2025 marked the first year of Mad Thinking. We began in April, reaching full operational capacity in June. It has been a year of beginnings: ideas taking shape, systems being set up, conversations opening, and connections forming across geographies, movements, and struggles.
When we launched this initiative, we did so out of a shared conviction that disability organising needs space for critical reflection, collective learning, and solidarity across struggles — in ways that centre lived experience and nurture interdependence. Over the past months, that conviction has not only been confirmed, but also renewed.
We have learned so much from the activists, thinkers, and organisers who joined us in conversations about power and care, resistance and resilience, strategy and hope. From our Disability Activism Under Pressure webinar series to the Disability & Solidarity Symposium, we were part of conversations about what building power through solidarity and collective care looks like in practice.
This year reminded us how important it is to create spaces where people can connect and think with one another, and where disability and Mad movements are part of broader struggles for justice, freedom, and collective liberation.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed time, ideas, critique, and care to these beginnings. What we learned from you continues to shape how we think, organise, and move into the year ahead.
This report documents our first year, marked by planning, strategising, collective learning, and ambitious dreaming — as well as unfinished work. It is a humble reminder that building power requires both thinkers and doers, and constant attention to how ideas become action.
With gratitude and solidarity,
Akriti & Alberto
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Featured image: ‘Amanecer desde punta Brisas’ (1944) by Armando Reverón
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