Read our open letter to Domenic Sarno, Springfield Mayor, and Cheryl Clapprood, Police Commissioner regarding the shooting death of #OrlandoTaylor on January 9, 2022. #ReleasetheFootage #AlternativestoPolicing wildfloweralliance.org/an-open-letter…

Check out this coverage of our work at Wildflower Alliance via the The New York Times here: nytimes.com/2022/05/17/mag…

Did you read the The New York Times article featuring Wildflower Alliance? ( ("Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices.") If so, you may also be interested in this piece on the article's (sometimes heartbreaking) comments section: madinamerica.com/2022/06/new-yo…

Last day before the MA votes on moving "Assisted Outpatient Treatment" (aka Involuntary Outpatient Commitment/IOC) forward. Help keep IOC out by sending a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/vote-n… Watch/share this video from Eric who was on an IOC order for 4 yrs: youtu.be/6czp_T1ss-E?si…

Jay shares his story of losing his daughter to suicide due to psychiatric force and lack of alternatives. Help make sure alternatives like peer respite are available in MA by sending a letter to legislators telling them to support S.1238/H.3602, An Act Establishing Peer-Run

Today's video features Ephraim, Director of Afiya Peer Respite, as he talks about the need for "affinity" peer respites for LGBTQIA+ communities. Don't forget to let legislators in MA know to support more peer respites! actionnetwork.org/letters/more-p…

Today's peer respite video comes from Tokyo who is working to secure respites that center Black, Brown and Indigenous communities. Show your support by sending a letter to MA legislators!: actionnetwork.org/letters/more-p…

We learned this week that the vote on S.1238/H.3602, An Act Establishing Peer-Run Respite Centers Throughout the Commonwealth, has been delayed again, but we're so close to getting it passed on to the next committee! Here's another video - this one put together by our friends at

Join Wild Ivy of Wildflower Alliance and the DLC on 7/18 for a webinar on Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communication access rights. Attorney Alison Fondo will discuss working with law enforcement and communication in emergencies. ASL/CART available. Register: tiny.cc/DHHAccess