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Project LETS

@projectlets.bsky.social

Anti-carceral peer support, crisis response, political education & advocacy services. Led by/for Mad, Disabled, psych survivors. #LETSEndTheSanism linktr.ee/projectlets projectlets.org/mad-mail

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Miranda@crookedneighbor.bsky.social · 2w ago

I don’t think I’ve ever met Mari (a pseudonym), but her story is so deeply familiar to me and the things I’ve witnessed here in the States. Homelessness triggering Long Covid ME, triggering continued homelessness. Caregiver abuse that goes unrecognized as DV. Complete absence of social services.

betsy ladyzhets 😷@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today @thesicktimes.org: Without help from government institutions, people like Mari, a young Black woman living in Canada with severe ME, are supported primarily by fellow people with severe symptoms. thesicktimes.org/2026/07/20/a...

Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 2w ago

'“I didn’t have anyone close to me who cared enough to help me when I wasn’t being happy & friendly,” Mari said. This is common among people who develop severe ME, who often experience widespread abandonment as their condition worsens.' Help Mari escape caregiver abuse: www.gofundme.com/f/marigfm

Donate to Help a Severe ME patient safely escape her abuser, organized by Mutual Aid Saves Lives Julissa C

TW: caregiver abuse, s*icidal ideation Mari has … Mutual Aid Saves Lives Julissa C needs your support for Help a Severe ME patient safely escape her abuser

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betsy ladyzhets 😷@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today @thesicktimes.org: Without help from government institutions, people like Mari, a young Black woman living in Canada with severe ME, are supported primarily by fellow people with severe symptoms. thesicktimes.org/2026/07/20/a...

betsy ladyzhets 😷@betsyladyzhets.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today @thesicktimes.org: Without help from government institutions, people like Mari, a young Black woman living in Canada with severe ME, are supported primarily by fellow people with severe symptoms. thesicktimes.org/2026/07/20/a...

Abandoned by our governments, people with severe ME and Long COVID are supported by severely ill peers - The Sick Times

Mari, a Black Canadian woman with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is supported by fellow people with ME in the absence of institutional care.

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Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 3w ago

✨ Anti-carceral care is not doing nothing ✨ Too often people assume that “anti-carceral care” means ignoring someone’s crisis, or abandoning them without support. That’s not it.

Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Calling all NYC youth ages 14-19! We want to hear from you about what you want to see in our mental health & peer support youth programs. Join us for a virtual listening circle: 📅 Wednesday, May 13th 6-7:30pm EST - On zoom $50 stipend Limited seats! Register at bit.ly/letscircle-nyc by May 7 🌿

Dark purple background with bubble gum pink wisps. On top in bold pink letters: “PROJECT LETS.” Underneath, there is white text reading, “Calling all NYC youth ages 14-19!” In the middle, there is an illustration of a white browser window with a pink menu with text, “bit.ly/letscircle-nyc”. Within the body, dark purple text reads, “NYC Youth Listening Circle” and below, “Wednesday, May 13th 6-7:30pm EST.” There are two pink clouds bordering the window, one of them with hot pink text reading, “VIRTUAL”. On the right, there is a pink text box that reads, “Register by May 7!” On the bottom right corner, there is an illustration of an orange cat holding a pink heart, with a purple text bubble with, “Stipends available!” Below the bubble, there is a QR code for the bit.ly registration link. On the corners of the slide, there are 8-bit illustrations of the moon and stars. On the bottom left, there is dark green and pale yellow logo of Project LETS and “Let’s erase the sanism.”
Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Calling all NYC youth ages 14-19! We want to hear from you about what you want to see in our mental health & peer support youth programs. Join us for a virtual listening circle: 📅 Wednesday, May 13th 6-7:30pm EST - On zoom $50 stipend Limited seats! Register at bit.ly/letscircle-nyc by May 7 🌿

Dark purple background with bubble gum pink wisps. On top in bold pink letters: “PROJECT LETS.” Underneath, there is white text reading, “Calling all NYC youth ages 14-19!” In the middle, there is an illustration of a white browser window with a pink menu with text, “bit.ly/letscircle-nyc”. Within the body, dark purple text reads, “NYC Youth Listening Circle” and below, “Wednesday, May 13th 6-7:30pm EST.” There are two pink clouds bordering the window, one of them with hot pink text reading, “VIRTUAL”. On the right, there is a pink text box that reads, “Register by May 7!” On the bottom right corner, there is an illustration of an orange cat holding a pink heart, with a purple text bubble with, “Stipends available!” Below the bubble, there is a QR code for the bit.ly registration link. On the corners of the slide, there are 8-bit illustrations of the moon and stars. On the bottom left, there is dark green and pale yellow logo of Project LETS and “Let’s erase the sanism.”
Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4mo ago

You're not a failure if you can't hack the academy. It's ableist. You might not be cut out for it because it's designed to kill folks with your disabilities. It tried to kill me when I had a manic breakdown. You didn't fail if you can't fit its awful constrictions & codes, you just can't conform.

Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A proposed bill in California (backed by Democrats) would grant the state even more power to lock mad, mentally ill, and disabled folks up in psych facilities & forcibly give them psychotropic medications against their will. www.kqed.org/news/1206941... #psychabolition #disability #abolition

Lurie Backs Proposed California Law to Allow Court-Ordered Psychiatric Drugs | KQED

"For many people with severe mental illness, medication is what allows treatment to work at all," San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said.

