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● Based in Chicago, IL
● Mental Health Advocate
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● Campus workshops
● Short film production grants
● Global community

● 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 $25!)
● Mingle / Q&A
#Movies4MentalHealth

● 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 and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Spending time with dog
● Eating healthier
● Good sleep
● Duration and frequency
● Doing less than things during the dau
● Binge watching
● Drinking water
● Therapy then massage
● Quitting toxic job
● Ratchet artist

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

Some movies and TV shows that
show mental illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
●You
Euphoria
Silver linings playbook
Shameless
Eternal Sunshine
Her

#Movies4MentalHealth
Characters with mental illness are
portrayed as…
● Manipulative
Disturbed
Out of control
Dangerous
Burden

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?
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What is Stigma?
A judgment or stereotype that is:
● Always negative
● Always untrue
● Can be internalized

The Blind Stigma
By Stacy-Ann Buchanan
AWI Winner, May 2015
CONTENT HEADS UP
depression, anxiety, eating
disorders, cultural stigma

IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth

SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● All characters shared a very true
experience
● Learning about mental health from a non
parent perspective
● Similar experience different cultures
● Overlapping responses to mental health
through generations

How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Overwhelming
● Shame
● Isolating
● Fear
● Invalidating
● Confusion

What makes it difficult to reach out
for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Access
● Length of time/cost
● Self-doubt
● Pride
● Fear
● Lack of representation

Breathing
Exercise

Self Reflection
How was this breathing
exercise for you?
#Movies4MentalHealth

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

#Movies4MentalHealth
IN PAIRS...
What did you think?
How did you feel?

#Movies4MentalHealth
SHARE WITH US:
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● Psychological pain made physical
● Felt sad
● Sad and heartbroken
● Beauty not realized
● Empathetic and Angry
● A lot caused by generational trauma
● Hopeless
● Seemed “normal”
● Self denial

Let’s go deeper…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Sink/tarp
● Soil, “nature within us”
● “If they don’t respect me”
● Imagery of who I am cannot exist
● Authenticity unacceptable

What are some practices that support
your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Balance/Boundaries
● DND
● Not to judge but to advise
● Practicing gratitude
● Watching language
● Being present

Body Scan

Self Reflection
How was this
body scan for you?
#Movies4MentalHealth

On the Surface
By Fan Sissoko
Voices With Impact 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
mention of race- and gender-based medical discrimination

#Movies4MentalHealth
Self Reflection
Where did you experience this
in your body?

#Movies4MentalHealth
What are your impressions?
● Nurses/doctor awareness of pain
● “Strong black women” being able to to
carry “weight”
● Language inside of you

#Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
● Listen
● Empathize
● Become more knowledgeable
● Find safe support people
● Self reflection
● Self love
● Self check in
● Slowing done
● Self validation
● Being honest(actually) with yourself
● Communicate
● Medicate(positive)
● Accept yourself and others
● Stepping out of our box
● Its a long haul
● Humility

Round of applause for our panel!
#Movies4MentalHealth

Reem Abumeri (she/her)
Art With Impact Student Advisory Board Member
Tabatha Stewart, Psy.D. (she/her)
Coordinator of Psychological Services - Clovis Community
College of SCCCD
Victoria H. Williams, Ph.D. (she/her)
Clinical Director, Dir. of Clinical Training, Assistant Professor
- California School of Professional Psychology @ Alliant
International University, Fresno

#Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
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.
@artwithimpact | info@artwithimpact.org
bit.ly/m4mh-ccc-eval

#Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!

#Movies4MentalHealth
Please fill out the evaluation!
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.
@artwithimpact | info@artwithimpact.org
bit.ly/m4mh-ccc-eval
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