Advocacy
ADVOCACY
I’ve been working for mental health justice and disability rights ever since I was an undergraduate. I co-founded the only student-led mental health advocacy group on the University of Michigan’s campus at the time, improving university-wide policy for students with psychological disorders, providing educational mental health resources to fellow students, and organizing and executing an exhibit of art and writing that gave voice to lived mental health experiences.
Mental Health Advocacy
For more than twenty years, I’ve been working for mental health and disability justice.
My volunteerism includes serving as a creative writing instructor for people with mental health disabilities living in residential facilities.
After graduation, I interned in public policy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Michigan and the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C. I later served as a trained peer-to-peer support group co-facilitator for NAMI Metro Detroit. Through NAMI Metro's "In Our Own Voice" I presented my story of recovery to family members, peers, and the public.
I recently served as a volunteer creative writing instructor for people with mental health disabilities living in residential facilities.
My recovery story (under my married name) was featured by the Oakland Press/Macomb Daily, Metro Detroit’s community daily newspaper:
I have given public presentations about my lived experiences with mental health issues through collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program and recently appeared on the podcast, Why Not Me?, ranked #4 in Mental Health on Apple Podcasts:
Why Not Me?: Meg LeDuc: Journey Through Mental Illness—Living Beyond the Diagnosis
Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program: Bright Nights Community Virtual Forum