Geeks Unite! Supporting the AAPI Community!
A presentation by Lorran Garrison School Psychologist, PPS (she/her) , Boontarika Sripom MA (ENFP 4w5, neurodivergent) and Dr. Billy San Juan PsyD
About this Event
Ignite the hero within! Follow your heroic journey to support the Asian American Pacific Islander Community. By using personal fandoms, you will learn new tools and ways to interact with systems that might not always support a multicultural, diverse, ethnic society. Comic books and pop culture allow us to dream of endless adventures, powers, and possibility. Let’s take these dreams into reality.
Learning Objectives
- Identify key aspects of how mental health care is social justice.
- Describe multiple perspectives within institutionalized oppression, social policy, and intergenerational traumas that affect different groups of people.
- Utilize at least 3 strategies in using geekdom to support AAPI community and BIPOC social justice. **Bonus! References including: iHollaback Bystander Intervention techniques, other nonprofits and ways to support the AAPI community
About The Presenters
Co-Founder, Little Brainstorm
Lorran Garrison, co-founder of Little Brainstorm, a book publisher focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, is a licensed school psychologist in California who supports transgender and non-binary students, as well as BIPOC and neurodivergent individuals, by promoting social justice and equity in