Human Library Event - Speak Your Mind: Conversations on Youth Mental Health

 

This October, join us at Azure Beach Library as we hold our first Human Library Event to celebrate Mental Health Month for Youth!

Image credit: The People Speak!

What is Mental Health Month?
Mental Health Month is celebrated in October every year and provides people with an opportunity to learn more about mental health and encourages them to seek help when they need it.

What is this event about?
In accordance with the rise of mental health cases affecting the youth today, Azure Beach Library has decided to hold a Human Library Event to help spread awareness on various mental health issues in today’s youth.

Partnering up with the Human Library Organisation, Azure Beach Library has invited 6 people (known as “Books” in this event) who have either lived experiences or are mental health experts in the following topics:
•    Anxiety
•    Depression
•    Body dysmorphia
•    Eating disorders
•    Schizophrenia
•    OCD

Young people coming to this event (those living with mental health issues, or friends and family of young people with mental health issues) will have the opportunity to “borrow” these Books and have a conversation with them in a safe, open and inclusive space.

Azure Beach Library hopes this event will challenge people’s views around mental health and erase negative stigma, as well as providing a safe space for the youth to seek help and access resources.

 

 

Date: Saturday 5 October 2024

Time: 10:30am - 1:45pm

Location: Azure Beach Library, in the Azure Room

Cost: Free

Booking information: Bookings are essential.

Please register via the Eventbrite link here, or contact Azure Beach Library here.

Please be advised you must be at least 16 years old to attend this event as this event may contain mature/sensitive content.

• For more information about Mental Health Month, please see: https://mentalhealthmonth.wayahead.org.au/
• For more information about The Human Library Organisation, please see: https://humanlibrary.org/
• For additional information and resources, please see: https://headspace.org.au/

Kassandra Pasqual

10 Things I Don't Know about You

 

10 THINGS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU

a Human Library Event at

AZURE BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY

FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2024 

6:00PM - 8:30PM

This MENTAL HEALTH MONTH

You are invited for a chance to 

UNPLUG and UNDERSTAND

the living stories of our community

Mental Health Flag : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mental_Health_Flag.svg

For more about the Mental Health Flag, visit https://www.thepetefoundation.org/mental-health-flag

At a ONE TIME ONLY after hours session

 the library is OPEN and the books are people.

10 Human Books will share the stories they have held back amongst the stress and noise of a difficult year. Support your friends as they tell the full story and learn about the support that's on offer at services around the Azure Beach Community. 

Please note: This event has an attendance limit and will be private. This is a #unplugged event and all mobile devices will be checked in for the full duration. All Human Books are sharing their stories in confidence and appreciate your respect. 

For more about Mental Health Month or to speak to a counsellor, visit: www.mhmonth.org.au/AzureBeach24

For more about Unplugging, visit: https://www.globaldayofunplugging.org/

Image: © Unplug Collaborative, https://www.globaldayofunplugging.org/

Space is limited, registrations are ESSENTIAL.

For full event information and to register online, visit: www.abpl.nsw.gov.au/10thingsevent

If you have any questions, please contact: 

J. Whiting, ABPL Event Officer

Email: jwhiting@abpl.nsw.gov.au

Phone: 02 9595 9595

Find us on FaceBook and Instagram:

@10thingsevent

Mental Health Awareness month - Focusing on the Youth of Azure Beach

Libraries help spread the good words. Discover, Dream, Grow.

October is Mental Health Awareness Month - Gippsland Primary Health Network (gphn.org.au)

Did you know that in 2017-18, an estimated 339,000 young people aged 18-24 (15%) experienced high or very high levels of psychological distress.

That is why Azure Beach is celebrating the youth of Azure Beach and will be hosting a living human library event.  A living library, what is it? you ask. The Human Library was created in Copenhagen in 2000 by brothers Ronni and Dany Abergel along with their colleagues Asma Mouna and Christoffer Erichsen.  In Danish it is called “menneskebublioteket”.  The Human Library uses a library analogy of lending people instead of books.  These living books have experienced prejudice, stigma and social exclusion and they aim to address people’s prejudices by talking to them.

Next month's topic is all about life issues the youth face.  The many challenges that the youth of today face, can have a lasting impact from stressing over exams, your body, finding your feet, family break up, racism or even bullying, having someone to talk to and hear their experiences can give a better understanding that you are not alone and that there is help out there.   Azure Beach Library will be partnering with Beyond blue to bring this extraordinary human living library event to celebrate Mental Health Month.

Meet our books. 

Nyadol Nyuon

Nyadol is an Australian lawyer and human rights advocate.  At the age of 18 she became a refugee when she came to Australia in 2005 and is an Australian Commissions award winner for 2018.

Jessica Rowe

Jessica is a beyond blue ambassador, author and television presenter who is passionate about removing the stigma around mental health.  

Jason Ball 

Jason is a beyond blue ambassador and an AFL player who is a LGBTI advocate.  

