The Alliance for Rights and Recovery is pleased to share an upcoming webinar that challenges traditional approaches to mental health support and centers the voices, experiences, and leadership of people who have directly navigated behavioral health systems.
We’ve Been Too Patient: Moving From Institutional Harm to Radical Healing
June 11, 2026, 1:30 PM EST
Based on the groundbreaking anthology We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, this powerful discussion brings together advocates, authors, and leaders with lived experience to explore how mental health systems can move beyond institutional practices and toward healing-centered, person-driven, and equitable approaches to support.
The anthology, edited by Kelechi Ubozoh and L.D. Green, features the stories of 25 individuals who have experienced and survived the mental health system. Drawing from these experiences, the panel will examine how systems can better address institutional harm, challenge long-standing disparities, and create more responsive and culturally affirming supports for people seeking services.
Featured speakers include author and advocate Kelechi Ubozoh, longtime mental health advocate Leah Harris, and psychiatrist Dr. Rupi Legha, founder of the Antiracism in Mental Health Fellowship. Together, they will discuss the importance of lived expertise, racial equity, trauma-informed approaches, and transformative leadership in behavioral health systems.
As the behavioral health field continues to evolve, conversations like these are critical to ensuring that services are shaped not only by clinical expertise, but also by the wisdom, experiences, and leadership of the people most directly impacted by mental health systems.
We encourage advocates, peer specialists, providers, policymakers, system leaders, and community members to attend and engage in this important discussion about building a more equitable, healing-centered future for mental health support.
