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Filipinx student Wellbeing Conference 2022

Youth Workshops


Check out the amazing Youth Workshop offerings at this year's Filipinx Student Wellbeing Conference. Students may choose to attend one workshop per session.

*Update 4/22/22: Registered Youth Attendees may now pre-register for preferred workshops. Check your email for details!*

 Session 1: Roots & Soil 

[9:45 AM - 10:55 PM] Topics on Filipina/o/x American identity, culture, and tending to our mental health.
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Workshop #1: "PEP is Our Wellness: Ethnic Studies RADically Saves Our Lives"

Presented by Dr. Rod Daus-Magbual, Angeli Ong, and Sophia Diaz-Muca

​Workshop Description: Drawing from Ethnic Studies, we propose Culturally RADical Pedagogy which places high value on indigenous cultures and the cultures of communities of color. To be culturally RADical we need to be in conversation about the perpetuity of cultural practices that provide decolonial medicine while critiquing and imagining beyond systems that have created toxicity in our lives. We need explore and reclaim our cultural past and what has been taken away from us, develop our identities through engaging cultural production, and restore power to cultures that have been marginalized or silenced, even in our own communities. Cultural RADicalness values dynamic dialogue about cultural pasts, productions, and power--so as to insure “cultural perpetuity,” resist overessentialization, reduce appropriation, and prevent genocide. (Tintiangco-Cubales, 2020, In press)
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Workshop #2: "Intergenerational Connections: Discussing Mental Health Within Our Families"

Presented by Gabriel Sumayan Garcia (they/them) and Siddharth Selvakumar (he/him) of Mabuhay Health Center
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​Workshop Description
: We will discuss intergenerational relationships and family life, effects of history and the environment on our mental health, how to ask help, or help someone who is going through mental health hardships, and how to bring these conversations in a de-stigmatized lens within our communities such as families and friends. 
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Instagram: @fmhi.smc
Facebook: @FMHI.SanMateoCounty 

Workshop #3: "Re-membering Our Roots"

Presented by Alaina Moguel (she/her), MPH and Christi Morales-Kumasawa (she/her), MA, AMFT; of the Filipino Mental Health Initiative of San Mateo County

Workshop Description: There is research indicating that there is a strong relationship between cultural identity formation and wellness. Basically, the more we know and embrace our roots, the better health outcomes we may have. This experiential and interactive workshop will provide an opportunity to explore the Filipina/o/x identity and its connection to how it has shaped our sense of wellness individually and as a community. It will be a chance to re-member the richness of the Filipina/o/x narrative and re-author the dominant narrative centered in patriarchy and colonialism.

 Session 2: Thorns & Blossoms 

[11:05 AM - 12:15 PM] Topics on Navigating academic pressures, anti-Asian violence education, and mental health support.
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Workshop #1: AA&PI Student Services & Student "Success"

Presented by Raju Desai (he/him), Alex Arriola (he/him), Juice Canales (they), Jaiden-Rianne Paja (they), Cindy Nguyen (she/her), Catrina Alonzo (she/her) of Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services 

Workshop Description: This workshop will talk about ways to cope with stressors that college students experience. Current SFSU students will share their experiences and coping strategies that support their mental wellness as they navigate school, work, family, the pandemic, and increasing police/community violence.

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Workshop #2: "Not Gonna Get Us: Situational Awareness Skills for AAPI Youth"

Presented by Lauren T. Funiestas (she/her) of FuniestasMFT & Keona's Defense Shop
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Workshop Description: In this workshop participants will learn situational awareness and de-escalation skills that can increase safety while out in the community. Situational awareness and de-escalation are methods of decreasing the risk of violence in crisis situations. With the rise in violent attacks against the AAPI community since the pandemic, staying mentally prepared can help to decrease anxiety related to anti-Asian violence.
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Workshop #3: "Release in Grief: Filipinx/a/o pathways towards healing and wellness"

Presented by Alexis A. David (she/her/siya), Geraldine Punzalan Lapitan (she/her), Robin Castel Navarro (she/her/siya), and Rani Lacsa Marcos (they/siya) of the Filipino Mental Health Initiative of San Francisco

​Workshop Description: We will be exploring the ways we experience grief and ways to create pathways of healing and wellness in our grief journeys.

 Session 3: Sun & Water

[1:10 PM - 2:20 PM] Topics on collectivizing our healing and wellness.
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Workshop #1: "Finding Home in Your Body: A Plant Magic Workshop"

Presented by Jamie Cardenas (she/they), Flex-Maxim Dalit (they/them), Liberty Rapada (she/they) of Magpie Alchemy and the Ayat Project

Workshop Description: In this workshop we'll share how to develop your relationship with plant medicine, how to create an oil infusion and how to formulate your very own balm. We'll also discuss ways plants work in the body and how you can ground and be attune to your nervous system.
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Workshop #2: Legacy Filipino Martial Arts

Presented by Joseph (he/him) & Sonny of Legacy Filipino Martial Arts

Workshop Description: Participants can expect to learn how to defend against a punch, push and a choke. They will also be given basic self defense tips/tactics in regards to situational awareness and verbal de-escalation. Participants will leave having working knowledge of how to use everyday items as a tool for self defense. Expect to have fun while learning how to defend yourself. A huge part of mental health is having the ability to be confident in who you are. Filipino Martial Arts/self defense is a great form of self empowerment physically, mentally and emotionally.
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Workshop #3: "Far from the Leyte: Mental health through ancestral channeling"

Presented by Agpalo(Ting) Alongi Makinta (all pronouns) of MPWRD Artists Collective

Workshop Description: How do we handle mental illness? Do we see these symptoms as curse or blessing? Whatever our answers are, how can we learn to heal and thrive through our ancestral lineage of dance and story telling? Through are exploration into these practices we can begin to unravel that which may be unknown.
FILIPINO MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE-SAN FRANCISCO
"Together, we can end the stigma of mental health."
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