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Make It OK: Week 2 - To Be Human in a Pandemic: Understanding, Honoring, and Navigating Emotions

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Name: Make It OK: Week 2 - To Be Human in a Pandemic: Understanding, Honoring, and Navigating Emotions
Date: August 27, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
Registration: Register Now
Event Description:
The Make It OK campaign in Iowa, led by the Healthiest State Initiative is hosting a six-week virtual mental health series, in tandem with the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Capital Crossroads, titled “6 Weeks of Make It OK.”
 
Join Sarah Noll Wilson for a motivational session that will inspire us all with ways we can ‘Make It OK’ during COVID and beyond. Learning objectives include: 
  • Examine the impact of our current environment on overall mental health 
  • Explore strategies to build emotional resilience in self and others 
  • Identify practices to be emotionally supportive vs. emotionally dismissive 
Sarah will present for just over an hour, then we’ll have about 20 minutes for open Q&A and discussion. This session is free to attend. Register at the link!  

August 27: Week 2: Motivational speaker who talks about experience with health/well-being/wellness (1.5 hour session) 
  • Sarah Noll Wilson & a colleague
  • Meg Schneider (moderator) 
The goal of “6 Weeks of Make It OK” is to have conversations around mental health that look at how we cope with our own well-being. Collective and individual mental health is fundamental to how we think, work, and interact with our families, friends, colleagues and greater community.  We’ll hear stories from community members and discuss ideas for taking care of our own mental health (or the mental health of others). This will be a mix of panel and speaker led sessions, with time at the end for Q&A. Additional resources will also be shared at the end of each session.

About Make It OK: Make It OK is national campaign to reduce stigma by starting conversations and increasing understanding about mental illness. The campaign was created and launched by HealthPartners in Minnesota in 2012 before being introduced to Iowa in May 2019. Since then, the Make It OK message already reached more than 2,000 Iowans through formal presentations and 165 Make It OK Ambassadors have been trained. 

Led by Make It OK, this 6-week series is supported by Capital Crossroads, the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Mid-Iowa Health, and the Business Record.
Location:
Zoom meeting.
Date/Time Information:
August 27 from Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Panel discussions and individual presenters for 40-45 minutes with 15-20 minutes for open Q&A
Contact Information:
Emily Kessinger
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Fees/Admission:
No Charge for the Zoom meeting. 
A link will be sent to you after registration