I Am Psyched PDX – Celebrating 50 years of leadership of women of color in psychology. Empowering a new generation of change-makers.

February 24, 2021

Change-Maker Panels

March 16^th, 6:00-7:30pm: Grad School Panel Part 2: Advice for BIPOC Women

Successfully applying for and completing grad school is challenging. Among the challenges are navigating the often-unspoken rules and norms of how to be an ideal candidate and student. When you add racism and sexism, both implicit and explicit, to the mix it’s even harder. Join us for our panel, and learn from the journeys and advice of women of color who are professors, practicing professionals, and students in academia, law, counseling, and medicine.

Zoom: https://uportland.zoom.us/j/91728645345

March 30^th, 6:30-8pm: Celebrating our Leaders, Connecting with Future Change-makers: Panel and Meet-n-Greet

There are many fantastic organizations in PDX serving BIPOC and Queer/Trans communities. Join us to celebrate them and learn more about the amazing ways they are serving our community by working towards social justice and equitable practices in Oregon. Find out about upcoming volunteer, internship, and/or job opportunities so you can be among the next generation of leaders and change-makers in Portland. We will start with a panel of five local leaders telling us about their organizations, their accomplishments and challenges, and move on to small groups where you can ask questions of individual leaders.

February 21, 2021February 22, 2021

I Am Psyched PDX and UP Active Minds Collaborations

February 24th, 7:30-8:30pm: Decolonize Mental Health

What we know about mental health has been heavily filtered by the values of Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic countries. This has serious consequences, especially for communities that hold different values.

Join us for a conversation about these impacts as we take the first step with I Am Psyched PDX to #DecolonizePsych

March 3rd, 7:30-8:30pm: Mental Health in the Media

It’s wonderful that we are more openly talking about mental illness than we ever have. Celebrities and experts have opened up about their struggles and we are finally talking about suicide.

Also, media representation of mental health disorders and treatment continue to be a problem. We see over-simplification, infantilization, glamorization, and vilification depending on the diagnosis. Therapists are regularly portrayed as well-meaning idiots for laughs, and heartless hacks or unethical manipulators to create drama.

This image released by Netflix shows Asa Butterfield, left, and Gillian Anderson in a scene from “Sex Education.” (Sam Taylor/Netflix via AP)

It’s time to see something real.

April 21st, 7:30-8:30pm: DIY Mental Health?

Getting good mental health assessment and treatment can be frustrating, expensive, or both. In contrast, the internet provides countless websites that provide free information about different diagnoses and advice for those suffering from those diagnoses, and products that require no professional oversight or insurance. Sounds great, right?

The internet can be a good place to start your journey to understand your experiences and find help. Unfortunately, the internet also has a lot of inaccurate and harmful information. Even when the information is good, when it comes to mental health, one size never fits all. Finally, our mental health can impact how we relate to others, which adds more unique elements to any one person’s situation. Join us for a conversation about what we should all be aware of in the world of DIY mental health.

November 13, 2020

Invisible Portraits: Movie & Panel

Sunday, November 15th, 6pm

Active Minds, ASUP Films, Womxn of Color, the Black Student Union, and I am Psyched PDX present Invisible Portraits, the feature documentary directorial debut from Oge Egbuonu, who shatters the too-often invisible otherizing of Black women in America and reclaims the true narrative as told in their own words. This virtual screening will be immediately followed by a panel discussion by Black womxn community leaders. SPACE IS LIMITED so we encourage you all to RSVP through Engage or by emailing activeminds@up.edu with reservation or ADA requests.

October 24, 2020

Panel: Considering grad school? What you need to know.

Are you a psychology major who is considering going to grad school? Are you confused on where to start looking? A lot of questions come up when you really start to think about it. How do I find out if a graduate program will provide the training or research focus that I am interested in? What kind of financial help is available? How long can I expect a given graduate program to take? What are graduate programs looking for in their applicants and what can I do to match those preferences? How do I ask for letters of recommendation? And finally, what’s it like to be in grad school?

On Thursday, October 29, 6:30-8:00pm Psi Chi and I Am Psyched are teaming up to provide a panel to answer your grad school questions. Our panel will include students currently in law school and in clinical psychology, and psychology professors with backgrounds in research, applied psychology, and counseling. We will provide helpful information and answer your questions, so you can prepare yourself to be an excellent candidate if/when you apply, or so you can decide if grad school is right for you. We look forward to seeing you there!

Watch your UP email for more information, including the Zoom link.