What's Representation Got To Do With It? - SS - 2.26.21 - Presentation

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What’s Representation
Got To Do With It?

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Our Guests Today
Calvin Walker
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Rebecca Lieb
(she/her)

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

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

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Grounding exercise
● Watch and discuss three short films
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
a $25 Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A

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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.
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP

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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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Grounding Exercise

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SHARE IN THE CHAT...
Artists are always advised:
“Show, don’t tell.”
But what about when they’re sharing
stories about people, experiences,
and invisible realities that are rarely
depicted in popular media?
How do you think it would feel to
bear the burden of representing
“your people” through storytelling?

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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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Take a deep breath.

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Mind Matters
By Josef Adamu
AWI Winner, November 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, stigma, alcohol use

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Take a deep breath.

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Staging Face
By Asterix Media
Voices With Impact 2020
Content heads up:
discussion of depression, anxiety, transphobia, misgendering

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Take a deep breath.

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What did you not
understand about these
films / in general?

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explain: make [an idea,
situation, or problem] clear to
someone by describing it in
more detail or revealing
relevant facts or ideas

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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
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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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