Join us for weekly virtual mutual aid chats! For the Zoom access information and password, please message Inside Our Minds ([email protected]).

Mental Health Cafe is a monthly community conversation on mental health, mental illness, and madness over coffee or tea. The event will focus on informal discussions and friendly mutual aid in a welcoming space for all. People are invited to participate actively or passively, or just listen. Learn more about Mental Health Cafe at http://insideourminds.org/mental-health-cafe/.

Access and Accessibility Info

Communication on Zoom calls can be in the form of audio/video, audio alone, and/or text, with the option for closed captioning. There is no fee for joining the Zoom meetings. Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs. If you have any day-of questions, please private message our Facebook page or text the Inside Our Minds text line: (412) 438-3278.

Important Notes

Mental Health Cafe is a space for peers and allies to have open conversations that represent a wide variety of opinions and beliefs. As a community, we expect everyone to hold respectful conversations, and we have zero tolerance for hateful views and discrimination. Anyone who attacks, harasses, or discriminates against another community member will be asked to leave and will be potentially banned from future events. As a space, we prioritize and center the voices of people with lived experience (of madness, trauma, mental illness, substance use / addiction, or another similar experience) and those from marginalized communities. Others are welcome to participate in our spaces, as long as they are respectful and follow our Radical Mental Health community guidelines. You can read our full Intentional Space Clause at http://insideourminds.org/intentional-space-clause/.

Mental Health Cafe is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental health treatment, and we do not have mental health professionals present in this capacity. Unlike some traditional mental health support groups, Mental Health Cafe does not enforce treatment compliance or adhere to purely medical model views. Our events are a welcoming space for all conceptualizations of mental health.

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Inside Our Minds is a project of New Sun Rising.