Mt. san jacinto college wiw-m - 10.20.21 - presentation
- 2. #Poetry4MentalHealth YOUR FACILITATOR: 1990s Chris 1990s Chris (he/him) is a queer working class poet and writer, from Hereford, England, specialising in film and audio. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, and the Eden Project as well as writing for BBC sounds, and Channel 4 Random Acts. His work hopes to start discussion around masculinity, class, queer identity and mental health. IG & Twitter: @1990schris
- 3. #Poetry4MentalHealth ○ Campus workshops ○ Monthly short film competition ○ Short film production grants ○ Global community BROUGHT TO YOU BY
- 4. #Poetry4MentalHealth HERE’S THE PLAN 1. Define our terms 2. Practice a way of expressing ourselves: Immerse - Explore - Express 3. Share 4. Panel of resources 5. Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card!)
- 5. #Poetry4MentalHealth HEADS UP ● Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on your own experience ● “Masculinity” and “femininity” are complicated ideas that can be highly connected with our sense of self ● 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 however you need, including asking for help.
- 6. #Poetry4MentalHealth 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
- 7. #Poetry4MentalHealth 3 WAYS TO ENGAGE We welcome your participation CHAT BOX: Use the Public Chat to connect with the whole group #1
- 8. #Poetry4MentalHealth POLL: respond to a Poll when prompted #2 Set Your Status by clicking on your name and selecting from the drop-down menu #3 3 WAYS TO ENGAGE We welcome your participation
- 9. #Poetry4MentalHealth If you need tech support, ask… Look for the person whose name begins with AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.
- 10. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Movies4MentalHealth POLL: Who’s here today? C B Student at Mt. San Jacinto A Faculty/staff at Mt. San Jacinto Somebody else (share in chat!)
- 11. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Movies4MentalHealth A California POLL: Where in the world are you? C B Another state Another country
- 12. #Poetry4MentalHealth HOW ARE YOU, REALLY? Share a few words in the chat to describe how you’re feeling right now. ● Tired, but excited to be here! ● Happy, little unmotivated ● Tired, but good ● Stressed ● Full - i just ate a lot of food lol ● Relieved, just finished a physics and ochem test 😬🤓 ● Sleepy ● Happy to be here ● Blessed ● Happy and excited to be here!
- 13. #Poetry4MentalHealth WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE DISCUSSING MENTAL HEALTH? None A B C D E Unfamiliar Very Familiar Familiar Expert
- 16. #Poetry4MentalHealth MASCULINITY In the chat share as many words as you can think of that you associate with masculinity. ● Tough ● Strong ● Brave ● Rugged ● Protective ● Hard ● Able ● Leader ● Confinement, Limit, Roles, Traps, Masks ● Tall ● In Charge ● Father ● “Can carry himself quite well” ● Expectations ● Suffocating ● Machismo ● Confident ● Ego
- 17. #Poetry4MentalHealth MASCULINITY For this workshop we will think of “masculinity” as a narrowly constructed, stereotypical definition of “manhood”
- 18. #Poetry4MentalHealth WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH WRITING POETRY? A None I mean, a little in school, maybe? I’ve written a bit here and there... I write poetry all the time! C B D
- 19. #Poetry4MentalHealth POETRY 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
- 20. #Poetry4MentalHealth 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.
