Workshop

Date: Saturday, 9/26

Time: 9-10:15am

Fighting Societal Stigma, this workshop focuses on delving deep into the many layers of the stigma, perspective, advocacy, and how they coincide. It goes way beyond surface level conversation. Learning goals and objectives consist of the following:

• Understanding how stigma and being judged makes individuals afraid to advocate, ask for help when needed, and how their outlook on life shifts into a more hopeless mindset
• How supporting someone through person centered planning, autonomy, and having a say in their own treatment/recovery makes a significant impact creating a positive trajectory in their lives.
• Motivation, inspiration, and hope creates a sense of purpose and a void is filled instead of the mindset.
• Developing confidence in individuals to advocate for themselves.
• Understanding how crucial your perspective, mindset, and outlook is, and different approaches on how you can shift it.

• Challenging societal norms, fight for systemic change, and creating a cohesive community to do so as well.w