DAY: Monday May 10
TIME: 12:15 to 1:30 pm
PLACE: Huss Tent, outside Usdan.
FOOD and ICE CREAM will be served.
If you are a senior, click https://forms.gle/AnQgS172YCH6osWy9
You are invited to participate in a two-part series we will be offering to students in the Wes community regarding personal trauma and substance use on campus.
In the first part, Understanding, Validating & Healing From Trauma, Demetrius Colvin (SRC), Jami Carlacio (ORSL), and September Johnson (WesWell) will speak about various forms of trauma they have encountered and the coping mechanisms- both healthy and unhealthy- that they have used to deal with it. In the second part, Coping and Connecting in Crisis: Substance Use and Self-Care During College, the speakers will share their experience as it relates to substance use (in the family and personally) and again, how they found hope by using effective coping skills and seeking help.
The presentation blends storytelling with professional knowledge and aims to reach students through presenters personal accounts of trauma and substance use. The focus ultimately centers on coping, recovery, and resilience, with the message being that life is messy but/and that we can emerge from it whole when we have the right support and resources. We ask that you promote these two events with students, staff, and/or faculty you know who may benefit from it, whether as a trauma sufferer/survivor or as a resource for anyone who might need help. To be clear, we hope to start a campus-wide conversation about the increased intensity of challenges facing college students today as they navigate illness, death, isolation, fear, and insecurity due to the pandemic and to the effects of structural racism.
The presentations will be held on:
Wednesday March 3 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/validatingtrauma
Wednesday March 10 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Zoom Link: https://tinyurl.com/copingincrisis
Please reach out to us if you have questions or comments, and thank you in advance for spreading the message.
Sincerely,
Demetrius Colvin, Jami Carlacio, and September Johnson
From 7:00-7:30, we invite the audience to continue discussions and interactions with the panel speakers and moderator in breakout rooms
Room 1: Professor Nii Addy
Room 2: Dr. Angie Makomenaw
Room 3: Rabbi David Teva – Meditation Session*
Room 4: Demetrius Colvin
Thank you in advance for your interest and participation.
Salud,
Fitzroy ‘Pablo’ Wickham
Head Resident Foss Hill
Senior Class President
Wesleyan c/o ’21
Hello Everyone,
I’m sending this message on behalf of the university chaplains. We know that this is a stressful time, and that in addition to the uncertainty of these times, many of us are dealing with the illness and loss of loved ones. The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life writes:
‘All of the chaplains at ORSL offer pastoral counseling to those who would like to connect with a confidential, nonjudgmental, listening presence. We are all comfortable working with people of any, all, or no faith backgrounds.
We have been doing this via phone and some of us via zoom for the past few weeks, and hope that people will continue to reach out to us individually.
We can be reached at: https://www.wesleyan.edu/orsl/meetchaplains.html
Rabbi David Leipziger Teva
Director, Religious and Spiritual Life
University Jewish Chaplain
Wesleyan University
860-227-5644
You may schedule a conversation with me via zoom or phone by going to calendly.com/dleipziger
Dear Students,
As we all struggle to get used to Wesleyan in a distance-learning mode, we in Student Affairs wanted to provide you with an online resource guide detailing services and supports that will still be available regardless of whether you are near or far in the coming weeks.
Wishing you safe travels, good health and successful transitions. As always, let us know how we can help. Go Wes!
Warmly,
Dean Mike
