Join us in the idea that mental health is a human right.
We are brand new, and we would rather tell you the honest truth than dress it up. Here is what joining the Alliance means today, and a promise to say the moment there is more to do.
The Kensora Alliance is a planned 501(c)(4) advocacy organization in formation. It was founded alongside the Kensora app, born from lived experience with serious mental illness, and it carries one throughline: mental health is a human right, alongside a small set of adjacent positions we hold as values, not as clinical or partisan claims.
Because we are new, there is not much infrastructure yet. That is the plain truth. What we can offer right now are a handful of real, useful ways to be part of this, none of which ask you to pretend the organization is further along than it is. As the work grows, so will the ways to help, and we will say so here.
Small, honest things that actually matter.
Add your name
Tell us you want to join the Alliance. Email hello@kensora.io with the subject "Standing with the Kensora Alliance." That is it. We are not building a member count to brag about. We are gathering the people who believe this idea is worth defending, so that when there is real advocacy work to do, we know who to invite.
Share the idea
Send this site, or the single sentence at its heart, to someone who would nod at it. Movements for human rights move person to person long before they move any other way. Passing the idea along, in your own words, is one of the most useful things anyone can do right now.
Talk about mental health openly
The most direct way to advance the belief that mental health is a human right is to treat it like one in ordinary conversation. Speak about it plainly, without shame or euphemism, the way you would about any part of being human. That everyday openness does more to change the climate than most campaigns.
Tell us what this world looks like to you
Write and tell us what a world that treats mental health as a right would look like from where you stand. What would be different at work, at school, in a waiting room, in a hard week. We are listening, and the vision that shapes this work should not be written by us alone.
An honest word about where we are
We would rather under-promise. There is no petition to sign, no chapter to join, no campaign already underway, because those things do not exist yet, and we will not invent them to look bigger. What exists today is an idea, a set of principles, and a small group of people willing to support them.
When there is real advocacy to do, a specific ask, a moment that needs your voice, we will say so clearly, here and to the people who added their names. Until then, the four things above are the truthful ways to help, and they are enough to begin.
Before you write, a few honest notes
- We are not asking for money. There is no donation button on this page and no fundraising campaign. If we ever ask for support, we will say so plainly.
- Contributions to a 501(c)(4) are not tax-deductible. When support is eventually mentioned, we will state this every time, because a 501(c)(4) advocacy organization is different from a charity in this respect.
- We do not sell or share your information. If you email us, we use your message to stay in touch about the Alliance, nothing more.
- We are in formation. The Alliance is a planned 501(c)(4) that is not yet a registered legal entity and does not hold 501(c)(4) status. We say so wherever it matters.
- We are separate from the app and the research institute. The Alliance shares the Kensora name and mission but is organizationally and legally distinct from Kensora, the for-profit app, and from the planned Kensora Institute, a 501(c)(3) also in formation.
- We are not partisan. This is issue advocacy for the idea that mental health is a human right. We do not endorse or oppose any candidate, party, or elected official, and we are not a political party.
If you are in crisis right now
The Alliance is not a crisis or emergency service, and we cannot respond to emergencies. If you or someone you know is struggling or in danger, please reach out for real help right away. In the US, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are somewhere else, please use your local emergency number. You deserve support, and it is okay to ask for it.
Begin with a single email.
Add your name, and join us in the idea that no one should have to fight for the right to be well. We are glad you are here, and we are just getting started.
Add your name