- 22. #Poetry4MentalHealth KELLY HRUDEY - MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE BY PAUL DAY AWI Winner, June 2020 Immerse Content Heads Up: discussion of anxiety, depression
- 23. #Poetry4MentalHealth HOW ARE YOU, REALLY? You are invited to share a few words in the chat to describe how you’re feeling. Immerse ● Good ● Hopeful ● I felt sad when he cried but glad that he could cry. ● Grateful ● So proud of Kelly for putting it out there. Being an example for us all. ● I feel good ● Complicit: It is difficult to confront preconceived notions of what it means to be "masculine" ● Relieved ● Feeling physically unwell but much better today than yesterday ● Glad he sought help and understands his illness ● Gratitude when we reach out for that help ● Strength was achieved through recovery
- 24. #Poetry4MentalHealth EXPLORE Put yourself in the position of our athlete, Kelly, in the height of his anxiety. Explore
- 25. #Poetry4MentalHealth Explore CHAT BOX What might keep you from sharing your experience with your family? ● Fear of looking weak or being judged ● It would suck to have that anxiety ● Wouldn’t want to feel weak ● False male, provider toughness. ● Judgement ● I would not want them to have to worry ● Embarrassment and not wanting to show weakness ● Disappointment, pressure would stop me from sharing ● Fear of disappointment ● Showing signs of weakness or inability to complete the role as father, husband, team mate ● I'm the rock. An elder that others expect to be solid for others. ● I'd feel ashamed ● not wanting my family to feel the anxiety I feel ● If i don't have a solution to something I'm stressed about, sometimes I don't wanna share it with loved ones cause I don't want them to worry with me ● Some family members lack the ability to truly hear and understand me ● Values and beliefs that family holds may contridict with open-mindedness or lack of emotional security ● Fear of being seen as a burden ● Embarrassment, weakness, inability to complete the rile of a father or a husband. ● I lose myself and i am still dealing with. My family don't listen as well and they might think it could be an excuse.
- 28. #Poetry4MentalHealth WRITING DEBRIEF How did that feel? Did you write anything that surprised you? Express
- 29. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth FIND THE SCULPTURE “Role Model” Express
- 30. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth Let’s share! Express Never ending problems Problem Problems is there ever a solution? from what I see we are becoming kinder and forgiving one of the others can cause an issuer. Now is there a such thing of being to kind. the answer is yes. Role Model Person you admire. Someone with fire. A person who stands above all others, For all others. A strong person in all ways Through all days. A person who puts the needs of others before their own True strength shown She’s a cautionary tale of what not to do; her being, a narrow badger’s hole full of insects and expectation The supposed role model Illusion A misleading veil, permeating thoughts Rejection For I’m still and distraught Desperation The silence is fraught Many people feel this way Don’t suffer alone Expectations Fears Burdens Isolation And Pain You have more to gain than to dwell in your pain Through weakness comes strength
- 32. #Poetry4MentalHealth MIND MATTERS BY SEYI AKINLADE & JOSEF ADAMU AWI Winner, November 2019 Immerse Content Heads Up: depression, stigma, alcohol use
- 33. #Poetry4MentalHealth HOW ARE YOU, REALLY? You are invited to share a few words in the chat to describe how you’re feeling. Immerse ● Good ● Stigmatized ● Can relate ● That imagery of drowning, being under water, so powerful. Feel for him ● Familiar feeling ● My anxiety increased as soon as i heard the mom say "don’t get left behind". ● Hidden ● I see that alcoholism is still a big issue. which shows that he is looking for help ● Sometimes I feel like I'm standing still, instead of moving forward as I should be. ● In Latinx culture, alcohol use feels tricky and confusing ● Definitely relate; people often think "tough love" helps, but empathy and learning about depression or whatever one's going through means so much more to the one who is suffering.
- 34. #Poetry4MentalHealth EXPLORE Put yourself in the position of our main character as he sits in front of the TV at home. Explore
- 35. #Poetry4MentalHealth Explore CHAT BOX What might keep you from returning your mother’s phone call? ● disappointment ● stigma ● She would not understand. ● Shame ● Anxiety, fear of confrontation, fear she would make it worse. ● Because she already doesn't understand; he's already spoken to her about it and her response only hurt himi. ● She won't understand ● Why expose yourself to more misunderstanding and platitudes? ● I might not call mom because I get anxious when I'm criticized and told that I do not know how to live my own life ● disappointment in life that you feel totally defeated ● Confrontation ● Criticism or self-isolation ● Mom is part of the negative loop
- 38. #Poetry4MentalHealth WRITING DEBRIEF How did that feel? Did you write anything that surprised you? Express
- 39. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth FIND THE SCULPTURE “Model Son” Immerse
- 40. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth Let’s share! Immerse to my dear mother Mom i see that yours eyes twinkle like little stars, up above the sky. so far above the sky. giving me hopes to follow this dark dark path. you may of made mistales but, i am not one of them. as my father sees it himself. Model Son. Fear of rejection. Fear of confrontation. Don’t want to be chastised. Don’t want to be treated like a child. Don’t want to be told how to live my life. Got to do better, got to be better. Can’t be weak. Numb feelings. Do what you got to do. Be tough. Be strong. Don’t show weakness. You wonder that maybe one day they would understand. Encouragement feels like an obligation built on the backs of the informal lies your mother has told, And even as you grow old and the lies don’t matter anymore, Your mouth tastes like iodine, like brewing sickness. She lied for your perfection, Lied so her love was unconditional Lied so that she could smile in a room full of persecutors just like her. She makes herself the victim when she’s faced with the cruel nature of your brokenness. You cannot find it in yourself to smile at her, For she has done more damage than can be fixed in one hundred lifetimes.
