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Wazo Mental Health Summit:
Navigating Mental Health in Relationships

Event Details

Date:

April 20th, 2024

Time:

11am -3:30pm

Location:

UCLA Bruin Viewpoint Room 

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308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024

About Wazo Connect

Wazo Connect is an undergraduate student organization at UCLA, which offers a peer mentorship program centered around improving mental health at UCLA. Mentors are trained under CAPS, CARE, and the LGBTQ Center, and are then paired with a mentee. Once paired, mentors will undergo a 6-week program to provide their mentees with the mental health support they need. This program works in tandem with bi-weekly wellness events that promote self-care and mental health education.

The "Wazo Mental Health Summit: Navigating Mental Health in Relationships" is hosted by Wazo Connect at UCLA. It aims to 1) demonstrate the importance of relationships for mental health, and 2) outline effective strategies to improve mental health by fostering and maintaining healthy relationships. This event will comprise talks from professors and faculty, personal stories from student speakers, and participation from clubs and organizations who will be sharing mental health resources.  Four faculty will have the opportunity to speak about their research, insights and/or experience regarding the impact of relationships on mental health. Each will respectively discuss relationships with yourself, parents, peers, and partners for thirty minutes each. Two student speakers will share how mental has impacted their personal lives and their relationships for twenty minutes each. Lastly, we will have a designated time slot for booths comprised of clubs and organizations, who will connect attendees to their platform and resources for 45 minutes, while lunch is served. 

About the Summit

RSVP Required

Inquiries:

Contact 1: Kimia Delafraz (Outreach and Expansion Chair), kdelafraz@g.ucla.edu

Contact 2: Susanne Matte Ramsdell (Co-President), mattes@g.ucla.edu

General Contact: Wazo Connect, wazo.contact@gmail.com

Sole Advisor: Pam Cysner, pcysner@saonet.ucla.edu

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