The Institute for Human Community (IHC) is a grassroots organization led by disability advocate, Kristina Kapp (known as “KK”). IHC seeks to help people who experience physical or psychological pain and suffering by creating opportunities to build supportive, compassionate, non-judgmental communities.
Pain and disability, whether visible or invisible, can be extremely isolating. Yet social connection plays a major role in healing. The sad irony is that when we need social connection the most, we have the hardest time finding it.
IHC will offer trainings to people interested in creating supportive communities, including virtual groups using tools such as Zoom, Discord, and immersive spaces like Minecraft.
Kristina Kapp (KK), Founder
KK has actively worked in behavioral health, disability justice, and advocacy for over 20 years as a community activist and humanitarian ambassador. KK has spent the most recent 5-10 years developing and expanding options for mental health support in Ohio, where she has trained hundreds of certified Peer Support Specialists and established vital community programs, including holistic transitional and rehabilitative supports, to achieve tenured community living necessary for empowered personal recovery.
KK graciously Chairs Ohio’s federally mandated Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Advisory Council (PAC), while concurrently serving as a voting member of the governing board of directors of Disability Rights Ohio (DRO) Ohio’s federally mandated Protection and Advocacy Agency. Outside of Ohio, KK’s national organizing activities are largely anchored between projects in her role as Vice President of the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA) and related to her expanding duties as President of the Board of Directors of MindFreedom International (MFI), which she is honored to serve. In addition to the aforementioned ongoing affiliations, KK is the founding member of the Steering Committees behind Liberators for Justice (L4J), Survivors And Families Empowered 4 Recovery (S.A.F.E), and a founding force behind the Mental Health Subcommittee of the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).
