In honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month, Tri-City is hosting a Directing Change Virtual Showcase to celebrate and recognize local student and advisor short-film submissions in the 2021 Directing Change youth film contest.

Please join us as we showcase these student video submissions, followed by a panel Q&A discussion. For more information, please view the Directing Change Virtual Showcase 2021 Flyer (PDF).

To register and join, please click here.

ABOUT DIRECTING CHANGE

The Directing Change Program and Film Contest is part of Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement. The program is a statewide initiative designed for students and young adults across California to learn about suicide prevention, stigma reduction and mental health in an innovative way: through the art of filmmaking. The contest is part of Each Mind Matters: California's Mental Health Movement and statewide efforts to prevent suicide, reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness, and to promote the mental health and wellness of students. These initiatives are funded by counties through the Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63) and administered by the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), an organization of county governments working to improve mental health outcomes for individuals, families and communities.

We learn through action and our minds begin to change when we apply our knowledge. Anyone can read about the signs of suicide or mental illness, but it requires a deeper level of involvement to thoughtfully and respectfully capture these topics in a 60-second film to advocate change. By lending their perspective to the mental health movement, local youth are creating a lasting impact in the minds of others about wellness, suicide prevention and stigma.