Join us to listen to mental health stories !
Hosted by Mind HK and MINDSET Hong Kong and sponsored by Jardine Matheson Group, in honour of the antistigma campaign “More Than a Label”, we are pleased to invite you to join us for a storytelling festival on 24th February 2024 (Saturday). Our Mind HK Ambassadors will showcase their experiences of mental health recovery and journey across different formats and topics. All proceeds of this festival will be directed towards supporting Mind HK’s anti-stigma work.
DATE: 24 Feb 2024 (SAT)
VENUE: JC Cube, Tai Kwun
LANGUAGE: Cantonese and English
*Simultaneous interpretation available (English and Cantonese)
Price
Regular tickets: $150 HKD [per session]
Student / Mind HK Partner / NGO Staff Tickets: Free (please use either school or work email in registration)
If you are not in these categories and need financial support attending this event, please email us at [email protected]
Event rundown and registration links:
10:30 – 11:30 – Ambassador Sharing – Poetry, Stories, and Mental Health: Register here
Come join us to listen to our ambassadors share their unique take on mental health storytelling through autobiographical poems and discussions on depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other conditions that they have experience with.
12:00 – 13:00 – Panel Discussion – Intersecting Identities: LGBTQ+ and mental health: Register here
Join us for an interactive panel discussion with our LGBTQ+ identifying ambassadors who will be sharing their lived experiences with mental health struggles and their recovery journey. Together with our Clinical Advisor, Odile, the ambassadors will also discuss how discrimination impacts mental health and their recovery journeys.
13:30 – 14:30 – Human Library – Our Mental Health Experiences: Register here
Join our ‘Human Library’ to hear lived experiences. Our ambassadors will share their individual stories of anxiety, depression, burnout, and substance misuse in this human library event, along with their road to recovery.
15:00 – 16:00 – Ambassador Sharing – Walking Past the Darkest Time: Register here
Join us in listening to our ambassadors share how their struggles, loss, and suicide affected their mental health and how seeking help and social support was critical for their road to recovery. We will be hearing from our ambassadors on their experiences with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, academic struggles and ADHD and how they made it through their darkest times.
16:45 – 18:00 – Panel Discussion – Men’s Mental Health: Register here
Join us for a panel discussion with ambassadors who will share on not only their mental health journeys, but specifically, men’s mental health and the associated stigma around it. We will discuss the importance of men speaking up about one’s mental health and the positive effects it could have on yourself and those around you.
