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All Students, Faculty, and Staff Are Welcome – Please see registration links below.
Green Bandana Project Dates and Registration Links:
- Thursday, March 11 at 11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
https://kirkwood.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuf–tqDMjE9bb6M2eJU8jDVGKVhonKhcl
- Wednesday, April 7 at 11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
https://kirkwood.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscumsqzguGNXckO5EgGXSxGNUf-BPL4hd
The purpose of the Green Bandana Project is to spread awareness of resources for those with symptoms of depression and/or suicidal thoughts. After the training, participants carry a few resource cards with them and tie a green bandana on their backpack to indicate they are safe individuals to approach with mental health related needs and know where to find help. The program promotes a stigma-free and supportive environment.
You will learn the following information at this training:
-Signs and symptoms of depression and/or suicide
-How to respond effectively and refer
-Kirkwood and Community Resources
Make It Okay Dates and Registration Links:
- Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 2:30 – 3:25 p.m.
https://kirkwood.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvfuqvpz0tGNA05nrBl9up87z_lwv5dB1t
- Wednesday, March 24 at 11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
https://kirkwood.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMod-itrz8iHNeVPXSW4KyQCy9fJXbAk47E
- Thursday, April 15 at 11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
https://kirkwood.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvd-6uqTkpHdVAk95Y5ibstrEUuIm8xTzR
Make It OK is part of the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation by improving physical, social, and emotional well-being of Iowans. Make It OK is a community campaign to reduce stigma by increasing understanding and creating caring conversations about mental illness.
You will learn the following at this training:
-What stigma is and how it impacts us
-Common diagnoses and symptoms
-What to say and what not to say
-How YOU can be a part of the solution in reducing stigma
Contact Angie.ZiesmanWeiler@kirkwood.edu with questions.
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—-Make It OK is a community campaign to “reduce stigma” by increasing understanding and creating caring conversations about mental illness.
We have made it all too OK to tell one another there is a stigma to mental health issues. It is not a victimless iteration.
It victimizes tose we train to accept directing it, instilling that prejudice in them, in their minds, and it victimizes those at whom we direct it.
I decline to take part in either victimization.