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Donald Roberts-Stockton State Hospital Cementery
HELLO
EVERYONE: I BEEN WANTING TO SHARE MY STORY WITH EVERYONE ABOUT MY LIFE IN A STATE HOSPITAL. FIRST OF ALL LET ME TELL YOU TODAY MY LIFE IS MUCH BETTER, JUST BECAUSE I AM A ADVOCATE AND I SPEAK UP FOR THE RIGHT OF ME AND OTHER PEOPLE. I AM NOT MAD AT ANYONE NOT EVEN MY MOM WHO PUT ME IN A STATE HOSPTIAL TO LIVE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN IN MY TWENTTY OR MAYBE EVEN YONGER. I DONT REGET MY PAST AND THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE OF ME, AND THE DCOTORS THAT WANTED ME TO LIVE, AND ALL THE MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT AND SHOCK THERAPY THAT THEY PUT ME ONE, AND ALSO SPERMENTAL DRUGS. I AM A LUCKY MAN. I AM A LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND MY MOM I HAVE CHOICES TO LIVE MY LIFE ANYWAY I WANT TO. IT IS A BLESSING TO EVEN HAVE A NAME AND NOT JUST TO BE KNOWN WITH A NUMBER(#) MY STATE HOSPITAL HAD A CREAMATION ROOM,AND A MORG AND A CEMENTERY IN THE BACK. THEY WHERE ABOUT 2,38.00 PEOPLE LOST THERE LIVES IN STOCKTON CALIFORNIA. THERE FAMILY PUT THEM IN THERE JUST LIKE MY FAMILY DID. BECAUSE THEY HAD A DISABILITY AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE SEEN IN THE CUMUNITY. THEY DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE IN THERE LIVES, WITH WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM IN A CEMENTERY WITH NO NAME AND THAT IS WHY I DONT GIVE UP THE FIGHT, AND I CANT NOT REST UNTEL ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE A NAME AND BE REMEMBERD. SOME OF THE WORK I HAVE DONE AS ADVOCATE FOR THE MENTALY ILL. AMD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT CALLED THE ((CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL PROJECT-SB 1448) TO REMENBER ALLL CALIFORNIA AND PEOPLE THAT LOST THERE LIVES. WELL THAT PROJECT WENT DOWN THE DRAIN AND PEOPLE IN CHARGE DONT LIKE TO HEAR WHAT I AM SAYING. THEY HAVE PUT NICE PLAQUES AT THE STOCKON STATE HOSPITAL TO REMENBER PEOPLE, BU WITH NO NAMES ON THE PLAQUE. I AM SAD BECAUS YOU AND I HAVE A NAME, AND EVEN GOD HAS A NAME, BUT WHY CANT THESE PEOPLE TO. I HAVE SERVED ON THE STATE ON SOME STATE DEPARTMENT BOARDS OF CALIFORNIA AND KNOW ONE WANTS TO HEAR WHAT I GOT TO SAY. I AM STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD STATE HOSPITAL, THE DIFFERENCE IS I GET TO GO HOME TO MY WIFE. I AM ALSO A ARTIST AND I AM USING MY ART TO TELL MY STORY. I AM MAKING A SERRIES OF CERAMIC FACES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOK AT ME IN THE PAST. AMD TOLD ME NO. (( HAPPY AND SAD AND ANGERY FACES)) THIS IS SOMTHING THT I DEAL WITH IN EVERYDAY LIFE, AND I HAVE LEANED A IMPORTAIN THING IN LIFE AND THAT IS I HAVE LEARNED TO BE PATIENT AND FORGIVING, AND UNDERSTANDING AND I LEARNED TO WALK AWAY AND TO ACEPT PEOPLE. I AM MOVETED SPEAKER AND I HAVE COMPASION. I NEVER THOUGH THAT I WOULD BE WORKING WITH KIDS THAT HAVE ARTISTMIMS. I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY LIFE. I WISH I COULD TRAVEL THE COUNTRY OR US, AND TELL PEOPLE MY STORY AND TELL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN MENTAL HEALTH OR THE STATE HOSPITAL NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS. I HERO IS DR MATHER LUTHER KING HE SAID TODAY I HAVE A DREAM AND MY SAYING IS I AM LIVING IN THE DREAM. IT CANT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, BUT WE ALL MOST BE A ADVOCATE WE ALL LET STATE WORKERS KNOW HOW IMPORTAIN IT IS TO CONTIUE TO GET THE SERVICES THAT WE GET AND WHERE WE LIVE IT. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR RAISES OR JUST ASKING FOR NO MORE CUTES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES AND IT IS IMPORTAIN THAT YOU LIVE YOUR DREAMS TO, AND YOUR VOICES BE HERD, AND THIS MY STORY AND MY NAME IS DONALD ROBERTS.
