The shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school is a tragic reminder that societies of human beings still face a huge problem: Violence. Over the past few weeks, I’ve heard everything blamed for this event: guns, video games, mental illness, unarmed teachers, even the devil. And with each of these, we have heard talk in the … Continue reading
The country’s scapegoating and fascination with Adam Lanza’s potential “mental illness” needs to be discussed on a national level. The time is now. We need to see a critical and radical mental health voice on CNN, MSNBC, even Fox. All the hurtful and damaging opinions are being hosted there. We need to respond there–in mass … Continue reading
Due to the overwhelming positive response to Mindful Liberation Project considering hosting a workshop on radical mental health at the Richmond Zine Fest, we are now added to the workshop schedule on Saturday. Thanks to the Richmond Zine Fest organizers for working with us in adding the workshop at the last minute! We were waiting … Continue reading
The Icarus Project is celebrating 10 years of existence! I can vividly remember the year they first came to fruition, and the joy I felt knowing that there were people like me in the world. I was 16 years old, and Icarus made me feel a little less alone in my hometown. At the time, … Continue reading
We’ve been juggling several different groups, all involved in radical mental health activism, in thinking about how to go about tabling at the Richmond Zine Fest this year. As Mindful Liberation Project has now split into three different groups, and we now have a distro and small press, it was hard to make a decision … Continue reading
We’ve been housecleaning! Mind(ful) Liberation Project has now become more streamlined! We have a new domain for this website. Set your bookmarks to mindfulliberation.org. We have new email addresses, too. No more Gmail! General inquiries: info@mindfulliberation.org Donations: donations@mindfulliberation.org To add an event to our calendar: calendar@mindfulliberation.org FOIA For Change inquiries: foiaforchange@mindfulliberation.org Please change our … Continue reading