....I'm a carrier! "

North Central Texas Federation of Families for

Children's Mental Health (NCTFFCMH)

Website: <http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html>

http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html

NCTFFCMH Email: nctffcmh.tx@...

Amy A. Sosa

Executive Director

amy.sosa@...

Phone: 972.462.9265

Fax: 972.462.1002

Cell: 214.334.4020

Russ -Not a stigmabuster

Dear 105.3 and Russ ,

I know others have brought to your attention your misdeeds and

wrongdoings regarding mental illness so I wont rehash it. I will say

this: In protest of your recent " gag " regarding mental illness and the

need for psychiatric treatment, I have sent the following email to EVERY

sponsor I can find of your station and your show. I am also urging

everyone I know to boycott you and your financial

sponsors/advertisers(ees).

Have a Great Day !

Stuart-Browne

To Whom It May Concern;

As an advertiser buying time from radio station 105.3, have you stopped

to listen to what you are supporting?

My husband came home the other day and reported that the hotspot DJ-

Russ has started an new " gag " that focuses on calling local

psychiatric hospital and talking to patients. He starts out empathetic

and sincere but ends up ridiculing them and their mental illnesses.

I find this totally unaaceptable and completely barbaric. Mental Illness

is a Medical Illness. I am sure that if he called the local Cancer

Treatment Center and attempted to make fun of the patients and their

chemo treatments, the station and its listeners would find it

unacceptable.

My son fights the stigma of mental illness everyday. He does not need

radio personalities perpetuating an incorrect stereotype of the " nuts "

in the " nuthouse " . Psychiatric hospitals are Treatment Centers to help

people get well, no more - no less. Let's call it what it is and educate

the listening public; Not continue incorrect stereotypes.

As a sponsor of Russ 's show and a business that deals with the

public everyday, I challenge you. I challenge you to call him on his

lunacy and lack of respect for people with disabilities. I challenge

this company to use its clout in the community to RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS

OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ITS TREATMENTS. I challenge this company to take

its advertising dollars elsewhere if need be, to make its point. I know

I will be taking my business elsewhere if you can't ( truly

disappointing since I drive a 10 year old van without A/C ).

If you would like more information about mental illness and its

treatments, education or advocacy....Please contact me or:

North Central Texas Federation of Families for

Children's Mental Health (NCTFFCMH)

Website: http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html

NCTFFCMH Email: nctffcmh.tx@...

Thank You for your consideration in this matter.

Stuart-Browne

(NCTFFCMH<Parent Partner- Tarrant County>)

Home- 817-483-0641

[Guest guest]

FYI

Amy

" I don't suffer from stress.....I'm a carrier! "

North Central Texas Federation of Families for

Children's Mental Health (NCTFFCMH)

Website: <http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html>

http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html

NCTFFCMH Email: nctffcmh.tx@...

Amy A. Sosa

Executive Director

amy.sosa@...

Phone: 972.462.9265

Fax: 972.462.1002

Cell: 214.334.4020

Russ -Not a stigmabuster

Dear 105.3 and Russ ,

I know others have brought to your attention your misdeeds and

wrongdoings regarding mental illness so I wont rehash it. I will say

this: In protest of your recent " gag " regarding mental illness and the

need for psychiatric treatment, I have sent the following email to EVERY

sponsor I can find of your station and your show. I am also urging

everyone I know to boycott you and your financial

sponsors/advertisers(ees).

Have a Great Day !

Stuart-Browne

To Whom It May Concern;

As an advertiser buying time from radio station 105.3, have you stopped

to listen to what you are supporting?

My husband came home the other day and reported that the hotspot DJ-

Russ has started an new " gag " that focuses on calling local

psychiatric hospital and talking to patients. He starts out empathetic

and sincere but ends up ridiculing them and their mental illnesses.

I find this totally unaaceptable and completely barbaric. Mental Illness

is a Medical Illness. I am sure that if he called the local Cancer

Treatment Center and attempted to make fun of the patients and their

chemo treatments, the station and its listeners would find it

unacceptable.

My son fights the stigma of mental illness everyday. He does not need

radio personalities perpetuating an incorrect stereotype of the " nuts "

in the " nuthouse " . Psychiatric hospitals are Treatment Centers to help

people get well, no more - no less. Let's call it what it is and educate

the listening public; Not continue incorrect stereotypes.

As a sponsor of Russ 's show and a business that deals with the

public everyday, I challenge you. I challenge you to call him on his

lunacy and lack of respect for people with disabilities. I challenge

this company to use its clout in the community to RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS

OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ITS TREATMENTS. I challenge this company to take

its advertising dollars elsewhere if need be, to make its point. I know

I will be taking my business elsewhere if you can't ( truly

disappointing since I drive a 10 year old van without A/C ).

If you would like more information about mental illness and its

treatments, education or advocacy....Please contact me or:

North Central Texas Federation of Families for

Children's Mental Health (NCTFFCMH)

Website: http://pages.ivillage.com/nctffcmh/index.html

NCTFFCMH Email: nctffcmh.tx@...

Thank You for your consideration in this matter.

Stuart-Browne

(NCTFFCMH<Parent Partner- Tarrant County>)

Home- 817-483-0641