Soul Care for the AAPI Community - SS - 6.4.21 - Presentation

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Welcome to
Sanctuary
Space!
Today’s event:
Soul Care for the AAPI Community
Understanding Racial Trauma and
Celebrating Joy

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

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About Your AWI Host
- AWI Community Manager
- Makeup Artist
- Mental Wellness Advocate
- Halloween-year-round advocate
Cat Tanchanco (she/her)

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POLL: Who’s here today?
A
B
College or
university
student
Somebody else
(share in chat!)

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POLL: Where in the
world are you?
A
B
United States
Canada
C Another country

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Grounding exercise
● Setting the scene about racial trauma
● Watch and discuss short film
● Self-care and mental health resources
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
a $25 Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A

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HEADS UP
● 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
● Please take care of yourself however you
need, including asking for help or accessing
the Shared Notes

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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 support.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2

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About Your
AWI Mental Health Support
- AWIC Program Manager
- BIPOC peer support
group facilitator
- Animal lover!
- Standup comedy & zines
Amy Wong (she/they)

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2 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#1 POLLS: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2

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For technical
assistance, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.

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Our Guest Today
Lauren Salazar
(she/her)

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Grounding
Exercise

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What is racial trauma?
Where does it manifest?

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POLL: Have you ever
experienced any of these
symptoms of racial trauma?
A
B
Yes
No
C Not sure
Denial, confusion, anxiety,
guilt, hopelessness,
feeling disconnected, anger,
irritability

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The Conversation That Never Happened
(从未发生过的对话)
by Gordon Yao
AWI Winner, April 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, stigma

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Take a deep breath.

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In just a few
words…
What do you
feel?
Feelings Wheel

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Acknowledging feelings:
The importance of not
over-rationalizing.

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Empowerment & the
importance of mental fitness.

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Individual Strengths:
What are some qualities
you like about yourself /
are proud of?

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Community Strengths:
What do you love about
being AAPI?

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Honoring ourselves.
(Yes, YOU matter!)

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Mental Health
Resources
● Shared Notes (top left)
● Defining therapy
● Sliding scale

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Virtual Mingle / Q&A
Ask a question or share a thought!
You can raise your hand (see image below) to be given
instructions to audio in, use the public chat box, or
send a private message to AWI Support / a panelist.

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Please fill out
the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
You can enter for a chance to
win a $25 Amazon gift card!
Evaluation responses will
remain separate and
anonymous.

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Stay in touch!
...and don’t forget to
copy/paste the
resources in the Shared
Notes!
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info@artwithimpact.org