Merced college m4 mho - 12.1.21 - presentation

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@artwithimpact
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HOSTED BY:
As you arrive: What movies/shows/media have
you been watching? Share it in the chat!

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About Your Facilitator
Francesca or Cessa, she/her
● Actor, intimacy
director, facilitator
● Washington, DC
● Works for a trauma
informed arts ed org
● Loves nature,
spending time with
community, and
being barefoot

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POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at
Merced
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Faculty/staff at
Merced
Somebody else

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POLL: Where in the
world are you?
California
A
C
B
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Another state
Another country

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○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short film competition
○ Short film production grants
○ Global community
BROUGHT TO YOU BY

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Watch and discuss films, connect our
minds and bodies
● Panel of students and resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
a $25 Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth

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Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
We are online - this is a public, shared space
We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP
#Movies4MentalHealth

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NEED SUPPORT?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online
resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2
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3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#1
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POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
3 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
#Movies4MentalHealth

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If you need tech
support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● I don't really have time for self care
● prayer, meditation, talking it out
● Music and painting and praying
● Walking, Movie nights
● baking, cooking
● Coloring at night
● take hot shower
● Self care for me is staying off social media and listening to
audiobooks to relax
● Bubble baths with a glass of wine
● meditation and going for long walks
● using my PTO ,, LOL! staying home and taking my sweet time to
do what is needed just for today
● I have been study star constilations and the moon

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MENTAL HEALTH

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Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

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Some movies and
TV shows that show
mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Shameless!!!!!
● Euphoria
● The Mentalist
● United States of Tara
● All American
● 13 reasons why
● The girl next door
● I am Sam
● Silence of the lambs
● Girl, interrupted
● The red dragon.
● Wentworth
● The Joker

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Characters with
mental illness are
portrayed as…
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● Unstable scary
● Different
● Slow
● Angry
● Scary
● Not smart
● Depressed
● Moody and unpredictable
● Eratic
● Stressed
● Self sabatoging
● Out of control
● Unhinged
● very easy to snap
● confused

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MH ACROSS CULTURES
Across different cultures and languages, people talk about
and explore mental health in multiple ways.
In just a few words, please share:
How have you experienced the concept of "mental health"
within your own cultural communities?
● Not of the norm
● Stigmatized
● It doesnt exist.
● Mixed emotion
● Is a myth
● its not really talked abou
● There is still a stigma around mental health because some people don't believe in it but it's
also expensive to get help
● Frowned upon
● Talked about a lot
● Made to feel less than human
● Stay quiet
● It's just seen as someone having a bad moment or day..."things will be better tomorrow”
● Ignored in some way
● "Save face"

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WHAT IS STIGMA?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
○ Always negative
○ Always untrue
○ Can be internalized

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Frozen Out
By Hao Zhou
Voices With Impact, 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
brief reference to homophobic attitude

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HOW ARE YOU FEELING AFTER
WATCHING THIS FILM?
A Hopeful
C
B
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D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious

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How does stigma feel?
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● Unwelcoming
● Worried
● Isolating
● Stressful
● feeling sad because nothing was same anymore.
● Not fair
● Degrading
● like being put in a box you don't belong in
● DEMEANING
● Lost
● Hopeless
● Different
● Shamed
● The stigma that you have to stay positive or "strong" all the
time
● Lonely
● pressure

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What makes it difficult
to reach out for help?
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● Scared of what other will think of you
● People don't understand
● Not being able to talk about it
● Don't like to depend on others
● Finding someone who will listen
● Manipulation
● i was raised to fend for myself, dont want to be a burden
● Scared it will effect future medical help
● Time consuming
● dont want to face the reality of fear
● Black mailing
● fear

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BREATHING
EXERCISE

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HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

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I Do Not Blame Myself
By Ben Duffy
AWI Winner, June 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
alcohol use; bipolar disorder; stigma; discussion of schizophrenia, suicidal
ideation with pills and suicide attempt by jumping

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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● Heart breaking
● Powerful
● EMOTIONAL
● sad, heart broken
● Compassionate
● Inspired but sad
● Hits home
● Upsetting
● Hits home
● Very powerful
● Redemption
● Relatable
● breaks my heart, especially when the woman mentioned how she
couldn't see herself progressing

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What are some practices
that help support
your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Yoga, reading, and journaling whenever I feel overloaded
● take time and sit or stand still and just center myself
● Family bond
● Gym time
● Writing
● Deep breathes, going for walks
● Talk to others
● Time for myself
● allowing myself to feel the emotions i tend to bottle up
● looking at the star constellations in the night sky
● Coffee with a hood friend
● Writing or drawing
● yelling in the car with loud music
● anging outside with my daughter, her happiness is mine

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BODY
SCAN

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HOW WAS THE BODY
SCAN FOR YOU?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating
or refreshing
Meh
Stressful or
uncomfortable
New

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Crooked Beauty
By Ken Paul Rosenthal
AWI Winner, June 2012
CONTENT HEADS UP
Discussion of stigma, medication management

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WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
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A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere
else
I didn’t feel it in
my body
Belly

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What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● I felt ok
● Speechless
● Real
● Relatable
● made me feel nervous for some reason
● Understandable
● Different world
● I really liked the wording. Very open for people to interpret
for themselves
● Interesting, fascinating, relatable and intriguing
● almost eye opening, almost panicking
● Teachable
● HAZY I DONT KNOW WHY
● poetic

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How can we support
ourselves and others?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● support by reflective listening
● By lifting each other
● Awareness
● Remain open minded
● By being compassionate and understanding of all emotions and encouraging
actually feeling our emotions instead of avoiding them and prolonging the emotion.
● understanding boundaries. and learning about this topic
● Communicate
● Being there for each other and not push away how we feel
● by speaking up for those who can't
● Encouragement
● Listen
● Support groups
● Listening, reaching out
● understanding that not everyone is going to feel empathic towards your situation
● Be completely focused on what they are saying, when they ask to talk to you

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PANEL
Digital round of applause
for our panel!
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Art With Impact:
Continued Connections
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Exclusive community events and spaces
Arts-based discussion trainings
Interview and discussion opportunities
Weekly art + wellness prompts

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MEET THE PANEL
bit.ly/m4mho-mc
Reem Abumeri
Student, Cleveland, Ohio
Estelina Jones (she/her)
Director of Disabled Students Programs and Services, Veterans
Services and Student Health Services, Merced College
Stefani Rosas Soto (she/her)
Community Health Worker, Golden Valley Health Centers
Officer Keith Rieg (he/him)
Merced College Campus Police

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Virtual Mingle / Panel Q&A
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send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.
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