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, MA
Joined March 2014
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Boston Liberation Health retweeted
How some therapists are centering #socialjustice in their practice, with hopeful outcomes: hubs.ly/Q02Zmf4d0 @LibHealthBoston @WldflwrAlliance #mentalhealth
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
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. 👀
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. inquest.org/a-safer-healthie…
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
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. bit.ly/3KxIjV9
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
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. inquest.org/a-safer-healthie…
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
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."
inquest.org/a-safer-healthie…
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
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 retweeted
Join alum Emy Takinami (MSW'20) & Husain Rizvi on April 25 to learn about @The_City_School's campaign for a non-police, non-carceral community-based mental health crisis response model in #Boston.
Register for our next E&I Speaker Series virtual event: bit.ly/3J9Onmj
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Alum Emy Takinami (SSW'20) co-wrote a @BostonGlobe op-ed urging the Boston City Council to override Mayor Wu's budget veto and establish a community-based mental health crisis response: bu.edu/ssw/boston-globe-emy-… @LibHealthBoston
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Also in today’s Globe Opinion: a letter about why Boston needs nonpolice mental health crisis response by @LibHealthBoston & @The_City_School. Boston City Council: vote YES today on funding this deeply needed work! #bospoli
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Solidarity with these community members fighting for a budget that working class people deserve ✊
**BDSA encourages Boston residents to sign petition.**
Folks are also welcome to ref these templates to email their councilors: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
At Boston City Hall w/ @yjpubos to demand @boscitycouncil override @mayorwu ‘s veto of our community-based mental health crisis response, alongside other community investments including $ for participatory budgeting, youth jobs & truly affordable housing!
yjpu.org/petition
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
💜 #Bospoli ACTION ALERT! 💜
Demand @BOSCityCouncil defend the People's Budget to fund:
💜Truly Affordable Housing (incl. ↑ #BosCityVoucher)
💜Community-Led MH Crisis Response
💜Good Paying Youth Jobs
💜Participatory Budgeting
📝 @yjpubos petition ↓
yjpu.org/petition
At Boston City Hall w/ @yjpubos to demand @boscitycouncil override @mayorwu ‘s veto of our community-based mental health crisis response, alongside other community investments including $ for participatory budgeting, youth jobs & truly affordable housing!
yjpu.org/petition
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
New @DoinTheWorkPod episode! I talk w/ @BelkinDawn of @LibHealthBoston & @BUSSW about the Liberation Health Model she co-founded. It is a sociopolitical clinical framework to help people to identify the cause of their issues & help them live better. 1/7
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
join @LibHealthBoston in supporting a MA Prison and Jail Construction Moratorium! The moratorium would enact a 5-year pause on new prison and jail construction in MA. @MassGovernor plan to build a new women’s prison; a lot of pressure is needed to stop these plans
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
"CAPITALISM, RACISM
& HETEROPATRIARCHY
ARE MAKING US SICK
Join
LIBERATION ✊🏾 HEALTH"
Our members out at the MA State House today in solidarity & community with incarcerated & formerly incarcerated women & girls at @justicehealing & @thecouncilus who are leading the movement to demand @maura_healey pass the prison & jail moratorium ✊
#NoNewWomensPrison #FreeHer
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Join us in signing on to an open letter to national social work organizations to support abolitionist inquiry, scholarship, and praxis, and to speak out against the removal of Dr. Alan Detlaff from his dean position. medium.com/p/11562cd4e393
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
2️⃣Our October Anti Oppressive Practice group is online Sunday, 10/16 at 10:30 AM CST. This is a confidential group for rank and file workers/students to share practice dilemmas using .@LibHealthBoston's framework! Want to join? Email [email protected]!
ALT Members of the SSWU Chicago Duck Caucus in front of a NASA image of the universe. The text reads "SSWU Chicago Anti-Oppressive Direct Practice Group Sunday, October 16th 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM Email [email protected] to join!"
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Boston Liberation Health and The City School are working together to design a community based response to mental health crisis.... that doesn't involve cops! Read more about our City of Boston project below!
Important update! BLH is happy to announce we will be working in partnership with The City School to develop a community-based response to mental health crisis. You can read more here: bostonliberationhealth.com/b…
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Join us this Wed (2/2) at 6-8am or 2-4pm in supporting picketing workers at the Saugus Nursing Center - 266 Lincoln Ave, Saugus
They’ve been at the table for fair wages since Sept and their employer refuses to offer anything above minimum wage. Let’s show some solidarity!
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
We signed .@LibHealthBoston's petition for several key reasons: 🧵
Thank you @Boston_DSA @SSWUChicago and hundreds of others who are demanding Sen. Sinema be held accountable! Please sign and share our letter! forms.gle/jmWXPZaAgvtP1LCn9
Boston Liberation Health retweeted
Sen. Sinema is an enemy of working people and should be treated as such. We support Boston Liberation Health and 200+ social service providers/users demanding the Natl Assn of Social Workers publicly condemn her. Read, sign, and share their statement! forms.gle/8iERK3Tm4nWeMRX38