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Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 10mo ago

$415 left to raise! Can you help us meet this goal? #MutualAid #DisabilityJustice #Abolition #Crowdfunding #Disabled #BlackMutualAid

Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 10mo ago

‼️ URGENT‼️ request for community support! A Black, Disabled Comrade in NYC is facing an immediate threat of homelessness. $1200 is needed TODAY to secure their housing and give them room to breathe. Venmo & Cashapp: strawb3rrym00n Use the purple heart emoji (💜) on the note. Please share & donate!!

Flyer with text overlaid on a notebook page. Up top highlighted "URGENT" with "request for community support!" Underneath, black text: "A Black, Disabled Comrade in NYC is facing an immediate threat of homelessness. The constant stress of housing instability is taking a heavy toll on top of autistic burnout, survivorhood, and deep grief. They are doing everything they can to build a stable, self-determined life, but no one can do it alone. Let's wrap them in community care." Highlighted in yellow: "$1200 is needed TODAY to secure their housing and give them room to breathe." On the bottom right: "Venmo & Cashapp: strawb3rrym00n Use the purple heart emoji (💜) on the note."
Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 10mo ago

‼️ URGENT‼️ request for community support! A Black, Disabled Comrade in NYC is facing an immediate threat of homelessness. $1200 is needed TODAY to secure their housing and give them room to breathe. Venmo & Cashapp: strawb3rrym00n Use the purple heart emoji (💜) on the note. Please share & donate!!

Flyer with text overlaid on a notebook page. Up top highlighted "URGENT" with "request for community support!" Underneath, black text: "A Black, Disabled Comrade in NYC is facing an immediate threat of homelessness. The constant stress of housing instability is taking a heavy toll on top of autistic burnout, survivorhood, and deep grief. They are doing everything they can to build a stable, self-determined life, but no one can do it alone. Let's wrap them in community care." Highlighted in yellow: "$1200 is needed TODAY to secure their housing and give them room to breathe." On the bottom right: "Venmo & Cashapp: strawb3rrym00n Use the purple heart emoji (💜) on the note."
The Sick Times@thesicktimes.org · 11mo ago

We're back for day two of the NIH's RECOVER-TLC workshop on new #LongCOVID clinical trials. We'll catch you up on everything that happened yesterday, and share today's presentations as well. @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social is reporting live from the workshop in Bethesda, MD. bit.ly/4giPmAi

Live blog: RECOVER-TLC workshop on new Long COVID clinical trials - The Sick Times

Researchers and advocates meet near the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus this week in Bethesda, Maryland for the second RECOVER-Treating Long COVID (TLC) workshop. The two-day event will off...

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Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Building alternatives to 911 must be rooted in prison abolition, anti-capitalism, & radical autonomy, esp for BIPOC communities. Otherwise, you're reproducing the same coercive, paternalistic, anti-Black, ableist systems under the guise of "community care," and gaining some capital along the way.

Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"As we saw with the death of Jordan Neely, racism and ableism — that is, discrimination based on disability — against those we perceive as visibly mentally ill can even result in politicians and media outlets celebrating your death at the hands of a vigilante." !!!

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 11mo ago

Lil Nas X faces felony charges of "battery" against an officer from an arrest during a mental health crisis in late August. I wrote about my family member's experience with police being sent during mental health episodes—still common for wellness checks—and how it ruined their life. @teenvogue.com

heenasharma_@heenzbeanz.bsky.social · 11mo ago

i will be moderating this online panel for @projectlets.bsky.social !! come thruuuu REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action #abolition #mentalhealth #carework #peersupport #anticarceral #holistic #mutualaid #bluesky

Abolitionist Care Work in Action

What does anti-carceral, liberatory mental health care look like in practice?

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Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join Project LETS on Sunday Sept 21st @ 1PM ET (10AM PST) for an online panel discussion on Abolitionist Care Work in Action!❤️‍🔥 Hear from our Peer Support Advocates on what non-pathologizing, holistic care work looks like — outside of carceral frameworks & systems. REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action 🌀

A colorful flyer with a textured pink, blue, and green abstract painted background announces an online event. At the top, a bold black text box reads: “Abolitionist Care Work In Action.” Below, another text box explains: “What does non-pathologizing, holistic care work outside of carceral frameworks and systems look like? Hear from current Project LETS Peer Support Advocates in a panel discussion.” Further down, details of the event are listed in separate boxes: “online Zoom panel” “Sunday, September 21, 1pm EST / 10am PST” “ASL interpretation” To the right is the Project LETS logo in green and yellow script. At the bottom, a white box with black border reads: “register: bit.ly/care-in-action”
Project LETS@projectlets.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join Project LETS on Sunday Sept 21st @ 1PM ET (10AM PST) for an online panel discussion on Abolitionist Care Work in Action!❤️‍🔥 Hear from our Peer Support Advocates on what non-pathologizing, holistic care work looks like — outside of carceral frameworks & systems. REGISTER: bit.ly/care-in-action 🌀

A colorful flyer with a textured pink, blue, and green abstract painted background announces an online event. At the top, a bold black text box reads: “Abolitionist Care Work In Action.” Below, another text box explains: “What does non-pathologizing, holistic care work outside of carceral frameworks and systems look like? Hear from current Project LETS Peer Support Advocates in a panel discussion.” Further down, details of the event are listed in separate boxes: “online Zoom panel” “Sunday, September 21, 1pm EST / 10am PST” “ASL interpretation” To the right is the Project LETS logo in green and yellow script. At the bottom, a white box with black border reads: “register: bit.ly/care-in-action”