MATTHEW HARRIS ORNSTEIN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
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Mission Statement
To honor Matthew Harris Ornstein by seeking to eliminate suffering and stigma from serious mental illness through furthering education and awareness of patients, family members, providers, law enforcement personnel and legislators. Furthermore, to honor Matthew Harris Ornstein by striving to enable inner-city Washington, DC middle and high school students to reach their full potential through debate.
About This Cause
The Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation (MHOMF), http://www.mornstein.org, is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC. MHOMF was established in 2015 following Matthew’s tragic death at age 34, after a lonely ten-year struggle with an undiagnosed and untreated mental illness. Matthew was a brilliant, kind, funny, and beloved young man who suddenly became ill just a couple of years after his graduation from Princeton. Following his death, Matthew’s devasted family established MHOMF, determined to use their personal heartbreak to work tirelessly to improve the way our country treats those who suffer, and often die, from mental illnesses, including those who, by default, end up in jails and prisons rather than in hospitals or other treatment facilities, and the homeless, who are routinely left to suffer alone, often as a result of anosognosia, or lack of insight into their illnesses. MHOMF’s main initiatives currently include: (1) production, with Found Object Films and the support of WETA and PBS,of the documentary “Definition of Insanity,” designed as a template for those striving to decriminalize mental illness; (2) a partnership with the Leap Foundation for Research to Practice (https://lfrp.org/home) to educate and traina stakeholders about anosognosia; (3) working to reform antiquated laws related to civil court ordered treatment for those suffering from serious mental illnesses. Also, in partnership with the Washington Urban Debate League (https://www.urbandebatewashingtondc.org/ ), MHOMF established, and has run for the last six years, the Matthew Harris Ornstein Summer Debate Institute for primarily Title I middle and high school students in the Washington, DC area, to honor Matthew and carry forward his work.