Cooper union m4 mh - 11.3.21 - presentation

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@artwithimpact
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HOSTED BY:

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About Your Facilitator
Beth Killian, she/her
• Based in Rhode Island
• Background in youth work
• Musician, Songwriter, Dancer
• Hopeful Music/Movement
Therapist
• Dog Mom

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○ Campus workshops
○ Monthly short film competition
○ Short film production grants
○ Global community
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Individual Sponsors
○ Daniel J Cook - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Executive
Clinical Director Embodied Mind NYC (embodiedmindnyc.com)

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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!)
● Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth

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Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert
on your own experience
This is a public, shared space
Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
HEADS UP
#Movies4MentalHealth

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IN JUST A FEW WORDS...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Singing
● Walking in park
● Sleeping
● Going for a run
● Eating
● Shouting
● Cleaning

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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
●You
●Crazy Ex Girlfriend
●Dark Knight Rises
●Me Myself and Irene
●Joker
●Frozen
●American Psycho

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● “Crazy”
● Villains
● Unstable
● Alienated
● Obsessive
● ”Ditzy”
Characters with mental
illness are portrayed as…

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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?
● “Don’t air your dirty laundry
● Not talked about but expressed
● Existing in a state of temporality, ‘being dramatic’

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

13. 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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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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● Empowering
● Empathetic – Can relate
● Reassured that it’s ok to take breaks from
school and set boundaries
● We all share the experience of being stressed
and overwhelmed at school, so sometimes we
think it’s normal, but it’s helpful to see it talked
about directly

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How does stigma feel?
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● Shame
● Isolation
● Embarrassed
● Uncertain
● Violated
● Empty

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BREATHING
EXERCISE

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REFLECT ON:
HOW WAS THIS BREATHING
EXERCISE FOR YOU?
#Movies4MentalHealth

19. Parallel
By Naomi B. Smith
AWI Winner, December 2019
CONTENT HEADS UP
depictions of depression

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IN PAIRS...
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
#Movies4MentalHealth

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SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Relatable questions shown in this film – asking
those questions, for me it didn’t feel
reassuring but uncomfortable to wonder why
so many of us ask these questions.

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What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● MH is “cringey” or ”trendy”
● Being misunderstood
● More like a luxury – expenses, time
● State of policing in US – criminalization of MH
● “I can do this by myself”
● Feeling of being kicked out of job, school, family,
● Fear of removing the mask and being vulnerable

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BODY
SCAN

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REFLECT ON:
HOW WAS THIS
BODY SCAN FOR YOU?
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25. Three
by Karen Hua
AWI Winner, June 2015
Content heads up:
obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety, bulimia

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REFLECT ON:
WHERE DID YOU EXPERIENCE
THIS IN YOUR BODY?
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What are your impressions?
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● Everyone has a story to tell – we can be
skilled at presenting that everything is ok
● Liked how they used a male characters to
represent ED

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How can we support
ourselves and others?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Self affirmation
● Knowing resources and sharing that with folks
around you
● Check in with others
● Thinking about what to say to someone who
might be having a tough time – nonjudgmental
● Encouraging friends and colleagues to take
care of themselves

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PANEL
Round of applause
for our panel!
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Continued Connections
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Arts-based discussion trainings
Interview and discussion opportunities
Weekly art + wellness prompts

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MEET THE PANEL
Karla Garcia, (she/her)
3rd Year Student, School of Art, Cooper Union
Akil Foster (he/him)
Student, Cooper Union
Cassandra Jolicoeur (she/her)
Student Care Coordinator, Office of Student Affairs
Ethan Fields (he/him/his)
Senior Manager, Higher Education Program Outreach & Promotion
at The Jed Foundation (JED)

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Please fill out the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
#Movies4MentalHealth
You can enter for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card!
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!
bit.ly/cu-eval

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Mingle / Panel Q&A
Ask a question or share a
thought!
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Stay in touch:
Don’t forget to leave your
name and email on the
sign-up sheet!
Sign up for
Continued Connections!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
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