College of Marin - WIW-Q - 9.28.22 - Presentation.pdf
- 2. YOUR FACILITATOR: 1990s Chris 1990s Chris (he/him) is a queer working class poet and writer, from Hereford, England. Most recently writing for the BBC and Channel 4, his work hopes to start discussion around masculinity, class, queer identity and mental health. IG & Twitter: @1990schris
- 3. College of Marin Psychological Services
- 4. 1. Define our terms 2. Practice a way of expressing ourselves: Immerse - Explore - Express 3. Share 4. Panel 5. Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win $25!)
- 5. ● Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on your own experience ● We are going to be talking about complicated ideas that can be highly connected with our sense of self ● We will be taking some photos - please let us know if you are not comfortable with this! ● Please take care of yourself and others in holding this shared space, together. . Give yourself what you need, including asking for help!
- 6. How are you, right now? Horrible So pumped it’s not even funny
- 7. This workshop is for YOU. Whatever your experience with mental health, poetry or the topics we’re going to be discussing…
- 9. Mental illness Mental wellness MENTAL HEALTH
- 10. Definitions temp check I’m still not quite on the same page This all makes perfect sense
- 11. What was your first experience with poetry?
- 12. For this workshop we’ll define poetry as a condensed expression of your thoughts or feelings. Anything you put to paper with intention can be poetry.
- 13. The LGBTQ+ Community We are considering anyone who’s gender identity is anything other than cisgender and anyone who’s sexual orientation is anything other than heterosexual to be part of the community.
- 14. Immerse, Explore, Express As a group, we will immerse ourselves in 2 short films from our OLIVE Film Collection. Together, we will explore the themes brought up in the films through discussion. Individually, we will express our thoughts and feelings through writing exercises to create poetry as a response.
- 16. Immerse Content heads up: homophobia, biphobia, toxic masculinity Factory Talk BY LUCIE RACHEL & 1990S CHRIS Voices With Impact 2020
- 17. Immerse How are you, really? You are invited to share a few words to describe how you’re feeling, or your thoughts on the film. In small groups...
- 18. Scenario Put yourself in the position of our bisexual factory worker. Explore
- 19. Scenario Put yourself in the position of our bisexual factory worker. Explore Explore Your co-worker tells you he doesn’t agree with people being gay. How do you respond?
- 20. Explore Share with the group: How do you respond? ●
- 23. Express Self Reflection How did that feel? Did you write anything that surprised you?
- 27. Staging Face BY STEPH YOUNG, JAKE IVANY & VIE JONES Voices With Impact 2020 Immerse Content heads up: discussion of depression, anxiety, transphobia, misgendering
- 28. Immerse How are you, really? You are invited to share a few words to describe how you’re feeling, or your thoughts on the film. In small groups...
- 29. Scenario Think about the struggles of these three characters. Explore It’s taken a lot to reject traditional notions of gender and find recognition. People hold very tightly to these traditional ideas.
- 30. Scenario Think about the struggles of these three characters. Explore Explore Why do we, as a society, resist seeing people’s true selves? It’s taken a lot to reject traditional notions of gender and find recognition. People hold very tightly to these traditional ideas.
- 31. Explore Share with the group: Why do we, as a society, resist seeing people’s true selves? ● We love othering people as a society ● Fulfilling certain roles ● Just trying to see people one dimensionally ● When people don’t have understanding, or people don’t have a reference point, and they dont have an answer something
- 34. Self Reflection How did that feel? Did you write anything that surprised you? Express
- 37. What can we do, both as allies and as members of the community, to make positive change? Explore Share Out
- 38. #Poetry4MentalHealth Immerse Freely & Deliberately “What can we do?”
- 40. You can take this process forward… Immerse Explore Express
- 41. bit.ly/awi-cc Exclusive community events and spaces Short film competitions, production grants Weekly art + wellness prompts Scan the QR code to learn more!
- 42. Aneissa Rosas-Sanchez, LCSW (she/her/hers/ella) College of Marin Psychological Services Aman Basdeo Fitzgerald (he/him/they/them) Program Manager of LGBTQIA+ Services, Side by Side
- 43. Please fill out the evaluation! @artwithimpact [email protected] 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. bit.ly/wiwq-com-eval
- 44. Virtual Mingle / Q&A Ask a question or share a thought!
- 45. Stay in touch! Sign up for Continued Connections! @artwithimpact [email protected]