Los medanos college bmhm - 10.12.21 - presentation
- 1. Created by Natalie Patterson for Art With Impact
- 2. Meet Your Facilitator Chaun Lewis-Green (She/Her) Howard University Alum Brooklyn Proud Physical Movement Enthusiast Newly Vegan Creator + Storyteller
- 3. Our Mission Art With Impact promotes mental wellness by creating space for young people to learn and connect through art and media. Our Values Everyone has a mental health story. Talking about it shouldn’t be taboo. artwithimpact.org | @artwithimpact
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- 5. EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS ON THE FAR LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN THREE WAYS TO ENGAGE #1 THE CHATBOX #2 YOUR VOICE #3 POLLS #1 SHARED NOTES #2 TECH SUPPORT TWO WAYS TO GET SUPPORT (CHAT OR VOICE- WE LIKE THEM BOTH THE SAME)
- 6. • You are whole, beautiful, resilient and worthy of support. • Everyone has mental health • Mental health is deeply personal – YOU are the expert on your own experience • We're online - this is public, shared space • We are recording this session for internal training and evaluation purposes • Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card!) • Please take care of yourself however you need, including asking for help KEEP IN MIND
- 7. POLL PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF B STAFF C COMMUNITY MEMBER D SOMEONE ELSE STUDENT A
- 8. POLL WHERE ARE YOU? A CALIFORNIA B ANOTHER STATE C ANOTHER COUNTRY D ANOTHER PLANET
- 9. AWI’S INTENTION AND REASON FOR THIS WORKSHOP ○ To be a place of refuge for Black students ○ To see and hear you collectively & individually ○ To equip you with tools to help you heal & thrive ○ To acknowledge your lived experience ○ To center and lift up Black people ○ To share resources
- 10. T H E P L A N Define & contextualize Black mental health Container & toolkit building Council: Talking circle Share Resources Write a tiny poem
- 11. 1. This space is designed to cultivate tenderness and honor the full expression and range of the black experience. 2. Transphobia, Racism, Heterosexism, Ageism, Ableism have no place here. 3. Allies are welcome and any attempts to decentralize Black folks will be compassionately redirected. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL HOWEVER YOU BLACK IS THE RIGHT WAY
- 12. WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH? OUR EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL WELL BEING. MH AFFECTS HOW WE THINK, FEEL AND ACT. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS MENTAL HEALTH Define & contextualize Black MH ● State of mind
- 13. CAN YOU RELATE OR NAH? ● Most definitely ● Yes! What a powerful photo! CHATBOX Tsoku Maela
- 14. Tsoku Maela
- 15. WHAT ARE SOME LIFE STRESSORS SPECIFIC TO THE BLACK EXPERIENCE? CHATBOX ● Anti- Black Racism is a huge specific stressor ● Fear of the unknown!
- 16. MH Life Stressors 1. Racism 2. Poverty 3. Violence 4. Discrimination 5. Divorce 6. Food insecurity 7. First generation 8. Religion/culture 9. Unstable housing 10. Death 11. Educational inequity 12. Health discrimination 13. Gender inequity 14. Sexual violence 15. Police violence 16. Prison Industrial Complex 17. Trauma Black Mental Health is unique
- 17. POLL WHAT DOES HEARING ABOUT THE VARIOUS LIFE STRESSORS FEEL LIKE? A It’s nothing new B Ugh, terrible C Worried E Unbothered D Angry
- 18. WE COME FROM A LINEAGE OF HEALERS
- 19. From herbalists, to cooks, to cleaners, to preachers to tarot card readers, therapists, poets, artists, backroom healers, big mamas who prayed real We honor their work and continue their legacy WHO DO YOU WANT TO CALL INTO THIS SPACE TO GUIDE AND HELP WITH OUR HEALING? Madam CJ Walker John Henry Jordan Lena Richard Hair Care/millionaire First black doctor First Martha Stewart Dr Maya Angelou Toni Morrison James Baldwin Poet Writer Novelist/ Activist CHATBOX We are descendants of HEALERS
- 20. Still We Thrive by Campbell X
- 21. A Mental Health Moment Check in with yourself. How are you, really? ● That was beautiful. It felt empowering. You can feel the love and work that was put into the video ● I've never heard of the term drapetomania before. ● I love the Pan Africanism that was presented
- 22. TOOLS FOR OUR WELLNESS TOOLKIT Container & toolkit building
- 23. Emotional Framework EVERYONE HAS IMMANENT VALUE FEELING ARE VALID EVEN IF THE IDEAS INFORMING THEM ARE INACCURATE Created by BEAM
