Brooklyn College - M4MH - 4.7.22 - Presentation.pdf

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About Your Facilitator
Marlene Padron, she/her
● Have been working towards social
justice across various non-profits,
and healthcare agencies.
● Wandering heart has lead me to live
in 4 states in the past decade
● Stay connected to Mexican culture
through family, cooking, music, and
traditional folkloric dance

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○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short film competition
○ Short film production grants
○ Global community
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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 Party
(and a chance to enter to win $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
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Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
This is a public, shared space
Some photos will be taken during the panel -
please let us know if you are not comfortable
with that
Please take care of yourself however
you need, including asking for help
HEADS UP
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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
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● Skincare
● Exercise
● Running
● Nap
● Finding topics i care about and
engaging, learning more about
them

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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…
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● Atlanta
● Shameless
● Orange is the new black
● Euphoria
● Sopranos
● Split
● Power of dog

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#Movies4MentalHealth
Characters with mental
illness are portrayed as…
● sour and bitter
● Irritable
● Unstable
● Villain
● Depressed
● Anxious
● Oversexualized
● Withdrawn
● Something wrong with them

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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?
● Scares people, still a lot of stigma
● Not a lot of nuance - just one word
● Use just the word crazy, or a problem with their mind all
experiences blanketed into one word
● Hush hush
● Not labeled as MI - just “he’s strict or has a temper”, part of
identity and personality, not something to be worked on
● Resources not adapted to culture communities
● Not talked about
● Not conditioned to feel, just to be in provider role

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

13. The Beautiful Black Man
By Calvin Walker
AWI Winner, August 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
intergenerational trauma, cultural and
structural racism, self-harm, images of slavery

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IN PAIRS...
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
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SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● You don't have to hurt yourself for world to love you
● Made me think that the person in the film was just
asking to be humanized
● Not presenting their whole self
● Cool nice
● Filmmaker explores spirituality

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How does stigma feel?
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● Stifling, conforming
● Hopelessness
● Shameful
● Pressured

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What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
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● Don't know who to reach out to
● Lack of resources
● Cultural barriers
● Bad first experience
● Expensive
● Insurance
● Waitlists
● Lack of trust
● I can get thru this myself mindset

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BREATHING
EXERCISE

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SELF REFLECTION
HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
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20. XIETY
Carlos & Karen Torres
AWI Winner, January 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
depictions and interpretations of anxiety and panic attack

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IN PAIRS...
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
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SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
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● How she was in her own world even tho
‘everything was still going on around her’
● Got anxiety from watching
● The drowning
● How I feel in real life - sometimes specific
situations will be activating

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What are some practices
that support your wellness?
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● Taking a day for myself
● Put myself first
● Meditate
● Breathing
● Music
● Exercise
● Stretch
● Treating yourself
● Time with pets
● Socializing

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BODY
SCAN

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SELF REFLECTION
HOW WAS THIS
BODY SCAN FOR YOU?
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26. Sal Tran
By Kim Huynh
AWI Winner, March 2018
CONTENT HEADS UP
mentions of: sexual violence, suicide attempts, systemic oppression,
depression, anxiety, substance use, and PTSD

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SELF REFLECTION
WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
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What are your impressions?
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● Sense of alienation
● Validation
● Being able to name what was wrong
● Drugs not enough to escape reality
● Surrounding self with things that
keep you grounded

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How can we support
ourselves and others?
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● Being open and respectful
● Don't assume anything about people
● Having more events like this
● Free workshops
● Having spaces where we can talk about
our feelings

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PANEL
Round of applause
for our panel!
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MEET THE PANEL
Flavia Shyti, she/her
Student, USG Events Director, Brooklyn College
Chika Otisi, he/him
Student, USG Student Advocate, Brooklyn College
Amanda de Jesús, PhD, LCSW-R, she/her
Counselor and Supervisor - Brooklyn College Personal Counseling
Center - Brooklyn College
Additional Community Resource to check out
NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness - NYC
https://www.naminycmetro.org/

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Please fill out the evaluation!
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You can enter for a chance to win a $25 gift!
If you are receiving credit for attending this workshop,
at the end of the evaluation, you’ll be prompted to add your
information to a sign-in sheet.
Evaluation responses will remain separate and anonymous.

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Please fill out the evaluation!
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Mingle / Panel Q&A
Ask a question or share a
thought!
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