Dr. Rupi Legha has been in the rooms where mental health care causes harm.
It’s why she now leads the rooms where it gets reimagined.
Research-grounded. Clinically precise. Impossible to ignore.
The conversation you’ve been waiting for is already long overdue. The time is now.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & APPEARANCES
2026
July
Anti-Coercion in Mental Health: Rights, Resistance, and Reform
AVES Mental Health
Heart Space LA: A Conversation for Black Folks Navigating Psychiatric Care
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Invited/Paid Speaker (Los Angeles, California)
June
We’ve Been Too Patient: Moving from Institutional Harm to Radical Healing
ONTRACK
May
From Survival to Solidarity: Lived Experience, Psychiatry, and Collective Action in a Time of Strain
American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, Invited Panel Co-Chair (San Francisco, California)
What Black Communities Should Know about Psychiatric Care
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Regulate to Resist Series, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
January
Empire Abroad, Carcerality at Home: Refusing Psychiatry’s Colonial Inheritance
Health Humanities Consortium Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Clinical Activism as Ethical Practice: A Humanistic Framework for Justice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Health Humanities Consortium Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Putting It into Practice: Ethical, Non-Coercive Psychiatric Care in Action
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Transformative Mental Health Curriculum Faculty Member, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
Understanding Medication through Evidence and Experience: Beyond the Prescription Pad
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Transformative Mental Health Curriculum Faculty Member, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
2025
December
There Are No Bad Kids: Antiracist Strategies for Supporting Students & Disrupting Harmful Diagnoses
National Association of Black Student Educators Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Chicago, Illinois)
November
Your Despair Is Not Disorder: Youth Mental Health and Racial Justice in a Time of Crisis
Pitzer College Racial Justice Initiative Distinguished Scholar-Activist Lecture, Invited/Paid Speaker (Claremont, California)
October
From Diagnostic Condemnation to Racial Equity: Advancing Person-Centered Forensic Mental Healthcare
California Department of State Hospitals, 12th Annual Multicultural Conference, Invited/Paid Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
September
There Are No Bad Kids: Rethinking ODD, Resistance, and Youth Mental Health through An Antiracist Lens
United States Transgender Professional Health Association Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
August
Grappling with the Biomedical Model with Dr. Rupi Legha and Robert Whitaker
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Tending the Future of Care Series, Invited/Paid Faculty (Virtual)
March
Forging a New Science, Structural Psychology: The Life of Institutions and Their Embodied Power
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Invited/Paid Panel Member (Virtual)
2024
September
Alliance for Right and Recovery Annual Conference: Antiracism in Practice Not Just Theory, Unapologetically Black Unicorns Podcast Recording
Invited/Funded Speaker (Catskills, New York)
2023
April
The Legacy of Racism in Psychology and Psychiatry
Pitzer College Inside Out Program/Justice Education Initiative at the Claremont Colleges, Invited/Paid Speaker, California Rehabilitation Center (Norco, California)
March
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Francisco PRIME-US (Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved), Invited/Paid Speaker (San Francisco, California)
January–April
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Year-Round Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
2022
December
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
November
An Antiracist Approach to Psychiatry and Medical Education
Pitzer College, Department of Psychology, Invited/Paid Speaker (Claremont, California)
June
American Medical Student Association Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice Institute
Invited/Paid Roundtable Speaker (Virtual)
Abolishing Medical Brutality: Antiracism in Clinical Care
Atlanta Wellstar Family Medicine Residency Didactics, Invited/Paid Speaker (Atlanta, GA)
April
The 4th Trimester, Speak! Move! Change! Virtual Series Honoring Black Maternal Health Week
Invited Roundtable Moderator (Virtual)
Getting off the Racist Sidelines: An Antiracist Approach to Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Care
University of Washington Idaho Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Invited/Paid Speaker (Boise, Idaho)
A Practical Approach to Antiracism in Medicine Education (Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module)
American Association of Medical Colleges, Western Group on Educational Affairs Annual Conference, Workshop (Portland, Oregon)
March
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Extended Didactics Series, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
2021
October
A Call to Action: An Antiracist Approach to Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Care
University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Invited/Paid Speaker (Baltimore, Maryland)
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine PRIME-US, Didactics, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Francisco, California)
Reimagining Global Health as Local Health: The AAFP Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series
AAFP 2021 Annual Global Health Summit, Presentation (Virtual)
September
The Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: An Abolitionist Approach to Antiracism
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Excellence through Mentorship Series, Invited Speaker (Washington, D.C.)
