Movement Lineages

Join me and IDHA for a conversation about movement lineages at the virtual Healing as Homecoming festival this Sunday

Hey people - this Sunday, December 4th is IDHA’s Healing as Homecoming festival. IDHA is running a full day of virtual programming, from 9am-9pm EST.

In between somatic and art-making workshops, speeches, and a virtual film screening of the documentary Drunk on Too Much Life, I’ll be on this panel about movement lineages with Celia Brown, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu, and Vesper Moore:

IDHA grows out of the lineages of many social movements. From psychiatric survivors, to the consumer/survivor/ex-patient (c/s/x) movement, to mad pride and beyond, we are steeped in rich histories of resistance. We are also increasingly shaped by the growing number of cross-movement struggles for liberation that strive for healing, safety, and care such as transformative justice, healing justice, prison abolition, and so many more. Cross-movement organizing is a core part of IDHA’s strategy because as Audre Lorde says, “there is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”

This panel provides an opportunity for us to pay homage to the activists and survivors that came before us, and take stock of where we are today in movement organizing efforts for mad liberation, disability justice, and transformative mental health. Panelists will reflect on how radical mental health organizing has shifted and evolved over the past several decades, and share key lessons that can inform future work.

I hope you’ll join us for what I know will be a really interesting conversation about the past, present, and future of our movements.

You can get a ticket and view the full day of programming here - and be in touch with IDHA at contact@idha-nyc.org if you don’t see a ticket price that works for you.

And beyond beyond just being an amazing day of online organizing, if you care about radical mental health and building community-based support networks, this is a really powerful way to support the cause. The proceeds from your ticket purchase will help sustain IDHA for the years to come, giving us freedom to produce the transformative programming that we’re known for. All funds raised go directly to creating more knowledge and strengthening communities of practice rooted in rights-based, peer-centered, and holistic mental health.

Mad love,
Sascha