AWI Voices With Impact presents: Keeping Our Fathers Alive

Facilitated by: Britt Martinez-Hewitt

Featuring:

  • Until Our Spirits Meet Again by Alexander Nystrom
  • Six Feet Apart by Monty Cole 
  • The Sunset Special by Marlena C. Robbins

The loss of a father can feel tragic and unfair. But our fathers’ legacies can live on after they pass, through our memories of them and the stories we tell. In this session we will be exploring the strength and power we have to keep our fathers alive through storytelling, narrative, and memory. Along with filmmakers Alexander Nystrom, Monty Cole, and Marlena C. Robbins, we will watch three short films that each, in their own way, keep our fathers alive.

Led by the filmmakers, the festival features a selection of interactive seminars and engaging discussions, related to the films and the themes we are exploring through this year’s program. If you are interested in learning about these sessions, you can see them all on our Voices With Impact information page!

You can view the presentation recording here.

Featured National Resources:

Crisis Text Line
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Trans Lifeline
The Trevor Project
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
Black Mental Health Alliance

Details

Day:Wednesday
Date:June 29, 2022
Time:4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Workshop Evaluation

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It was very authentic storytelling and sharing of the [grieving] journey/process "
-Workshop Attendee

Partners

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  • Eliminating stigma,
  • Improving access to high quality mental health care,
  • Increasing public awareness, and
  • Addressing the chronically unmet needs of underserved populations.

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