Numbers are strictly limited to 25 tickets, so register quickly before they sell out.  This is a free event. 

Click on the link below to secure your spot!

👇 

https://events.com/

 

Date:    Saturday October 21st, 2023

Time:    11.30am - 2.30pm

Venue:    Azure Room 

RSVP:    Monday October 16th, 2023

For any further enquiries or questions, please one of the options below

☎️ (02) 9717 1212

📧 info@azzurebeachlibrary.gov.au 

Marijana Skoflic

Want to know more about Mental Health or the Human Library?  Click the links below. 

👇 

Beyond Blue

Learn about mental health - Beyond Blue

Mental Health

Mental Health Australia | (mhaustralia.org)

Human Library

Unjudge someone - The Human Library Organization

 Connecting Through Shared Mental Health Journeys

A human library event for Mental Health Month.

Credit to melitas on iStock.

Azure Beach is committed to promoting mental health awareness, particularly among today's youth, acknowledging the increasing prevalence of mental health challenges each year.

At our upcoming event, we're offering 5 individuals as "human books", each sharing personal stories and insights about their mental health journeys. Attendees are welcome to borrow these human books for a few minutes, listening and learning from their experiences and advice. 

Through this initiative, we aim to educate the community about the nuances of mental health struggles and offer techniques that foster positive mental wellbeing.
We're looking forward to seeing you all there!

Registration info: 

Register online HERE or ask about our Mental Health Month event at the reception desk.

Have a read about why we're doing this event here.

https://mentalhealthmonth.wayahead.org.au/

Learn about the human library here.

https://humanlibrary.org/

Event Info:

2/10/2024 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Azure Beach Library, main room.

For any other inquiries call us at (04) 1234 5678

Or email us at AzureBeachLibrary@ABPL.com

Posted by Declan Murphy.

Looking Beyond - a Mental Health Week event

Join us and help break down the stigmas of mental health among our senior friends and family with Azure Beach’s human library event Looking beyond No matter how old you are, depression and anxiety can affect you, however the stigma attached to these illnesses often prevent people from seeking help, especially senior members of our community. Because of this, we at Azure Beach would like to use this Mental Health Month to raise awareness of the issue through our human library event. Joining us will be 8 volunteers from the human library organization, who each have their own story to tell of their mental health journey. During the event, these human books will be available to borrow in order to share their unique experiences as well as answer questions about their lives, and journey with mental health. We hope that this event can break down the barriers that have been built by the stigma around mental health and allow others to see that no matter what help is always available. When 9th of October 2023 Start: 11.30am

Finish: 4pm Where Azure beach public library courtyard Booking at Azurebeachlibrarybooking@email.com While this is a free event, please book ahead to secure a spot.

As this is a mental health event, please be aware that some topics will be confronting and that this is a non-judgmental space.

for more questions, contact us here

phone number: 0900110011

email: Azurebeachlibraryevents@email.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For more information about human library events please visit the human library sites https://humanlibrary.org/ And for more information about mental health please visit these organizations Beyond blue https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Life line https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Black dog institute https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/

by Dominic Vella

 Mental health starts with you! 
Human Library Event 2024

Mental Health is very complicated. Most mental health issues are caused by a combination of factors like genetics, personal experiences and lifestyle. Do you know that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1 in 20 Australians and the disorder can extend into adolescence? Have you ever found that your family or friends who have lost loved one may have Process Trauma-Induced Depression (PTSD)? You may not know who have mental health issues by judging their appearance. Albert Einstein is a famous example to prove that it is possible to be successful and productive with ADHD!

Have you ever talked about how you feel after losing your job or feeling lonely all the time at home as being an empty-nester? 

Come to join us in our Human Library event to find out more with our Human Books. They share with you their stories and how they survived or healed from their wounds. Each Human Book represents a group of our society who is frequently subjected to prejudice, discrimination and social exclusion.

Choose your title, reserve your place and be ready to have a chat with them.

Bookings:  Bookings essential. Phone Azure Beach Public Library on 02 9293 2425 or click the Eventbrite to reserve your place. Each book reading session is 20 mins. Each booking allows 3 sessions maximum.

Date & time:Sat 20 Apr 2024 @ 2:00pm to 4:30pm

Age:            Young adults, Adults, Seniors

Cost:           Free

Venue:       Azure Room, Azure Beach Public Library, 44 Lighting Way, Azure Beach NSW 2100

Let’s meet our Human Books

	Eating Disorder Alma is a young actress who recovered from serious eating disorders after 7 years of treatment. Listen to her stories that how she can recover from several relationships’ breakup causing depression and leading to eating disorders.
	Anxiety Disorder Nuala is a psychologist helping young people to cope with their mental health problems. However, she also had personal experience of anxiety disorder since she was 12. Discover her road of recovery during the human library event.
	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Herman has finished his university degree course in sports therapy in the University of Technology Sydney just last year. He has struggled through the degree course in 7 years because he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) since his childhood. Learn how he lives with ADHD in his life and overcomes the difficulties during university examination.
	Process Trauma-Induced Depression (PTSD) Matilda, a young mum of 3 kids, diagnosed with PTSD a year after the suicidal death of her son. The sudden death of her son put much emotional stress on her and so traumatic that leading to her depression. Chat with her to learn how she can heal from those tearful days.

