Workshops & Seminars

BIPOC students returning to campus in the midst of the COVID pandemic and racial upheaval challenges staff and faculty to revisit their commitment to create a supportive campus environment. Building institutional capacity, that is, restructuring organizations, to integrate mental health concerns is essential to meet the needs of students and the campus community. The Steve Fund provides a framework to better address the key challenges. Participants will gain an understanding of the Equity in Mental Health Framework, an inclusive framework that can be used to assess, intervene, and evaluate efforts towards creating more equitable institutions. They will be able to describe elements of Trauma Informed Leadership, and Principles of Sustainable Leadership to develop practices and th action steps needed in their organization.

Young people of color will explore the many ways they can embrace their agency and power to challenge social injustices, especially during the time of the pandemic. As a collective, students will identify their passion, strengths, and talent and connect them to different forms of activism and advocacy efforts as a process to understand and heal from racial injustices.

Promoting an academic environment that is supportive of students' mental health can alleviate the stress and reframe how we define student success. There are academic and classroom stressors that are particularly salient among students of color who may experience daily microaggressions, harassment, and racial discrimination. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the unique experiences of undergraduate and graduate students of color in the classroom, taking into account disciplinary cultures and the broader campus climate. This session will also offer practical guidance for how instructors can promote well-being in campus learning environments and support the mental health of students of color.

Organizations and programs have been created to address the racial inequalities in the educational system and support students of color in the transition from high school to college and to ensure college success. This session will equip professional staff at these organizations and programs with the knowledge, resources, and strategies to identify and promote the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color across the organization's policies, practices, and programming.

Teachers and staff will use an anti-racist lens to critically examine their middle and high school’s racialized climate, practices, and policies. By centering the voices and experiences of students, participants will explore the impact of racial trauma on the mental health and academic outcomes of students of color.

This session offers tools to build confidence, speak up, share ideas, and offer opinions and feedback. It accentuates the role of ERGs, mentoring programs, community service, and other company resources.

This two-part workshop series discusses the different roles mentors and sponsors play, and offers tips on how to recruit and connect with them.

In this session, we will discuss the complex impact of the imposter phenomenon. We will dive deep into the history of the imposter phenomenon as it relates to racial trauma and institutionalized and systemic practices of discrimination. Additionally, we will discuss wellness strategies to support and uplift Black Young women by combatting and understanding how the imposter phenomenon impacts their mental health, academics, and social lives.

Situated as an introduction for students of color transitioning to Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), this session seeks to introduce participants to basic definitions, tools, and strategies to negotiate personal identity, cultural values and well-being with the potentially harmful and disorienting aspects acclimating to the culture of these institutions.

This session discusses the impact and experience of Imposter Phenomenon on young people of color, and strategies and techniques young people can use to deal with stress, anxiety and other negative mental health impacts associated with the phenomenon.

Mental health professionals and administrative staff will learn about five social justice principles and will apply the principle of ongoing self-examination. Participants will reflect on their experiences, values, and social identities in an effort to understand implicit bias and how this impacts their work with students of color. Participants will be guided from self-examination to race consciousness in order to engage in anti-racist work. Participants will engage in dialogue about the connection between self-examination and race consciousness in order to support the mental health of students of color.

There are emotional wounds that we experience for being a part of an oppressed racial ethnic group. Some of these wounds include the ways in which our parents and their parents were harmed and traumatized by racist policies and practices, such as being denied the right to vote, being forced to attend assimilation schools, or being denied citizenship. These also include deep wounds that our ancestors experienced including broken treaties, stolen lands, enslavement, colonization, exploitation, internment camps, and the attempted erasure of these histories from public memory. Radical healing focuses on resisting oppression while also envisioning liberation.

This seminar will equip advisors, coaches and mentors who work with students of color with the tools and knowledge to recognize and support students as they experience mental health concerns. In this seminar participants will explore how racial trauma and racial battle fatigue impact the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color and how to adopt trauma-informed strategies to support and empower students of color.

This workshop provides mental health and well-being tips and guidance to young people of color who are in college and transitioning to the workforce, emphasizing peer networks and support, the need to seek assistance, cross-cultural awareness, identification of symptoms, and managing stress and anxiety.

Undocumented and DACAmented students who attend this workshop will examine the immigration context as it relates to their rights and barriers to educational and career opportunities. In this context, participants will identify and discuss psychological stressors and mental health concerns commonly experienced by undocumented immigrants. Participants will learn how to cope with stress and uncertainty by engaging in trauma-informed exercises and exploring the benefits of critical conciousness and self-compassion.

This workshop will focus on the challenging realities that girls and women of color face today, and how we can find ways to center ourselves and remain resilient as we fight against injustice. We will engage in a number of personal reflective exercises and group dialogues to highlight why and how girls and women of color should focus on their mental health and emotional well-being to help them navigate current events.

The continued public health and financial crisis has disproportionately impacted first-generation, low socioeconomic, and young professionals of color who are preparing to enter the workforce. This workshop will engage young professionals of color to explore strategies to promote their emotional well-being and leverage past experiences to manage stress and anxiety throughout the job search and as they prepare for future transitions.

This workshop will prepare first year college students with the knowledge of key issues that may take place during the college transition, including how systemic racism impacts their mental health and emotional well-being. Students will learn a holistic approach to understanding their health and well-being. Students will be able to identify their stressors and explore individual, campus, and community resources and strategies to manage their stress as well as to practice help-seeking behaviors.

This workshop will equip high school students of color with skills to cope with, process, respond to, and heal from racial trauma caused in their educational settings and everyday lives. Students will situate their experiences and emotions during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and social movements. Students will then explore the importance of maintaining their emotional well-being as they prepare and persist in college and beyond.