roberts-donald@sbcglobal.net
EVERYONE: I BEEN WANTING TO SHARE MY STORY WITH EVERYONE ABOUT MY LIFE IN A STATE HOSPITAL. FIRST OF ALL LET ME TELL YOU TODAY MY LIFE IS MUCH BETTER, JUST BECAUSE I AM A ADVOCATE AND I SPEAK UP FOR THE RIGHT OF ME AND OTHER PEOPLE. I AM NOT MAD AT ANYONE NOT EVEN MY MOM WHO PUT ME IN A STATE HOSPTIAL TO LIVE WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN IN MY TWENTTY OR MAYBE EVEN YONGER. I DONT REGET MY PAST AND THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE OF ME, AND THE DCOTORS THAT WANTED ME TO LIVE, AND ALL THE MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT AND SHOCK THERAPY THAT THEY PUT ME ONE, AND ALSO SPERMENTAL DRUGS. I AM A LUCKY MAN. I AM A LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THOSE PEOPLE AND MY MOM I HAVE CHOICES TO LIVE MY LIFE ANYWAY I WANT TO. IT IS A BLESSING TO EVEN HAVE A NAME AND NOT JUST TO BE KNOWN WITH A NUMBER(#) MY STATE HOSPITAL HAD A CREAMATION ROOM,AND A MORG AND A CEMENTERY IN THE BACK. THEY WHERE ABOUT 2,38.00 PEOPLE LOST THERE LIVES IN STOCKTON CALIFORNIA. THERE FAMILY PUT THEM IN THERE JUST LIKE MY FAMILY DID. BECAUSE THEY HAD A DISABILITY AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE SEEN IN THE CUMUNITY. THEY DID NOT HAVE A CHOICE IN THERE LIVES, WITH WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. I COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM IN A CEMENTERY WITH NO NAME AND THAT IS WHY I DONT GIVE UP THE FIGHT, AND I CANT NOT REST UNTEL ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE A NAME AND BE REMEMBERD. SOME OF THE WORK I HAVE DONE AS ADVOCATE FOR THE MENTALY ILL. AMD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I WAS WORKING ON A PROJECT CALLED THE ((CALIFORNIA MEMORIAL PROJECT-SB 1448) TO REMENBER ALLL CALIFORNIA AND PEOPLE THAT LOST THERE LIVES. WELL THAT PROJECT WENT DOWN THE DRAIN AND PEOPLE IN CHARGE DONT LIKE TO HEAR WHAT I AM SAYING. THEY HAVE PUT NICE PLAQUES AT THE STOCKON STATE HOSPITAL TO REMENBER PEOPLE, BU WITH NO NAMES ON THE PLAQUE. I AM SAD BECAUS YOU AND I HAVE A NAME, AND EVEN GOD HAS A NAME, BUT WHY CANT THESE PEOPLE TO. I HAVE SERVED ON THE STATE ON SOME STATE DEPARTMENT BOARDS OF CALIFORNIA AND KNOW ONE WANTS TO HEAR WHAT I GOT TO SAY. I AM STILL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OLD STATE HOSPITAL, THE DIFFERENCE IS I GET TO GO HOME TO MY WIFE. I AM ALSO A ARTIST AND I AM USING MY ART TO TELL MY STORY. I AM MAKING A SERRIES OF CERAMIC FACES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOOK AT ME IN THE PAST. AMD TOLD ME NO. (( HAPPY AND SAD AND ANGERY FACES)) THIS IS SOMTHING THT I DEAL WITH IN EVERYDAY LIFE, AND I HAVE LEANED A IMPORTAIN THING IN LIFE AND THAT IS I HAVE LEARNED TO BE PATIENT AND FORGIVING, AND UNDERSTANDING AND I LEARNED TO WALK AWAY AND TO ACEPT PEOPLE. I AM MOVETED SPEAKER AND I HAVE COMPASION. I NEVER THOUGH THAT I WOULD BE WORKING WITH KIDS THAT HAVE ARTISTMIMS. I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY LIFE. I WISH I COULD TRAVEL THE COUNTRY OR US, AND TELL PEOPLE MY STORY AND TELL PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN MENTAL HEALTH OR THE STATE HOSPITAL NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS. I HERO IS DR MATHER LUTHER KING HE SAID TODAY I HAVE A DREAM AND MY SAYING IS I AM LIVING IN THE DREAM. IT CANT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, BUT WE ALL MOST BE A ADVOCATE WE ALL LET STATE WORKERS KNOW HOW IMPORTAIN IT IS TO CONTIUE TO GET THE SERVICES THAT WE GET AND WHERE WE LIVE IT. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR RAISES OR JUST ASKING FOR NO MORE CUTES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES AND IT IS IMPORTAIN THAT YOU LIVE YOUR DREAMS TO, AND YOUR VOICES BE HERD, AND THIS MY STORY AND MY NAME IS DONALD ROBERTS.
roberts-donald@sbcglobal.net
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