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Learn how The Miles Hall Foundation honors the unique strengths and challenges that Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) face when it comes to mental health.

Families don't become advocates because they want to—they become advocates because the system leaves them no other choice. In a recent interview, filmmaker Gail Freedman reflects on one of the central truths behind No One Cares About Crazy People: the extraordinary burden carried by families who fight every day for the people they love. It's a reminder that the question isn't "Where was the family?"—it's "Why wasn't the system there to help?"

Together, we fundraised more than $60,000 to help decriminalize mental illness and end mental illness illness stigma.

A 30-year study of 10,000+ people finds stigma toward schizophrenia is worsening, even as depression stigma improves — and racial bias compounds the risk, with Black individuals more often perceived as dangerous rather than unwell. The Miles Hall Foundation was built on this truth: Miles was a son and friend first, not a diagnosis. This piece explores why narrative change — telling the whole person's story — is essential to shifting how communities respond to mental health cr

When someone in crisis says, “I’m not sick,” it isn’t always denial — sometimes it’s anosognosia. This brain-based condition prevents individuals from recognizing their own mental illness, shaping how crises unfold and how systems respond. Understanding anosognosia is essential to honoring Miles’ story and building a future where mental illness is met with care, not misunderstanding.

A recap of the local community film screening and panel discussion of the film "No One Cares About Crazy People"

When we talk about mental illness in this country, the words often get lost in shadows. Wrapped in stigma, softened by euphemisms, hidden behind silence.

When we tell fuller stories of families and people living with mental illness— stories that include healing, love, creativity, and purpose — we do more than reduce stigma. We affirm something deeper: that people living with SMIs are not defined their illness, but by who they are and what they continue to give to the world.