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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Jen Wassermiller <jen@wassermiller.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 7, 2023 12:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Counseling Psychology <cpsy@uoregon.edu>; Couples & Family Therapy <cft@uoregon.edu>; Erika Boyers <eboyers@uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Your presence is requested at the Mental Health Pavilion at the Black Cultural Festival in Eugene 8/19/23!<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hello Black mental health professionals, allies and counseling training programs!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The 3rd Annual Black Cultural Festival is just around the corner on August 19th!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Last year was the first year that there was a mental health pavilion. The booth was beautiful, inviting and contained many treasures including swag, snacks, beverages,
literature, a raffle, a browsing library and a comfortable space to sit and connect. The pavilion was a joyful and safe space staffed solely by Black mental health professionals and counseling students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This year’s theme is “Lifting as We Rise”. This theme feels especially relevant to Black mental health providers, who face significant barriers in training programs and
in the field, yet continue to lift their clients through skill, compassion, lived experience and representation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This is a fabulous marketing and networking opportunity for Black mental health professionals, counseling training programs as well as allied counselors who provide culturally
responsive services and resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Please reach out to
<a href="mailto:jen@wassermiller.com">jen@wassermiller.com</a> about volunteering for and donating to the 2023 BCF’s Mental Health Pavillion.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The BCF organizers are looking forward to your support! Here are some ways to participate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Black mental health professionals or students are invited to: offer a mini presentation on a mental health related topic, promote your practice or agency in person, connect
with colleagues, potential clients, support the community by answering questions related to mental health, provide literature, business cards and other promotional materials, staff the booth, organize/coordinate/direct/expand the pavilion vision and offerings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Participation opportunities for all include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Monetary donations, beverages and snack donations and donations of Black authored mental health books are greatly appreciated. Here are just a few title suggestions:
My Grandmother's Hands, The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, The Racial Healing Handbook, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Spiritual Care in an Age of
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#BlackLivesMatter</a>, The Body is Not an Apology, Cry Like a Man, Black Therapists Rock, Black Fatigue…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Sharing the event on social media and in your networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.blackculturalfestival.com/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Bywr2HsdTMJBCIjtvAIxWaLsJ2xTfGHpVToictjdqK4gZcQeLN8lDYDtw9J_Qw7IixR9y8DJ7TGOu88$">https://www.blackculturalfestival.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#806000">Jen Wassermiller, LCSW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#806000">Office: 1355 W13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#806000">Phone:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">541-283-0505
<span style="color:#806000">Fax: </span>541-229-1283<span style="color:#BF8F00"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#806000">Web:
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/jen-wassermiller.clientsecure.me/__;!!C5qS4YX3!Bywr2HsdTMJBCIjtvAIxWaLsJ2xTfGHpVToictjdqK4gZcQeLN8lDYDtw9J_Qw7IixR9y8DJNoIXBqA$" target="_blank">https://jen-wassermiller.clientsecure.me</a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#806000">Email:
<a href="mailto:jenlcsw@wassermiller.sprucecare.com">jenlcsw@wassermiller.sprucecare.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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