<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><u>FREE Project Blackbird Film Screening & Panel Discussion (ft. CELEBRITY TBA)</u></b><div>Join us for a FREE live event featuring the award-winning short film <i>Blackbird</i> and a panel discussion featuring celebrity guest Erika Medina! This unique event is open to all students and aims to encourage conversations around the crises and stigma around mental illness and help them begin or continue their journeys toward recovery and self-acceptance. We can always find common ground with others... sometimes in unlikely places.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Wednesday, February 26 at 6:00 PM<br>SUNY Plattsburgh<br>Warren Ballrooms at the Angell College Center<br>Rugar St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901</b></div><div><br></div><div><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-blackbird-film-screening-panel-discussion-ft-celebrity-tba-tickets-1218298456479?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO RSVP</a></b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-blackbird-film-screening-panel-discussion-ft-celebrity-tba-tickets-1218298456479?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank"></a><br>The following SUNY Plattsburgh departments are hosting this event:<br></b><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">School of Education, Health, & Human Services</li><li style="margin-left:15px">School of Arts & Sciences</li><li style="margin-left:15px">School of Business & Economics</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Access and Opportunity Programs</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Wellness and Health</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Residential Life</li><li style="margin-left:15px">College Auxiliary Services</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Provost's Office</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority</li><li style="margin-left:15px">DEI</li></ul><b>WHAT DOES THE EVENT INCLUDE?</b><br><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Screening of award-winning short film <i>Blackbird</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Post-screening conversation with Project Blackbird founder Alexandra Miles; Kendra Williams, "The Original Blackbird"; and a celebrity guest to be announced</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Anonymous journaling activity for attendees to reflect on their mental health journey to date</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Resource Fair following the event with campus, local and national resources</li><li style="margin-left:15px">FREE therapy for all audience members for a FULL YEAR</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Two (2) continuing education credits for social work, mental health, and psychology, will be provided by Albany Psychological Services for Eating Disorders, PLLC (dba HPA/LiveWell). NYSED approved provider #MHC-0282, #SW-0760, #PSY-0235)</li></ul><i>All attendees will receive a swag bag with fun giveaways, resources, and refreshments from supporters including Red Bull, Gorjana, LMNT and more!</i><br><br><b>ABOUT PROJECT BLACKBIRD</b><br><a href="https://www.projectblackbirdinc.org/" target="_blank">Project Blackbird, Inc.</a> is a non-profit 501(c)(3) and corresponding live touring event that aims to encourage conversations around the crises and stigma around mental illness and eating disorders within underrepresented communities nationwide.<br><br>The goal of the live event is to encourage and empower participants to confront situations in their lives that may be causing them shame in order to give those situations less power and to provide participants with local and national resources – including access to mental healthcare professionals – to begin the journey toward recovery and self-acceptance.</div></div>
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