No More Building Resilience among URM Trainees: Dismantling Structural Whiteness to Reimagine Psychiatry Residency Training as an Antiracist Experience
Association for Academic Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Presidential Symposium, Invited/Paid Panelist (Vancouver, British Columbia)
July
Interviewing with an Antiracist Lens Part 2: Case
University of California San Diego School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
June
An Antiracist Approach to Mental Healthcare: Five Core Tenets
The Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) Technical Assistance Center’s Listening, Learning, and Leading: Anti-Racism in California’s Crisis Continuum of Care Conference, Invited/Paid Speaker (California)
Antiracism in Mental Health Training
The Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) Technical Assistance Center’s Listening, Learning, and Leading: Anti-Racism in California’s Crisis Continuum of Care Conference, Invited/Paid Speaker (California)
Interviewing with an Antiracist Lens Part 1: Reflective Practice
University of California San Diego School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
May
The Legacy of Slavery in American Medicine and Psychiatry
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Antiracism Conference Series, Invited Speaker (Boston, MA)
April
Reimagining Medical Education: The Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series (Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module)
Beyond Flexner Alliance Annual Conference, Presentation (Phoenix, Arizona)
March
Youth Rising: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice Part 2: Diagnosing Racism and Taking the Racial Trauma History
University of California Irvine Leadership Education to Advance Diversity—African, Black, and Caribbean (LEAD-ABC) Lecture Series, Lead/Attending Speaker (Irvine, CA)
February
Youth Rising: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice Part 1: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice
University of California Irvine Leadership Education to Advance Diversity—African, Black, and Caribbean (LEAD-ABC) Lecture Series, Lead/Attending Speaker (Irvine, CA)
January
Mental Health De-Escalation from An Abolition Perspective
LA Communication Action Network (Los Angeles), Community Meeting
Mental Health De-Escalation from An Abolition Perspective
Dignity and Power Now (Los Angeles), Community Meeting
July
Anti-Coercion in Mental Health: Rights, Resistance, and Reform
AVES Mental Health
June
We’ve Been Too Patient: Moving from Institutional Harm to Radical Healing
ONTRACK
May
From Survival to Solidarity: Lived Experience, Psychiatry, and Collective Action in a Time of Strain
American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, Invited Panel Co-Chair (San Francisco, California)
What Black Communities Should Know about Psychiatric Care
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, Regulate to Resist Series, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
January
Empire Abroad, Carcerality at Home: Refusing Psychiatry’s Colonial Inheritance
Health Humanities Consortium Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Clinical Activism as Ethical Practice: A Humanistic Framework for Justice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Health Humanities Consortium Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Putting It into Practice: Ethical, Non-Coercive Psychiatric Care in Action
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Transformative Mental Health Curriculum Faculty Member, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
Understanding Medication through Evidence and Experience: Beyond the Prescription Pad
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Transformative Mental Health Curriculum Faculty Member, Invited/Paid Speaker (Virtual)
December
There Are No Bad Kids: Antiracist Strategies for Supporting Students & Disrupting Harmful Diagnoses
National Association of Black Student Educators Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Chicago, Illinois)
November
Your Despair Is Not Disorder: Youth Mental Health and Racial Justice in a Time of Crisis
Pitzer College Racial Justice Initiative Distinguished Scholar-Activist Lecture, Invited/Paid Speaker (Claremont, California)
October
From Diagnostic Condemnation to Racial Equity: Advancing Person-Centered Forensic Mental Healthcare
California Department of State Hospitals, 12th Annual Multicultural Conference, Invited/Paid Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
September
There Are No Bad Kids: Rethinking ODD, Resistance, and Youth Mental Health through An Antiracist Lens
United States Transgender Professional Health Association Annual Conference, Invited Speaker (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
August
Grappling with the Biomedical Model with Dr. Rupi Legha and Robert Whitaker
Institute for the Development of Human Arts, Tending the Future of Care Series, Invited/Paid Faculty (Virtual)
March
Forging a New Science, Structural Psychology: The Life of Institutions and Their Embodied Power
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, Invited/Paid Panel Member (Virtual)
September
Alliance for Right and Recovery Annual Conference: Antiracism in Practice Not Just Theory, Unapologetically Black Unicorns Podcast Recording
