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MENTAL HEALTH LIBERATION

Liberate, heal, thrive

Community-funded mental health therapy and peer support for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color

Marginalized communities deserve equitable access to culturally responsive, collective-trauma informed, identity-affirming mental health care.

Together, we bridge racialized communities with fully-funded therapy and care coordination. We empower BIPOC students, emerging clinicians, and mental health justice advocates.

 

Towards Collective Liberation and Healing

Our Mission and Work

Mental Health Liberation is a grassroots, LGBTQ-BIPOC–led nonprofit rooted in Healing Justice principles. We center the wellbeing of multiply-marginalized communities by advancing care practices that are culturally responsive, collective trauma-informed, and identity-affirming. We co-create offerings uplifting community care, safety, and healing.

Our work includes:

  • Bridging Black, Brown, Indigenous and racialized communities with fully-funded mental health therapy and care coordination
  • Empowering future generations of racialized therapists and mental health justice advocates through peer support, mentorship, and politicized education
  • Disrupting systemic barriers through advocacy, community education, mutual-aid efforts, and movement organizing
  • Reclaiming healing practices, in connection with Land and lineage, centering communities that have been systemically oppressed, displaced, and neglected 

We are an ecosystem of practitioners, survivors, educators, and advocates working at the intersections of racial justice, 2SLGBTQIA+ liberation, and disability justice. We build collective power through collaboration, cross-movement solidarity, and long-term organizing – until we’re ALL FREE. 

    Liberate, Heal, Thrive

    Our Community Initiatives

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    Therapy & Healing Fund

    Financial support and care coordination for culturally responsive therapy — centering Black, Brown, Indigenous and racialized communities.

    Application cycles open seasonally.

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    Liberatory Student Support Circle

    Mentorship and peer support for Black, Brown, Indigenous and racialized students pursuing careers in mental health, psychology and social work.

    Donate and Support

    Our community-funded services depend on your generosity. Consider making a one-time or recurring donation at any amount. Every gift makes a difference.

    Mental Health Liberation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit charitable organization. EIN: 86-3382951

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    Mental Health Liberation
    3439 SE Hawthorne Blvd #933
    Portland, OR 97214

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