We Mourn Acclaimed Advocate Bill Compton
Bill Compton, a renowned consumer/survivor activist and head of Project Return, California’s largest peer-run program, has died at 61 after a long battle with cancer.
The following comes from Eduardo Vega, M.A., chief of the Empowerment and Advocacy Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health:
“With heavy hearts we need to share the news of Bill Compton’s passing due to complications of liver cancer. Memorial services are being planned and will be made available as soon as possible.
“Bill was a wonderful, positive leader whose optimism, intelligence and zest for life inspired all around him. Bill’s work with Project Return the Next Step, informed by his own journey of recovery, transformed that organization and invigorated the Los Angeles client community and mental health provider system with a new understanding of the value of peer support.
“In addition to being an important national and internationally active leader in the consumer movement, Bill was an endlessly generous friend; his loving compassion, warmth and humility touched all who knew him.
“Bill’s contribution to the Los Angeles mental health community is hard to overestimate. Though he will be sorely missed, his personal legacy will continue to spread the message of hope and recovery for all for many years to come.
“Thank you so much, Bill, for the example of love, dedication and joy you brought to so many. Even as your personal symbol of the lighthouse, you will continue to serve as a guiding light for all those who knew you.”
See also http://www.mhselfhelp.org/pubs/newsletter_view.php?newsletter_id=32#news246
Posted by Susan Rogers
The following comes from Eduardo Vega, M.A., chief of the Empowerment and Advocacy Division of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health:
“With heavy hearts we need to share the news of Bill Compton’s passing due to complications of liver cancer. Memorial services are being planned and will be made available as soon as possible.
“Bill was a wonderful, positive leader whose optimism, intelligence and zest for life inspired all around him. Bill’s work with Project Return the Next Step, informed by his own journey of recovery, transformed that organization and invigorated the Los Angeles client community and mental health provider system with a new understanding of the value of peer support.
“In addition to being an important national and internationally active leader in the consumer movement, Bill was an endlessly generous friend; his loving compassion, warmth and humility touched all who knew him.
“Bill’s contribution to the Los Angeles mental health community is hard to overestimate. Though he will be sorely missed, his personal legacy will continue to spread the message of hope and recovery for all for many years to come.
“Thank you so much, Bill, for the example of love, dedication and joy you brought to so many. Even as your personal symbol of the lighthouse, you will continue to serve as a guiding light for all those who knew you.”
See also http://www.mhselfhelp.org/pubs/newsletter_view.php?newsletter_id=32#news246
Posted by Susan Rogers
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