Invited/Funded Speaker (Catskills, New York)
April
The Legacy of Racism in Psychology and Psychiatry
Pitzer College Inside Out Program/Justice Education Initiative at the Claremont Colleges, Invited/Paid Speaker, California Rehabilitation Center (Norco, California)
March
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Francisco PRIME-US (Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved), Invited/Paid Speaker (San Francisco, California)
January–April
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Year-Round Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
December
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
November
An Antiracist Approach to Psychiatry and Medical Education
Pitzer College, Department of Psychology, Invited/Paid Speaker (Claremont, California)
June
American Medical Student Association Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice Institute
Invited/Paid Roundtable Speaker (Virtual)
Abolishing Medical Brutality: Antiracism in Clinical Care
Atlanta Wellstar Family Medicine Residency Didactics, Invited/Paid Speaker (Atlanta, GA)
April
The 4th Trimester, Speak! Move! Change! Virtual Series Honoring Black Maternal Health Week
Invited Roundtable Moderator (Virtual)
Getting off the Racist Sidelines: An Antiracist Approach to Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Care
University of Washington Idaho Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Invited/Paid Speaker (Boise, Idaho)
A Practical Approach to Antiracism in Medicine Education (Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module)
American Association of Medical Colleges, Western Group on Educational Affairs Annual Conference, Workshop (Portland, Oregon)
March
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Mental Health Module
University of California, San Diego CAPIE (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence), Extended Didactics Series, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
October
A Call to Action: An Antiracist Approach to Clinical Supervision in Mental Health Care
University of Maryland, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Invited/Paid Speaker (Baltimore, Maryland)
Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine PRIME-US, Didactics, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Francisco, California)
Reimagining Global Health as Local Health: The AAFP Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series
AAFP 2021 Annual Global Health Summit, Presentation (Virtual)
September
The Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series: An Abolitionist Approach to Antiracism
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Excellence through Mentorship Series, Invited Speaker (Washington, D.C.)
No More Building Resilience among URM Trainees: Dismantling Structural Whiteness to Reimagine Psychiatry Residency Training as an Antiracist Experience
Association for Academic Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Presidential Symposium, Invited/Paid Panelist (Vancouver, British Columbia)
July
Interviewing with an Antiracist Lens Part 2: Case
University of California San Diego School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
June
An Antiracist Approach to Mental Healthcare: Five Core Tenets
The Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) Technical Assistance Center’s Listening, Learning, and Leading: Anti-Racism in California’s Crisis Continuum of Care Conference, Invited/Paid Speaker (California)
Antiracism in Mental Health Training
The Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) Technical Assistance Center’s Listening, Learning, and Leading: Anti-Racism in California’s Crisis Continuum of Care Conference, Invited/Paid Speaker (California)
Interviewing with an Antiracist Lens Part 1: Reflective Practice
University of California San Diego School of Medicine Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Inclusive Excellence Summer Program, Invited/Paid Speaker (San Diego, California)
May
The Legacy of Slavery in American Medicine and Psychiatry
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society Antiracism Conference Series, Invited Speaker (Boston, MA)
April
Reimagining Medical Education: The Antiracism in Medicine Curriculum Series (Antiracism in Cardiovascular Medicine Module)
Beyond Flexner Alliance Annual Conference, Presentation (Phoenix, Arizona)
March
Youth Rising: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice Part 2: Diagnosing Racism and Taking the Racial Trauma History
University of California Irvine Leadership Education to Advance Diversity—African, Black, and Caribbean (LEAD-ABC) Lecture Series, Lead/Attending Speaker (Irvine, CA)
February
Youth Rising: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice Part 1: Challenging Racism in Clinical Practice
University of California Irvine Leadership Education to Advance Diversity—African, Black, and Caribbean (LEAD-ABC) Lecture Series, Lead/Attending Speaker (Irvine, CA)
January
Mental Health De-Escalation from An Abolition Perspective
LA Communication Action Network (Los Angeles), Community Meeting
Mental Health De-Escalation from An Abolition Perspective
Dignity and Power Now (Los Angeles), Community Meeting
