Twenty seven organizations working for health freedom in the United
States sat in an Assembly Round October 12 and 13, and made firm plans
to increase and strengthen the voice of the health freedom movement in
the United States. Hosted by National Health Freedom Coalition (NHFC)
at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN, the United States
Health Freedom Assembly brought a new level of solidarity and strength
to the surge for health freedom.
In
an effort to create strong coordination in the movement, building
communication and collaboration between leading thinkers and
strategists for freedom in health care, NHFC brought together 27 health freedom organizations and businesses
and 80 leaders committed to health freedom. The Assembly provided a
space where differences could be debated in a collegial atmosphere, and
commonalities could be identified and built upon. Assembly Voting
Members debated six important issues that impact the right of all
Americans to access healing practitioners, products and information
that they desire.
In a culmination of two days of work and dialogue, the U.S. Health Freedom Assembly successfully passed five important resolutions!! Using a standard requiring 80% agreement, the Assembly crafted and endorsed resolutions that dealt with: sovereignty of American law over international guidelines and agreements such as CODEX; safe harbor exemption laws for practitioners; standards used in the determination of safety of food and dietary supplements; upon whom should the burden of proof be, regarding burden of proof of safety for foods and drugs, and a resolution to investigate ways of coordinating information within the health freedom movement.
NHFC
plans to reconvene and host a United States Health Freedom Assembly
within the next year. NHFC believes that a unified front is essential
in preserving and enhancing health freedoms, and that the whole of the
movement is greater than the sum of its parts.
The
weekend featured great opportunities for enjoyment and education.
Friday night, attorney Sandra Duffy, JD, delivered an outstanding
presentation on her legal and legislative work to protect consumers
from mercury poisoning from mercury amalgams, and her work with Health
Freedom Washington protecting consumer access to unlicensed
practitioners. Her presentation was preceded by a lively group circle
led by inspirational presenter Alisa Starkweather who challenged us
each to find what we stand for as we become “a force to be reckoned
with.”?
Saturday
night, Health Freedom Awards Banquet attendees had the honor of hearing
Clinton Miller, the living legend of health freedom in the United
States, speak about health freedom priorities. Health Freedom
Leadership Awards were given to six outstanding leaders.
On Sunday, Peter McCarthy, Deborah Miller JD, Ricky Gill, and Diane
Miller JD, led workshops for health freedom leaders in order to help
leaders hone their skills and be prepared to work for necessary legal
and legislative changes.
Last year, NHFC hosted the launching of the World Health Freedom Assembly. This 2006 assembly crafted and endorsed the International Declaration of Health Freedom.
VIDEO
TAPES AVAILABLE: The entire Friday and Saturday United States Health
Freedom Assembly and Sunday’s Leadership Training were videotaped, and
we encourage you to order tapes of individual parts or the whole weekend. Download and mail order form or call 303-530-3153.
Thank you to our
conference sponsors who made this conference possible.
We
hope you will join us next year as the health freedom movement
coalesces and unifies even more for progress. Stay tuned for dates to
be announced!
If
your organization would like to become a Voting Member of the United
States Health Freedom Assembly, please contact us. Together, we can
change the face of health care in this country!