PEER SUPPORT SPACE INC
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Mission Statement
Our mission is to build, and be a local hub for, diverse peer-led recovery communities.
About This Cause
Peer Support Space was born out of a need for a peer-led organization that exists outside of the current system where we can use our lived experience to support and hold space for one another as we navigate our unique journeys with life struggles, mental illness and/or substance misuse challenges, neurodivergence, disability, grief, trauma, or other obstacles to mental wellness. We use, and help others use, the power of lived experience to support, educate, and guide one another while providing additional, free options for mental wellness that prevent crisis and maintain wellness. Peer Support Space is 100% led for and by those with lived experience and their loved ones. All of our services and advocacy initiatives are led for and by those the services are intended for. Every community is unique and nobody can understand needs, culture, and nuances like members from the community itself. Due to this, we don’t just focus on training people with lived mental health experiences, we focus on uplifting individuals from diverse backgrounds and host services created and led by and for the communities they serve. We acknowledge that the current mental health system continues to repeatedly fail specific communities disproportionately. We focus on catching individuals that fall through the cracks of our mental health system. We help those (18+) navigating mental illness and/or substance misuse challenges, neurodivergence, disability, grief, trauma, or other obstacles to mental wellness. This is done while focusing on Black, Latinx, immigrant, LGBTQ+, disabled folx, and other communities that show statistically higher rates of mental health challenges and/or lack of access to affordable and accessible mental wellness options that practice cultural humility. Those traditionally accessing mental health services, including peer services, are affluent, cisgender, heterosexual, and white. At Peer Support Space, we have a deep focus on diversity and filling gaps for services that, just, don't exist. We consistently do community needs assessments to identify who lacking access to mental health services so we can support those communities in creating their own peer-led recovery resources. We provide peer-led gatherings, a drop-in center, community-led advocacy initiatives, and overnight peer respite services.