Directing Change
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    Student Names: Luna, Bloo, and Elijah Z
    Advisor Name: Rochelle Trochtenberg
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    If We All Speak Loud Enough - Ending the Silence Are you in crisis? Do you need help? Call the Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-888-506-5991

    This is a winning video from the Each Mind Matters "Directing Change" Student Video Contest. In this video the student filmakers address the stigma surrounding mental illness.

    Submission was made by Nick Walker (advised by Alex Graham) for Canyon High School (Orange County).

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    Redwood Voice
    Student Names: Jedidiah Hawkins and Makenzy Williams
    Advisor Name: Jacob Patterson
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    Franklin High School
    Student Names: Brenda Vang
    Advisor Name: Brad Clark
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    Third Place: Tell Someone (Suicide PSA)
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    Del Norte High School
    Student Name(s): Megan Drew and Lindsay Stevens
    Advisor Name: Steve Holstrom
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    Canyon High School
    Student Names: Nicole McCready and Kana Okafuji
    Advisor Name: Alex Graham
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    Clovis East High School
    Student Names: Maegan Ankenman, Adryauna Speer, Caitlin Luster, Malia Willison
    Advisor Name: Derrick Davis
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  • "Circling Stigma" - Directing Change Video Contest Winner 2013 - Mental Health PSA
    "Circling Stigma" - Directing Change Video Contest Winner 2013 - Mental Health PSA This is the 1st place winner of the 2013 Directing Change Student Video Contest, in the category Eliminating Stigma on Mental Illness. http://www.directingchange.org

    I got some classmates together and filmed the 1minute PSA in just over an hour and a half.

    If you know someone who has been affected by mental illness or the stigma surrounding it, hopefully this video can reach them.

    I hope this video was a success, and expect more to come!
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    Student Names: Matt Dazey and Noah Lopez-Koen
    Advisor Name: Benjamin Barnholdt
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    Humboldt County Transition Age Youth Collaboration
    Student Names: Tristin Severns
    Advisor Name: Leah Lamattina
  • Language is Powerful
    Language is Powerful Director, Script, Cinematographer, Editor: Flora Rees-Arredondo
    Music by Ben Sound
    Quality Control/Lead: Georgia Sullivan
    Record Keeper: Victoria Marroquin

    This is a film I helped create for the 2015 Directing Change contest, where students are asked to create a PSA either about suicide prevention or ending the stigma around mental illness.

    My group chose the stigma category, and focused on stigma in everyday language. We decided that in order to have a conversation about stigma towards mental illness, we need to learn how to have that conversation in the first place.

    Many people either don't know about, or don't understand how words such as crazy, so OCD, retarded, insane, psycho, depressing, etc. are actually ableistic slurs.

    "Crazy" is an especially prevalent slur, one I hear in any conversation I ever have, and it's sick. The formal definition of "crazy" (which has also never been a formal or psychological term, just a slur) is "mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way."

    That is not a joke. And, contrary to popular belief, having a mental illness doesn't in any way make you more prone to violence than a mentally healthy individual. Why is this derogatory term so prevalent in everyday language, usually used to express something exciting, absurd, surprising, or to describe someone strange, or mentally ill? The other ableistic slurs, some of which I mentioned above, also have the same sorts of meanings.

    It's derogatory. It's disgusting. And it needs to stop.
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    Whitney High School
    Student Names: Michael Abshear and Noah Spahn
    Advisor Name: Ben Barnholdt
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    Canyon High School
    Student Names: Nick Jackson, Susie Anderson, Ethan Burk, and Cassidy Keith
    Advisor Name: Alex Graham
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  • Dear Best Friend subtitles
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