Freeing Teresa - James, Franke; James, Billiam; Heartchild, Teresa
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A true story about an activist who tries to stop her powerful siblings from putting their younger disabled sister into a nursing home. Fails. And then must rescue her. Franke James immediately objected when she heard her siblings' plan to put their sister with Down syndrome into a nursing home. "What about Teresa's human rights?" But she was told that Teresa Heartchild had lost her right to decide where she lived. She had been declared "not capable" by a social worker. The other siblings, acting as her "guardians," insisted they had all the decision-making power and put Teresa into a nursing…mehr

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A true story about an activist who tries to stop her powerful siblings from putting their younger disabled sister into a nursing home. Fails. And then must rescue her. Franke James immediately objected when she heard her siblings' plan to put their sister with Down syndrome into a nursing home. "What about Teresa's human rights?" But she was told that Teresa Heartchild had lost her right to decide where she lived. She had been declared "not capable" by a social worker. The other siblings, acting as her "guardians," insisted they had all the decision-making power and put Teresa into a nursing home. But Teresa told Franke she didn't want to live there. Franke put a team together and helped Teresa get discharged. That's when all hell broke loose. And so, the two sisters had to stand together-against their siblings, the medical system, and even the police-to defend Teresa's right to be free.
Autorenporträt
Franke James is an artist, activist and the author of four books on human rights, climate change, free expression, and ethics. For her, these issues are all connected by the need to speak up and take action. The spark for Freeing Teresa was lit in 2013. Franke and her husband Billiam James helped her younger sister get out of a nursing home and then helped Teresa ask for an apology. Earlier that same year, Franke had published Banned on the Hill, which led to her winning the BC Civil Liberties Award for Excellence in the Arts. Her related poster campaign, "Do Not Talk About Climate Change," appeared in three Canadian cities and Washington, DC. In 2015, Franke was awarded PEN Canada's Ken Filkow Prize for "tenacity in uncovering an abuse of power and commitment to fostering a national conversation in the face of censorship." Franke lives in Vancouver, BC, with her husband and her sister, Teresa.