The document summarizes a virtual panel discussion on mental health and movies hosted by Art with Impact. It provides an agenda for the event including opportunities for participants to engage through polls, a breathing exercise, body scan, and discussions on various short films covering topics like anxiety, racism, and transphobia. The panel consisted of mental health professionals who were available for private support. Participants were encouraged to reflect on their experiences and practices supporting wellness. At the end, they were invited to fill out an anonymous evaluation and enter to win a $25 gift card.

1. Panelists
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2. Welcome, everyone!
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3. @artwithimpact
#Movies4MentalHealth
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4. Patricia Mirth, (she/her)
➔ Filipina immigrant and settler on
Coast Salish territories
➔ Poet, storyteller, artist
➔ Meditation teacher, graduate
student and aspiring Counsellor

5. POLL: Who’s here today?
A
Student at
College of
Alameda
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Faculty/staff at
College of
Alameda
Somebody else

6. POLL: Where in the world are you?
California
A
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
Another
state/province
Another country

7. ● Campus workshops
● Monthly short film competition
● Short film production grants
● Global community

8. #Movies4MentalHealth
● 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
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9. ● 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 for internal training
and evaluation purposes
● Please take care of yourself and others
however you need, including asking for help
#Movies4MentalHealth

10. Need Support?
Access mental health support throughout this workshop.
Click Shared Notes
to link to online resources
Private Chat mental health pros.
They are at the top and have * next
to their names
#1 #2
#Movies4MentalHealth

11. 3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the Public Chat
to connect with the whole group
#1
#Movies4MentalHealth

12. POLL: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2
Set Your Status by
clicking on your name
and selecting from
the drop-down menu
#3
#Movies4MentalHealth
3 Ways to Engage
We welcome your participation!

13. If you need tech support, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
#Movies4MentalHealth

14. #Movies4MentalHealth
In Just a Few Words...
What has self-care been
looking like for you these days?
● SAUNA DAYS ON MONDAYS
● Journalling, trying on meditation and stretches in the morning
● Running and daily gratitude practice
● Going for a walk.
● exercise
● Gym session!
● Going into nature
● Date days with myself enjoying a movie or finding a new place to eat
● walking my dog, setting boundaries (like logging off at the end of the day and
not checking email!)
● selfie dates
● watch movies
● sleeping

15. MENTAL HEALTH

16. Mental illness
Mental wellness
MENTAL HEALTH

17. Some movies and
TV shows that show mental
illness…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Ginny and Georgia
● OZ
● Bojack Horseman
● riverdale!!!
● The Joker
● Everything Everywhere All at Once
● Black Swan
● Shutter Island
● Lady Dynamite
● the silence of a lambs
● Anything depicting a villain
● frozen
● A million little pieces (tv show)

18. Characters with mental illness
are portrayed as…
#Movies4MentalHealth
● totally dysfunctional and/or toxic
● socially cut out
● isolated
● Unhealthy, toxic, low income, disengaged
● MANIPULATION
● someone to be feared

19. 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?
● Not until I began to talk about it
● I learnt about it later in life.
● Definitely not discussed in my family. When it was, it was received as
something to 'quickly fix' or 'get over it'
● In Latino communities/culture, the older generation acts like it doesn’t exist.
And if it does you are looked on.
● hearing "stop being so sensitive" when sharing emotions beyond happiness /
contentment
● Mental health learning came later in life
● In high school I learned about mental health
● addiction

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

21. XIETY
Carlos & Karen Torres
AWI Winner, January 2021
CONTENT HEADS UP
depictions and interpretations of anxiety and panic attack

22. A Hopeful
C
B
#Movies4MentalHealth
D
E
Sad
Angry or
Frustrated
Overwhelmed
Worried or
Anxious
How are you feeling after
watching this film?

23. How does stigma feel?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Isolating and shameful
● Shame
● imposter syndrome
● Alone and isolated
● makes me shut down and isolate
● makes us feel "not normal"
● stops us from asking for help

24. What makes it difficult to
reach out for help?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● judgment
● internalized judgement
● limited resources (money, knowing where to go for help)
● Embarrassment and people not understanding what I’m going through.
● Do not have a person that you tell about problems
● always feeling that someone would judge
● lack of trust in the system due to past negative experiences
● overthink
● Mental and physical fatigue

25. Breathing
Exercise

26. #Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating or
refreshing
Meh
Stressful or uncomfortable
New
How was this breathing exercise
for you?

27. Tekona
By Tomás Karmelo Amaya and Shalene Joseph
Voices With Impact 2019
Content heads up:
racism, toxic masculinity, sexism

28. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● Wow, such poetry and power
● That was deep!
● powerful
● genuine and vulnerable
● They see us as slot machines.
● The headpiece on fire and the warrior line and seeing the bare back of the
individual was striking
● The last word; one showed me love and one showed me his teeth.
● having some go-to friends to talk with when I am having a bad day or
thoughts.

29. Let’s go deeper…
#Movies4MentalHealth

30. What are some practices that
help support
your wellness?
#Movies4MentalHealth
● Being around positive people and doing things that I enjoy.
● trying to practice making space/schedule for naps
● able to identify negative thoughts and people.
● one person dance party
● having an opening mind and when I am in a hard situation I always try to
tell myself that this is not going to last forever and there is always a light at
the end of the tunnel.
● Recognize your emotions and named correctly. Example, sad, happy, angry,
etc.

31. Body Scan

32. #Movies4MentalHealth
A Relaxing
C
B
D
E
Invigorating or
refreshing
Meh
Stressful or uncomfortable
New
How was this body scan for you?

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

34. Where did you experience
this in your body?
#Movies4MentalHealth
A Head
C
B
D
E
Shoulders
Somewhere else
I didn’t feel it in my body
Belly

35. #Movies4MentalHealth
What did you think?
How did you feel?
● resonates with my experience of transphobia
● It makes me think of my daughter and how being a Latina and bisexual
has been a challenge to her.
● The folks sharing how exhausting it can feel to be in different spaces
● I feel sad.
● My heart was bursting. I felt and related to the pain of transphobia
while also feeling so much love and hope being connected with others.
● Reminds me of issues with the banning of drag Queen story hour.

36. #Movies4MentalHealth
How can we support ourselves
and others?
● listen without judgement or assumption
● listening and knowing when we have the capacity to do so
● don't judge others
● Listen to others as well as ourselves. Acknowledge how you or
someone else feels.
● Sitting in silence, just Being there.

37. Round of applause for our panel!
#Movies4MentalHealth

38. Alejandro De La Mar
(they/him) - Peralta Colleges Alumni
Erica Gibbons, MA
(she/her) - Therapist - College of Alameda Wellness Center
Jennifer Johal MPH, CHES®
(she/her) - Program Coordinator - Crisis Support Services of
Alameda County

39. #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
https://bit.ly/coa-eval

40. 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.
#Movies4MentalHealth
Ask a question or share a thought!

41. #Movies4MentalHealth
Thank you!
Remember to copy/paste the
resources in the Shared Notes!