The document outlines an event about mental health and sexual violence hosted by Olive-Harvey College. It includes introductions of speakers, descriptions of planned activities like theatre exercises and discussions, content warnings, and a panel discussion on supporting survivors. Guidelines are provided for participating in a "brave space" and definitions of terms like sexual violence and survivorhood. Short monologues written for characters attending the event are included to prompt discussion of survivors' experiences and mental health impacts.

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Olive-Harvey College
March 28, 2023
Artwork by Chelsea Alexander
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Adenike (Ah - DAY - Nick - Kay)
★ Born NYC, Based in Chicago
★ Actress 🎭 & filmmaker 🎬
★ I love reading sci-fi 🦾
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● Campus workshops
● Global community
● Small film production grants

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• Introductory conversations
• Fictional monologues + theatre activities
• Panel of speakers
• Evaluation Party (chance to win $25)
• Q&A

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• Mental health is personal and you are the expert on
your own experience, identity and needs
• Shared public space – can’t guarantee confidentiality
• It’s okay to feel, and it’s okay to be uncomfortable
• Uncomfortable vs. Unsafe
• Conversations and activities might be triggering
• Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help (MH support)
• Photos taken for AWI websites, let us know if you don’t
want to be photographed

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Community Agreements for Brave Space:
• Ask before you touch, it’s always ok to say “no”
(no activities require touch)
• Everyone gets the grace to speak in draft, and the responsibility
to edit a harmful draft
• Be respectful of the weight of these topics, speak knowing that
survivors are present
• Be mindful around sharing personal details that could be
triggering to others
• Take excellent care of yourself and of each other
• How else can we make this workshop a brave space for everyone
here to feel supported, respected and cared for?
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• Personal definition
• Someone who has been through a sexual/intimate experience(s) that
was against their wishes and/or crossed a set boundary and/or left
them feeling violated, unsafe, harmed or coerced
• Expansive definition, there’s a whole spectrum of survivorhood
• Realizations/feelings around survivors status might be delayed, could
come up weeks, months or even years after the event(s)
• Today’s Focus: mental health impacts of sexual violence, how sexual
violence impacts community, and how community can support
survivors (not going into details about specific events of SV)

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• How does the definition we just went
through feel to you today?
A) Thumbs up B) Thumbs Down
C) Thumb sideways

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What are ways that sexual violence might
impact survivors? mental health? community?
• Bias towards creating new relationships
• Trust issues
• PTSD
• Hypervigilance
• Academic issues
• Low self esteem
Many people you know and love are living with these impacts.
We are here to raise awareness around what survivors might be
living with, and to learn how we can better support them.

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Naomi (she/her) 20 years old
Written by A’raelle Flynn-Bolden (she/her)

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•Read the monologue out loud
•Discuss your initial reactions
•Come back to big group to discuss

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How does Naomi
seem to feel?
•Conflicted
•Shame
•Guilt
•Scrutinized
•Apathetic
What might Naomi
be thinking?
•“Maybe I shouldn’t have worn those
red shorts”
•Conflicted about not blaming herself
but emotionally feeling like it was her
fault
•Maybe thinking Dane wants her to be
more angry
•Mom doesn’t support me and maybe
she thinks it’s my fault too
•“I can’t even be comfortable in my own
house”

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Move As and Statues

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De-Roling and Discussion

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Dane (she/her) 21
Patrice (she/her) 63
Written by A’raelle Flynn-Bolden (she/her)

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•Read both monologues out loud
•Discuss your initial reactions
•Come back to big group to discuss

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Group Discussion
Initial Impressions:
- Generational secrets harm
- Relating to Dane as a friend
- Dane should think more about how to support
Naomi and center her experience
- Mom hasn’t healed her own trauma

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Naomi and Dane
How is each character feeling?
● Naomi- closed off; apathetic
● Dane- guilty, angry
How are they feeling about each other?
● Naomi- a little irritated w/ Dane
● Dane- a little guilty about Naomi’s situation
What might the conflict between them be?
● Naomi doesn’t feel supported by Dane
Other important given circumstances?
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•Listen to survivors and hold space for them
•Understand the different ways folks like to feel
supported
•Show up in other ways like, acts of services I.e
getting groceries, cooking a meal or doing an
activity that the survivor enjoys
•Offer resources and organizations that survivors
can access

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Andrea Carbajal (she/her)
Student @ Olive-Harvey
Samantha Luce (she/her)
Director, Project S.A.F
.E. – City Colleges of Chicago
Elizabeth Meyer, LCSW (she/her)
Program Coordinator, Greenlight Counseling -
Greenlight Family Services
Stephanie Tatum (she/her)
Coordinator, Community Ed and Training, SVSS Dept.,
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Lakeisha Walker (she/her)
Advocate, SVSS Dept., YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

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