This document announces a remembrance event to honor those who died while under the care of the Milwaukee County Mental Health System. It provides details about the event such as location, date, and contact information. It discusses the county cemetery where many without families to bury them were laid to rest, as well as signs put up to remember them. The document lists some patient names and causes of recent deaths at the mental health complex. It expresses a vow to stop further deaths and substandard care, and a message of hope for recovery being possible.

1. A Time of Remembrance
Saturday, November 17, 2012
1:00 - 4:00

2. • Share your ideas with us.
• Break bread with us.
• To make our voice louder,
join us.

3. create awareness of
the problem of unfair treatment
for those living with
mental illness

4. Contact us at:
juconnect2012@h

5. We must never forget all
those who died while
under the care of the
Milwaukee County
Mental Health System.

6. Many died, poor
and alone, with no
family willing or
able to bury them.

7. Milwaukee County Grounds
This is the county
cemetery for those
unfortunate souls whose
families could not afford
to bury them.

8. Brandon J.

10. This is the county
cemetery for those
unfortunate souls with a
mental illness whose
families could not afford
to bury them.

13. Brandon J.

14. Brandon J.

15. Brandon J.

18. It has become
an overgrown
area with trails
running through
it.

19. People walk
their dogs and
geocache in it.

20. Some kind soul has
put up signs to help
us remember them
and how they must
have felt living in the
asylum.

32. Census Records from the Milwaukee
County Asylum for Chronic Insane 1900-
1940

34. Sometimes, patients
were called inmates.
Other times, they had
no name—just a
number.

37. In 1940, there were 53 pages of
records of people residing at
either the Milwaukee County
Hospital for Mental Diseases
or the Milwaukee County
Asylum for the Chronic Insane.

40. The old County Asylum has fallen into a
state of disrepair now.

41. But Reverend Ray Gurney has
made the grounds a sanctuary
for monarch butterflies.

45. But now, Reverend
Ray Gurney has
made the grounds a
sanctuary for
monarch butterflies.

49. There is hope!

54. We remember those who have died recently
at the Milwaukee County Mental Health
Complex. We vow to stop the deaths and
substandard, underfunded, misguided
care.

55. Brandon J.
Broken Neck

56. Cindy A.
Starved to Death

57. Jane Doe, who was raped

58. Paul H.
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Lack of Oxygen?

59. Irises was painted by Vincent Van Gogh
while he was a patient at an asylum.

60. Recovery is possible!
What else do you want to
say??????????

61. We will
remember…

62. …and we will not give
up the fight for the
living who are still
struggling.