Late night with Gayle Bluebird/Henrietta and Host Yvonne Smith

September 6 2015  9pm Eastern Time  call in 267 521 0167

Gayle Bluebird, RN, has been active in the consumer/survivor movement since 1974.  She has worked in many different capacities. Prior to retiring she worked in the state of Delaware as the Director of Peer Services for five years. She worked on a team at the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors from 2002-2014. Ms. Bluebird often speaks at national conferences on subjects of peer roles in inpatient settings, on the healing value of touching and comfort, and on recovery through the arts.. In 2010 she was recognized with a national SAMHSA VOICE Award at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles for her contributions as a consumer advocate and activist. She is a flamboyant dresser and has created a character, Henrietta, a bit confused but humorous.  Her current goal is to organize a first national MAD Arts Festival for mental health consumers in 2016 and to keep writing her own personal memoirs.  Her published poetic memoir can be found on Amazon:  You’re Pretty When You Smile.”