- 25. 8 DIMENSIONS OF SELF CARE WHAT DO YOU PRIORITIZE MOST AND LEAST? ● Doing well in cognitive, could use help in systemic ● I'm doing great in relational, but financial needs to be improved ● Well in relational, could improve cognitive ● need to learn about luminescent! ● Great at Cognitive, lacking in Financial
- 26. THE SCALE OF TRUTH 0 COMPLETE LIES 5 TYPICAL HONESTY 10 OVERSHARE BE HERE
- 27. A Mindful Minute ● Find a comfortable position ● Lower your shoulders ● Relax your jaw ● Breathe on purpose ● Again ● One more time
- 28. WE HAVE DEFINED MH, EXPLORED LIFE STRESSORS AND BUILT UP OUR TOOL KIT. NOW, LET’S PRACTICE OPEN & TENDER COMMUNICATION IN A TALKING CIRCLE LET US KNOW YOU ARE WILLING TO JOIN THE TALKING CIRCLE BY TYPING “I’M WILLING” IN THE CHAT
- 29. The 4 Guiding Principles of Council 1. Listen from the heart 2. Speak from the heart 3. Be SPONTANEOUS 4. Be LEAN
- 30. FISHBOWL STYLE TALKING CIRCLE WITNESSES VOLUNTEERS THE ROLE OF THE WITNESS TO HOLD SPACE FOR TRUTH. YOU ARE A MIRROR. THE ROLE OF THE SPEAKER (VOLUNTEER) IS TO SHARE YOUR WISDOM
- 31. TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE STEP 1 : CLICK JOIN AUDIO STEP 2: TEST YOUR AUDIO (AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN)
- 32. ROUND 1 (SPEED ROUND) IN ONE SENTENCE WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE & LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING BLACK?
- 33. ROUND 2: SHARE ABOUT… THE ORIGIN OR HISTORY OF YOUR FULL NAME AMAHLE m & f Southern African, Zulu Means "the beautiful ones" in Zulu. EKUNDAYO f & m Western African, Yoruba Means "sorrow becomes joy" in Yoruba.
- 34. THINK ABOUT THE NAMES YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED OVER YOUR LIFETIME
- 35. WHAT SHOULD THE WORLD CALL YOU? PONDER
- 36. “I had to chant my own name to manifest myself” -Christa Bell, Poet Call me creator. Remind me of the power that lives in between each breath I take. Call me storyteller. So that I never forget that my words have the power to reinvent space and time. Call me guide. Call me worthy. Call me capable. Call me Chaun
- 37. LET’S WRITE A TINY POEM Example I am Beautiful Some say Enamoring Always open to Listen to the Overlooked. You can catch me Voraciously seeking wisdom Enveloped in art, ear hustling the way wind dances with trees Deem me dope. I am your B-e-l-o-v-e-d sister. 1. Pick the name or names you will answer to. 2. Write that word or name down the left or center of your page. 3. Create a poem to define or redefine yourself ACROSTIC
- 38. EXPRESSION IS KEY TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH WILL YOU SHARE? I am a creator. Enter my company to find inspiration. I am a gas station. Enter my presence to refuel your energy. I am Nick. I. Am. Nick. I am infinite potential. I am sadness, I am joy, I am anger, I am grace. I am my ancestors who came before me and I am the ancestor for the generations to come. I am the compounded past combined to create a new future. I . Am. Nick.
- 39. CHATBOX WHAT ARE SOME WAYS WE CAN PRACTICE SELF CARE? (THINGS WE CAN DO) * more self care suggestions in your take home tool kit ● 5 mins of prayer, 5 mins of reading and 5 mins of writing affirmations of the day ● I have seen growth in my actions, being able to be more mindful through my first 15 in the am.
- 40. CULTURALLY COMPETENT BLACK MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
- 41. NATIONAL RESOURCES WWW.BEAM.COMMUNITY NAMI.ORG COMMUNITY RESOURCES STUDENT SERVICES Los Medanos College losmedanos.edu/studentservices CONTRA COSTA CRISIS CENTER (211) crisis-center.org
- 42. CLOSING REFLECTIONS I HEARD SOMEONE SAY… I WITNESSED… I’m taking ______ away from this workshop VOICE OR CHATBOX I HEARD SOMEONE SAY… I WITNESSED… I’m taking ______ away from this workshop ● I witnessed powerful poetry and lots of engagement from the attendees ● I felt invited/welcome in this space. ● I witnessed the art of Tsoku Maela ● Talking about my name, just gave me a real boost of confidence. LITERALLY THE LAST ONE STANDING. the intro spoke to me. ● Sawubona ( I see you) to all
- 43. AWI: CONTINUED CONNECTIONS Exclusive community events and spaces Arts-based discussion trainings Interview and discussion opportunities Weekly art + wellness prompts Click the link in the chat to learn more!
- 44. Please fill out the evaluation! You can enter for a chance to win one 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. @artwithimpact | [email protected]