The Behavioral Science Association at Northwest Missouri State University will again host “I Will Listen” this month to help reduce stigmas surrounding mental illness through educational activities, support and advocacy.
I Will Listen is an annual Northwest event supporting a movement developed by the National Alliance of Mental Illnesses (NAMI) to reduce stigmas surrounding mental illness and promote mental health well-being. The event will include multiple breakout rooms with an art exhibit, exercise activities and guest speakers with a paint-and-sip activity.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, on the third floor of the J.W. Jones Student Union.
“It’s a place where our humanness is materialized and we're able to see and meet each other right where we’re at,” said Sada Irving, the president of Northwest’s Behavioral Science Association and a senior psychology major from Elsberry, Missouri. “With people sharing their stories and experiences through words, music and all kinds of artwork – from young kids to the elderly community – I Will Listen represents community, unity and the humanization of one another, a place where we can all acknowledge that we struggle but there is hope, help and healing.”
Musicians will perform a variety of musical pieces for guitar, voice, piano and trumpet. Speakers will address topics such as financial wellness and financial literacy; art healing; leisure and recreation; working in the mental health field, spiritual care and companioning; the brain’s influence on perception; and the psychology of healthy sexual relationships.
In addition to an exercise room with yoga and circuit training sessions, the event will feature artwork created by community members of all ages to share experiences and thoughts about mental health.
“Not only does the event exemplify breaking the stigma of mental illness, but we’re actually doing it at the event,” Irving said. “By engaging in actively listening to the stories and expertise of our speakers, doing physical activity and opening conversations with our art exhibit, our whole community is contributing to the embrace of help-seeking behaviors.”
All proceeds raised during the event will be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
A complete schedule of sessions is provided below. For more information about I Will Listen, contact Irving at S543952@nwmissouri.edu.
I Will Listen session schedule
Art Exhibit, 1 to 7 p.m., Student Union Ballroom
Musical sessions
Dr. Travis Dimmitt, 1 to 2 p.m., guitar and vocals
Ben Plavoski, 2:15 to 3:30 p.m., piano
Enzo Hobbs, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m., piano
Dr. William Richardson, 4:15 to 4:35 p.m., trumpet
Dr. Jacob Tengelsen, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., guitar and vocals
Exercise sessions
Cris Jacobson, 1:20 to 1:40 p.m., meditation
Becky Byland, 2 to 2:20 p.m., Pilates-yoga
Katie Byrd, 2:40 to 3 p.m., circuit training
Aura Lynch, 3:30 to 4 p.m., yoga
Nick Bolton, 4:40 to 5:30 p.m., bodyweight circuit training
Baily Schmidt, 5:30 to 6 p.m., dance
Wendy Deering-Poynter, 6 to 6:30 p.m., chair yoga
Speaker sessions
Niki Richardson, 1 to 1:30 p.m., Financial Wellness vs. Financial Literacy
Leslie Ackman, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Art Healing
Dr. Tina Pulley, 2:30 to 3 p.m., Exercise is Medicine
Dr. Tyler Tapps, 3:30 to 4 p.m., Leisure and Recreation
Holly McMillen, 4 to 5 p.m., Career Journey and Working in the Mental Health Field
Wendy Deering-Poynter, 5 to 5:30 p.m., Spiritual Care and Companioning
Dr. Amy Hillard, 5:30 to 6 p.m., Causes and Consequences of Concussion
Dr. Jacob Tengelsen, 6 to 6:30 p.m. Psychology of Healthy Sexual Relationships
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