while evading the trap of fitting into a society that is obviously very sick.

We envision a vibrant movement made up of locally
based community groups and professionals in the
field, a movement that understands the importance of
language and telling stories and knowing our history, a
movement that has reverence for the human spirit and
understands the intertwined complexity of these things
we call mental health and wellness. We understand the
importance of economic justice, diversity and global
solidarity. We see the critical need for accepting,
even celebrating, mental diversity, while evading the
trap of fitting into a society that is obviously very sick.
Fundamentally, we recognize an urgency: if we are going
to shift the current paradigm, we need a movement that
has both the political savvy to understand how to fight
the system, and the tools to take care of each other as
the world gets even crazier.

draft, by Sascha Altman DuBrul.
august 22, 2012