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Madness, Capitalism and Psychiatric Abolition
Monday September 7, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
TBA
What do psychiatry and madness have to do with abolition? Join us for a grounding in the fundamentals of psychiatric abolition, from its earliest manifestations to the current resurgence of interest in toppling psychiatry’s entanglement with carceral laws and policies that detain, control, and punish in the name of care
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Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu

Stefanie Lyn Kaufman Mthimkhulu (they/she) is a Mad, Disabled, multidisciplinary care strategist/worker, educator, psychiatric survivor, and healing practitioner. They are a white, queer, non-binary person of Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, rooted in lineages of Disability... Read More →
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Leah Harris

Leah Ida Harris (she/they) is a mad writer whose work appears in The Progressive, Disability Visibility Project, Truthout. Their first book, NONCOMPLIANT: A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE ASYLUM (forthcoming, Haymarket Books) details violent history—and grim resurgence—of the asylum in... Read More →
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Nze Okoronta

Nze Okoronta (they/them) believes the crisis is not our people or our communities, but the systems that respond to them. They are known for work surrounding non-carceral peer respites, warmlines and hotlines, harm reduction and drug user support, Mad Pride and Mad Liberation, mutual... Read More →
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Jess Stohlmann-Rainey

Jess Stohlmann is an author, educator, activist, and death and care worker. She has spent nearly 20 years working at the intersections of research and practice in crisis, suicidology, and peer support. Jess combines academic expertise, living experience, and practical experience in... Read More →
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Monday September 7, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT
TBA
  Health Politics & Disability Justice

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