- 41. #Poetry4MentalHealth HERE ARE OUR TWO CHARACTERS FROM THE FILMS WE WATCHED
- 42. #Poetry4MentalHealth Why can’t men ask for mental health support? Explore CHAT BOX ● They would be seen as weak ● Toxic Masculinity doesn't really allow for men to be vulnerable ● They will lose their dignity ● Men are not encouraged to be in touch with their emotions and to express them ● Society has deemed men are the backbone of the family, the protector; when there's moments of weakness, uncertainty, they are judged by family, friends, society as a whole. They are already a target, regarding "toxic masculinity;" why would would they add to the pile?
- 43. #Poetry4MentalHealth How can we expand our definitions of masculinity? Explore CHAT BOX ● Do away with stereotypes ● Add aspects of femininity to the definition ● Allow these conversations to be had without ego or sterotypes ● Not attributing traits that have nothing to do with sex or gender to sex and gender. Personality, mental health, physical etc. ● Strength means crying crocodile tears in front of a room full of people and not necessarily not caring but showing that you are brave enough to do it. Its ok to ask for help. ● View them as an individual and not part of the patriarchy; no matter what group we may belong to, we are all human, we are all suffering. Relating to one another on that level could bring us together instead of blowing us apart. ● Fess to what is wrong with masculinity and even femininity. It seems like people hold on to these definitions with some weird nostalgia that no one really can live up to (or ever lived up to...happily) ● Masculinity should become myth. why expand it? make it smaller to the point that can revolve around brave, strong, intelligent. ● Just allow us all to just be who we are. Without labels.
- 45. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth FREELY & DELIBERATELY “What Can We Do?” Immerse
- 46. #Poetry4MentalHealth #Poetry4MentalHealth Let’s share! Immerse The question Can i be your superman Don't be my kryptonite instead embrace me from who i am allow me to reach my full potential plant the seed and watch me grow. but makes you are caring for me as i am covering you from the disasters. Treat them like a hero Love them with a passion For all that he is No matter the tears No matter the failures Show them that it takes a brave person To show his feelings To fail and get back up To cry when he needs to To speak about his feelings Be his strength We can check in with each other to make sure that all is well; because often times we hide our pain so no one else can tell. And if we ever feel as if there is no hope in sight; Instead of tucking it away, take out a pen and write. See the beauty in one and all See we are the same Even with different points of view Be glad that you came Listen, wait your turn You may in fact learn Just keep an open mind And receive the respect you’ve earned.
- 47. #Poetry4MentalHealth You can take this process forward… Immerse Explore Express
- 48. #Poetry4MentalHealth 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!
- 49. #Poetry4MentalHealth MEET THE PANEL bit.ly/wiw-m-msjc David Haro (he/him) Student Counseling Intern, MSJC Health Center, University of Western States Wendy Romero (she/her) CEO, Love 4 Life Association Myeshia Bobo, LCSW (she/her/hers) Clinical Therapist, Riverside University Health System – Prevention & Early Intervention Program
- 50. #Poetry4MentalHealth Please fill out the evaluation! @artwithimpact [email protected] 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.
- 51. #Poetry4MentalHealth Virtual Mingle/Panel Q&A Ask a question or share a thought! 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.
- 52. #Poetry4MentalHealth Stay in touch! Sign up for Continued Connections! ...and don’t forget to copy/paste the resources in the Shared Notes! @artwithimpact [email protected]