Voces y Trayectorias is an online series of public conversations with people who have played a meaningful role in shaping, implementing, or reflecting on processes of psychiatric deinstitutionalisation (DI) in different parts of the world, with an emphasis on Brazil, Chile and the rest of South America.

About the speakers

Lorena Berríos Ibacache

Lorena Berríos Ibacache is an Expert by Experience, psychiatric survivor, and Chilean activist recognised for her defence of the human rights of people with psychosocial disabilities and her involvement in the Mad Pride (Orgullo Loco) movement in Latin America. Her work focuses on making visible the experiences of psychiatrised people, questioning coercive practices in mental health, and promoting community-based alternatives grounded in autonomy, mutual support, and dignity.

She is a member of RedEsfera Latinoamericana, a self-managed network that promotes mad cultures, psychosocial diversity, justice, and the right to delirium. In this context, she took part in the presentation of the Regional Report “For Justice and Reparation” at the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN COSP) in 2023.

She has developed workshops and training activities for professionals, organisations, and communities, promoting human rights approaches and social and community models of disability, and has led anti-stigma and mutual support initiatives linked to Mad Pride. Her work brings together personal experience and critical activism to challenge social imaginaries and support autonomy and non-discrimination for people with lived experience.

Dariel Jara

Dariel Jara is a Chilean community mental health educator and theatre pedagogue with experience in participatory methodologies oriented toward mutual care, collective transformation, and crisis accompaniment. As a facilitator of Theatre of the Oppressed, he has worked with groups and communities in different Latin American countries, using creative tools for dialogue and social action.

He is part of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Collective Mental Health and Buen Vivir (ALAMES), where he serves as sub-coordinator for Chile. His work combines education, art, and community practice to strengthen spaces of care, participation, and collective learning.

Who should attend?

Researchers, students, policymakers, health professionals, practitioners, activists, and anyone interested in mental health reform, psychiatric deinstitutionalisation, and human rights.

Please note: The live event will be conducted in Spanish. The Zoom session will include English and Portuguese subtitles.