Stolen Lives Picnic - Michigan

🌎 Stolen Lives Picnic – Prescribed Harm Awareness Day
📍 July 29 | Michigan State Capitol Lawn

On 29 July people around the world mark Prescribed Harm Day, a global day of remembrance for those whose lives have been lost or profoundly changed by adverse reactions to prescribed psychiatric medications.

The Stolen Lives Picnic is a gathering held on that day, bringing families, survivors and supporters together to remember those affected and to raise awareness about the importance of informed consent.

Founded by the UK-based non-profit Antidepressant Risks, Stolen Lives Picnics have taken place in London for the past several years. This year, for the first time, communities in several countries are gathering on the same day in collaboration with Antidepressant Risks to hold their own Stolen Lives Picnics.

These gatherings form part of the global marking of Prescribed Harm Day on 29 July, creating a shared moment of remembrance, connection and awareness across different countries.

This year’s Michigan gathering will take place on the lawn of the Michigan State Capitol.

This day is deeply personal.

The Michigan event will honour London Izabella-Ryén Gadd, Forever 12, and all those whose lives have been altered or lost without full transparency about the risks associated with psychiatric medications.

What This Gathering Is

A memorial

A peaceful awareness gathering

A trauma-informed space for community

A place where grief is met with compassion and understanding

This event is not about opposing treatment.

It is about informed consent, transparency, and open conversation around the potential risks and effects of psychiatric medications.

Families and survivors around the world have reported experiences including sudden behavioural changes after prescribing, akathisia, emotional blunting, suicidality, withdrawal injury and genetic differences that were not considered before medication was prescribed. This gathering creates space for those experiences to be heard.

What the Day Will Include

Family testimonies

Educational discussion

Moments of silence

A memorial table and symbolic tributes

This is truly a picnic. Please bring blankets, lawn chairs, food and water. You are welcome to bring photos or tributes to loved ones if you wish.

Children, families, survivors and supporters are welcome.

You do not have to speak.

You can simply sit in solidarity.

Attendance

Tickets are free.

💜 DONATIONS are welcome to help cover the cost of organising the event and providing materials for the memorial.

If you reserve a place and later find you cannot attend, please let us know so we can maintain an accurate headcount.

Stolen Lives Picnic is more than a gathering.

It is remembrance.

It is connection.

It is love turned into action.

On July 29 we come together in memory, in compassion, and in the shared hope that greater awareness will help prevent further tragedies.

This gathering forms part of the global Prescribed Harm Day of remembrance.

Stolen Lives Picnics are organised in collaboration with Antidepressant Risks, a UK-based non-profit that supports informed consent and raises awareness of the risks and potential adverse effects associated with antidepressants and other psychiatric medications.

The Michigan event is also supported by UnScripted, a reform movement co-founded by Marcus Orlando, Dr Marissa Witt-Doerring and Charay Gadd. UnScripted focuses on youth mental health reform, medical literacy, root cause approaches and strengthening informed consent.

Together these efforts bring international remembrance and advocacy into a shared space, honouring lives lost while working toward greater transparency and safer mental health care.

To explore UnScripted and the push for true medical literacy and informed consent, visit UnScriptedMinds.org.

To support London’s Law and legislative protections for children in mental health care, visit LondonsLaw.org.

To learn more about Prescribed Harm Awareness Day and Stolen Lives Picnics happening worldwide, visit AntidepressantRisks.org.