2025 Redefining Crazy: Rewriting the Rules

Join us as we continue to challenge perceptions and inspire change in mental health at our annual RCC conference.

About the Conference

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco proudly presents our fifth annual conference: “2025 Redefining Crazy: Rewriting the Rules”. The Redefining Crazy Conference is a gathering focused on challenging traditional perceptions and approaches to mental health. It aims to explore innovative strategies, empower individuals with lived experience, and foster collaboration among mental health experts, advocates, and policymakers to create positive change in the field.

MAY 14-16, 2025
The Grand Hyatt Hotel
345 Stockton St
San Francisco, CA 94108

Keynote Speakers

We are honored to announce that our main keynote speaker for this year's RCC is none other than the legendary Angela Davis.

We are still in the process of finalizing our full speaker lineup of thought leaders, industry experts, and change-makers who will bring dynamic perspectives and meaningful discussions to the conference.

We are still in the process of finalizing our full speaker lineup of thought leaders, industry experts, and change-makers who will bring dynamic perspectives and meaningful discussions to the conference.

Now is the perfect time to join us as a sponsor and align your brand with this exciting event that fosters impactful conversations and lasting change.

Past Year Themes & Tracks

RCC 2024

RCC 2024

RCC 2024

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Tracks
  1. Hoarding Disorder & Collecting Behaviors

  2. Peer to Peer - Weaving Our Own Safety Net

  3. Fostering Peer Success - Tools for Every Industry

  4. Peer Responses - Models for Prevention, Crisis & Recovery

Our 2024 Conference: “Redefining Crazy: It’s the System, Not the People,” was truly a powerful mental health community experience. April of 2024 marked MHASF’s first in-person conference in five years—and it was overwhelming to bring together peer leaders, advocates, community-based providers, stakeholders, tech innovators, and government officials. Together in a collaborative and actionable learning environment we convened to advance strategies of stigma reduction, care reform, and peer support in our mental health system. This three day conference was a vibrant symposium of ideas and inspiration, all thanks to the tireless efforts and committed experience of our community.

Our keynote presenters represented a full array of mental health, from the arts to the public sector. On day one, attendees were captivated with filmmaker, author, and activist Sera Davidow, as she illuminated the ways in which society vastly underestimates the power of loss of power and the devastating impact of treatment systems in conversation with Cherene Caraco, a psychiatric, trauma and suicide attempt survivor. The following day, Director of the San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives Honey Mahogany presented an engaging historical reflection on how systems of mental health in San Francisco benefit from the advocacy of communities directly impacted.

RCC 2022

RCC 2022

RCC 2022

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Tracks
  1. Hoarding & Cluttering

  2. Communities Reclaiming Wellness

RCC 2021

RCC 2021

RCC 2021

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Tracks
  1. Hoarding & Cluttering

  2. Opportunities in the “New Normal”

  3. Communities Reclaiming Wellness

RCC 2021 Mini-Conference

RCC 2021 Mini-Conference

RCC 2021 Mini-Conference

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Theme: It’s the System, Not the People

Tracks
  1. Progress Not Perfection

  2. Collecting Souls

  3. Healing Treasures & Tragedies

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Tax ID#94-1218623

24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line
855-600-WARM(9276)
info@mentalhealthsf.org

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Tax ID#94-1218623

24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line
855-600-WARM(9276)
info@mentalhealthsf.org

The Mental Health Association of San Francisco is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Tax ID#94-1218623

24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line
855-600-WARM(9276)
info@mentalhealthsf.org

24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line
855-600-WARM(9276)

info@mentalhealthsf.org

24/7 California Peer-Run Warm Line
855-600-WARM(9276)

info@mentalhealthsf.org