Out of the Shadows: Challenging the Stigma around Mental Health in Arab and Muslim Immigrant Communities
April 12, 2018
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Arab American Cultural Center – 111 Stevenson Hall (4 – 6 pm)
Address
111 Stevenson Hall, Chicago, IL 60607
Cost
Free
Calendar
Download iCal FileArab American counselor and licensed social worker Souzan Nasser will lead a discussion on how we can approach mental health issues in today’s world while challenging the stigma immigrant communities often associate with mental illness and disabilities. The event will close with a performance and activity focused on community-based wellness and healing.
Spaces for Wellness is a collaboration between UIC’s Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC) focused on the themes of identity (e.g. race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation) and mental health. The communities that our centers support and represent have unique and overlapping histories with mental health, including how they have been stigmatized, harmed, and helped by mental health systems, practitioners, and agencies. The goal of Spaces for Wellness is to build on our anti-oppression spaces of trust to provide platforms for UIC students, faculty, and staff to acknowledge challenges and struggles and identify strategies for personal and community care. Through intersectional and creative programming, the CCUSC are engaging UIC in dynamic ways to support individual, community, and familial well-being and work towards holistic understandings of wellness.
Date posted
Apr 12, 2018
Date updated
Apr 12, 2018