Boston Liberation Health

The BLH Group is open to all advocates for social justice and liberation involved in the struggle for a healthy society that prioritizes human need over profit.

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Boston deserves a non-carceral, consent-based, community-based mental health crisis response that doesn’t involve the police!

Learn more about the model: https://t.co/KxKnR0eVFy

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Thanks to all who joined us for our February meeting!

We got a report back on a BLH research project that was conducted in Greece + a discussion about what we can learn from our Greek comrades about social movement building in our current historical moment!

See you in March!

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Thanks to the presenter and all the participants for the stellar January case presentation meeting to bring in the new year with solidarity, revolutionary optimism, and people power!

When we fight, we win!

See you at our February meeting- dm us to join!

[Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly]

How some therapists are centering #socialjustice in their practice, with hopeful outcomes: https://t.co/1x8j9sWGx9 @LibHealthBoston @WldflwrAlliance #mentalhealth

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our November Case Presentation Meeting!

Here is a photo of the Liberation Health triangle we collectively constructed on a case presented by our comrade + a group screenshot!

See you at our December meeting- dm us to join!

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

We have endorsed this campaign against surveillance tech in mental healthcare! No surveillance in healthcare! Learn more and sign the petition here: https://t.co/Ie3KioXAbN

[BDS Boston @BDSBoston]

@EleosHealth is a Tel Aviv-based firm run by current & former Israeli military officers which uses surveillance tech to automate clinical documentation in therapy sessions. Eleos operates out of West Newton, MA. Scroll for slides from Southern VT for Palestine & commentary.🧵1/11

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

As Liberation Health practitioners, we know that there can be no health under genocide, settler colonialism, occupation, or apartheid!  Our movement for health justice demands a free Palestine, and peace, justice, and liberation for all oppressed people everywhere!

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for our September Case Presentation Meeting!

Here is a photo of the triangle we collectively constructed on a macro case presented by our comrade, as well as a group screenshot!

See you at our October meeting- dm us to join ✊

[Better Budget Alliance Boston @BBA_Boston]

One disappointing outcome of Boston's FY25 budget vote: still zero funding for an alternative to 911 for mental health crisis response.

Read the story of residents' grassroots effort to build this new model + their challenges with getting support from the City of Boston. 👀

[BU School of Social Work @BUSSW]

In @_inquest_, BUSSW alum Emy Takinami (MSW'20) & Husain Rizvi share how @LibHealthBoston & @The_City_School led the design of a non-police, community-based mental health crisis response model for @CityOfBoston – and what happens next. https://t.co/8ADgXpaTPm

[Inquest @_inquest_]

Boston @mayorwu stunned organizers when she vetoed legislation that would've funded a pilot program for a non-carceral mental health crisis response unit in the city.

But the campaign behind it hasn't given up. In a way, it's only getting started. https://t.co/hdt6WAqsFa

[Inquest @_inquest_]

Husain Rizvi of @The_City_School and Emy Takinami of @LibHealthBoston offer a behind-the-scenes look at their campaign to bring a non-carceral mental health crisis response unit to the city of Boston.

It's "a small piece of our abolitionist horizon."

https://t.co/hdt6WAqsFa

[Better Budget Alliance Boston @BBA_Boston]

We need $2.6M this year for free, non-police, community-based mental health crisis response! @The_City_School & @LibHealthBoston have developed a non-violent model ready to be funded. Let's build it with funds divested from BPD. 🧵-->

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

💻Watch and share our short, animated “Introduction to the Liberation Health Model” video: https://t.co/rSeI7j2TYB

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Below are some actions you can take toward our movement for health justice & liberation:

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

🫂Join us for the “Raise Our Wage! Cap Our Rent!” rally on May 15th at 1pm at the Embrace Monument with @CityLife_Clvu @homesforallmass @BTU66 @UUMassAction @PeopleforCSJ @mvalleyprma @SeniorActionMA @SEIU509 @1199mass : https://t.co/fONpJ1e3WS

[Boston Liberation Health @LibHealthBoston]

Thanks to everyone who joined us Friday night for our May Case Presentation Meeting!

Here is a photo of the triangle we collectively constructed on a case presented by our comrade, as well as a group screenshot!

See you at our end of year celebration on Friday, May 31st at 7pm!