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OUR GOAL

DECRIMINALIZE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADVOCATE FOR
MENTAL HEALTHCARE JUSTICE. 

2025 marks a turning point for The Miles Hall Foundation.​

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What began as a grassroots call for justice—born from grief, love, and determination—has grown into a powerful force for change.

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With an incredible level of community support, we’ve built an organization rooted in lived experience, driven by compassion, and committed to systemic transformation. Now, as we enter the sixth year since Miles was killed, we are building the capacity and power needed to make long-term, sustainable impact.

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Our Strategic Plan, summarized here, charts our next phase. Our goal is to grow a durable, effective organization that works to decriminalize mental illness and advance mental healthcare justice.

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We are strengthening the backbone of our mission: expanding our team and partnerships, solidifying our systems, and cultivating the leadership capacity necessary to deepen our reach and results. But we’re not building just to grow—we’re building to serve.

 

We are building for those who are stigmatized and criminalized because of a mental health condition. For families navigating a fragmented and often harmful system. For communities that deserve care, not punishment.

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At the heart of this plan are four strategic priorities rooted in prevention, equity, and healing:

 

  • Promoting non-police crisis response programs that meet real community needs and reduce harm

 

  • Advocating for systems reform and public accountability to ensure culturally responsive mental healthcare is a right—not a privilege

 

  • Educating and mobilizing the public to shift narratives and equip people with tools for change

 

  • Standing with impacted families by amplifying their voices, sharing resources, and building collective power

 

This work is urgent. The stakes are high.

 

Across the country, people are calling for something better—and we are answering that call to end the criminalization of mental illness, especially for people of color, with clear vision, bold ideas, and an unwavering commitment.

 

We invite you to join us.

 

The path ahead will demand courage, collaboration, and sustained investment. But with Miles’ spirit guiding us—and this growing community beside us—we move forward with hope and conviction.

MISSION

To honor the life and legacy of Miles Hall, we advocate for non-police responses to mental health crises, provide education to dismantle mental illness stigma and racial bias, and support individuals and families most impacted by law enforcement’s excessive use of force during mental health emergencies.

VISION

We envision a future where police no longer are first responders to mental health emergencies, where people living with mental illness and their families are embraced, supported, and afforded the same fundamental rights and compassionate care that all people deserve, regardless of their health, gender, skin color, or socioeconomic status.

WHO WE SERVE

The Miles Hall Foundation serves communities living with mental illness, centering Black families, who are disproportionately harmed, criminalized, and have experienced generational or personal trauma and historically lack resources and advocates.

OUR STRATEGIES

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ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC REFORM  AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY

We continue to push for bold policies that decriminalize mental illness, invest in community-based care, and hold institutions accountable for racial and mental health justice.

  • Advance local and state legislation and policy reform to expand non-police crisis response and eliminate systemic bias.

  • Demand long-term funding, independent oversight, and equity-driven reform in mental health systems.

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STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND
NON-POLICE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMS

We support culturally responsive, community-led crisis teams like A3: The Miles Hall Crisis Hub and are helping build a stronger, more connected 988 care network.

  • Ensure crisis response programs are community-rooted, trauma-informed, and built to last.

  • Promote evidence-based, non-police models that fill critical service gaps, meet community needs, prevent harm, and shape policy.

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INFORM & MOBILIZE

THE PUBLIC TOWARDS ACTION

We shift public attitudes and challenge stigma and misinformation through story-telling, educational outreach, and community-organizing - grounded in lived experience and social justice.

  • Lead public campaigns that humanize mental illness and reimagines crisis response.

  • Equip communities with tools, knowledge, and pathways to take action and advocate for change.

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SUPPORT AND EMPOWER
IMPACTED FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES

We stand with those who are most harmed by the criminalization of mental illness—creating space for healing, solidarity, and collective advocacy led by lived experience.

  • Provide resources, support, and connection for impacted families and communities. 

  • Build collective power through aligned partnerships, resource sharing, and movement building.

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