Feb 11 2016

1. Welcome to
Dinner & Movies
for Mental Health
CSU Bakersfield
Thursday, February 11, 2016

2. Here’s the Plan
I. Quick introduction
II. Set the stage together
III. Watch short films & discuss them
IV. Make it personal with our panel

3. Brought to you by…
• Voter-approved (2004)
millionaire’s tax
• $ all goes to mental health
services
• Funds ~1,600 programs
throughout the state
• SF-based nonprofit
• Monthly film contest
• Campus workshops
• Online resources
www.ArtWithImpact.org
• Instagram Contest
#strategies4strength

4. Warnings:
1.Mental health is personal
2.This is a public space
1.Films might be triggering…

5. What are some movies that
address mental illness?
• One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
• It’s kind of a funny story
• Shutter island
• Country strong
• I am Sam
• A beautiful mind ( mental illness)
• Radio
• Frankie and Alice

6. How are mentally ill people
portrayed in the media?
• They are outcasts
• Lost
• Unemployed
• Friendless
• Homeless
• Abandoned

7. What is mental illness?
• Empowering; try to obtain their own
normal
• Lonely, hard to explain emotions to others
• Unique, no one goes through the exact
same thing (lots of spectrums)
• Need assistance, can’t do it alone

8. Mental health vs. Mental illness?
• Treatment for mental illness can lead to
mental health
• Mental health-state of well being
• The environment (impacts)

9. Gladys
Director: Jessica Jones
Winner: December 2013

10. What is Stigma?
• (She didn’t want to look weak)
• It’s like a gap (social)- distance,
psychological
• A negative association, neg labels
• a judgment

11. How does stigma feel?
• Hurtful
• Constricting
• Abandoned
• Scapegoat
• Isolating
• Outcasted
• Marked

12. Knuckle Sandwich
Director: Bailey Donovan
Winner: April, 2012

13. Groups of 3
• What did you FEEL?
• What did you THINK?

14. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
•Funny-the scenario,
•Music, chaotic
•Confusion (context?)
•Fear of her hurting herself,
confused about her
destroying the kitchen
•Abusive relationship,
messed up mindset
•Video was a metaphor for
her feelings
•(Kitchen-portrays how she
felt inside)
•She caught him cheating
•He beat her up and told
her to make him a sandwich
Feelings
•Anxiety-sharp objects
•Uncomfortable,
suspicious, “some thing is
wrong”
•Anger

15. Tres
Director: Mariana Osuna
Winner: September 2014

16. What did you think? What did you feel?
Thoughts
• relying on family in
times of need
•Disorientation is
intentional (imagery,
motif)
Feelings
•Turmoil-questioning
why?
•Ominous-death and
drowning
•Inspired-conquering
hardship
•Relieved-hope
•Empathy
•Despair- chaotic, lost

17. What can I do?
•Panel will help to shed light on personal
experiences, answer questions and concerns
•Explore available and accessible local mental
health resources
•Participate…

18. Go Ahead – Be Political!
Voter-approved Prop.
63, the Mental Health
Services Act,
provides coordinated
and comprehensive
care to Californians
with mental illness.
This act is by us, for
us. Let’s make sure
our voices are heard
in Sacramento.

19. Speak Up!
www.artwithimpact.org/prop63

20. Get involved in Art With Impact
• Instagram Campaign #strategies4strength
• Short Film Competition
http://www.artwithimpact.org/mental-health-films
• Vote for submitted films:
www.artwithimpact.org/submitted-films
• Tell us what you thought of this event:
www.artwithimpact.org/feedback
• Follow Art With Impact on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/ArtWithImpact1

21. Meet the Panel
• Nicole Dabbs, Student Representative
• Jason Watkins, Disability Advisor, SSD
• Kristen Morgan, Student Representative
• Ruth Miles, Counselor, CSUB
• Eric Lord, Counselor, CSUB
• Ellen Eggert, Kern County Mental Health
• SALTKC.ORG (Save a Live)
• Inspire at CSUB – Mental Health Awareness in May
Candle light event in October

22. Thank you for coming!
Please share your thoughts:
www.artwithimpact.org/feedback
Contact: Friend@ArtWithImpact.org