For more information on mental health, visit the links below:  

Beyond Blue 
Headspace
Mental Health Australia

Created by Josephine 

Human Library Living Books: Guiding Youth in Mental Heath [FREE]

As teenagers reach the end of their childhood and begin that transition from adolescence into adulthood, that journey can often be challenging and sometimes traumatic. That transition can also often not end well, with early adulthood offering little relief. There is no shame in taking longer than others to reach your goal, or what you think is normal, or what is the minimum. There are others, millions, experiencing this transition and many more who have been through it, and thrived.

 
This October 14th, Azure Beach Library and the Human LibraryTM have collaborated to help in our small way by offering up 4 living books that can help you approach or process this part of your life. This event is aimed at individuals 15 to 24 years of age, however if you find that you are still struggling with these issues, feel free to register for a talk and 'borrow' one of our living books for a sympathetic and compassionate ear.

Event Details

• Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023

• Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

• Venue: Azure Beach Public Library, Courtyard

• Tickets: This is a FREE event. Registration is REQUIRED at www.eventbrite.com.au/AzureBeachLibraryEventsThisIsAFakeAddress

   

This Mental Health Month, let's help offer a safe space for others in our community to come together, share and connect and help them enjoy life, in any way or form.

To connect with us and keep up to date with this event, future events or what the library has to offer, make sure to find us at @AzureBeachLibrary on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and Azure Beach Public Library on Facebook. 

 

 In case of emergency, please ring 000 for mental health and general health assistance and for further resources on mental health, please visit the following weblinks:

• www.beyondblue.org.au
• www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

Contact Details

• E-Mail: Info@AzureBeachLibrary.gov.au
  

• Phone: 0412 345 678

Jamie L

Trumping​ ignorance // Triumphing enlightenment​- Human Living Library

"Almost 1 in 4 young people meet the criteria for a probable serious mental illness (PSMI)" 

 Mission Australia and Black Dog Institute report. 

October is Mental Health Awareness Month, which means this is the perfect time for ​us to reflect upon the importance of a healthy mind and what it means to live with mental illness. In this society, while our attention to physical health is paramount, we often forget that a healthy mind is the driver behind our ambitious endeavour to self-improvement. 

By now, you're probably wondering what we mean by 'human living library'---a human library or book is a group of people or a singular person who has willingly volunteered to share their anecdotes and stories to complete strangers. In placing a face and voice to a story, libraries and their living books hope to enlighten 'borrowers' (like you) about often controversial topics. 

Join 4 brave human libraries as they share their experiences of the highs, lows and curiosities of mental illness- below reads a list of the kind of books available for you to borrow (off our extremely limited, one-off shelf): 

- Bipolar disorder: not all black-and-white. 

- Schizophrenia: more than meets the eye. 

- Dissociative identity disorder: seldom understood, always judged. 

- Obsessive compulsive disorder: not an adjective. 

At the conclusion of the session, you will have the opportunity to collect a free 'mental health ribbon' enamel pin as souvenir of your experience. 

Learn how you can weaponise truth and empathy to combat stereotypes, find common ground and improve your own state of mind. 

DATE: 7th of October, 2023 (First Saturday of the month). 

TIME: 1:00pm-4:30pm. 

LOCATION: Azure Beach Public Library main branch- Cove Meeting Room.

FEE: Free entry, register interest. 

To learn more and register your place as borrower, please click the button below- Be quick! spots are limited. 

For more information about mental health, please visit; Youth Mental Health- Black Dog Institute- https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/research-areas/youth-mental-health/  

K. Skelly 

Your Mental Health and You

 Your Mental Health and You. 

 

 Did you know 1 in 5 Australians suffer from a mental illness?

And many more of us suffer from mental exhaustion and depression. Mental well-being is key to a happy life, and that's why we at the Azure Beach library are hosting ‘Your Mental Health and You', a human library book event that aims to bring to the community together on a still misunderstood part of our society.

4 human “library books” will be speaking at this event, talking about how mental illness has affected their lives and of those around them. Come listen to their stories, and together we can tear down the walls of stigma around a very serious issue, and learn to love and understand each other, for as we say here at Azure Beach... It's okay to not be okay!

What is a human library book event you ask?

A Human Library is where people become the books. Come down to listen to these "books" and their stories about mental health, and what kind of struggles they went through. You can find more information here at humanlibrary.org

Book now at eventbrite.com.au/YourMentalHealthandYou

Days: Saturday 1/10, Sunday 2/10 and Saturday 8/10 

Starts: 6pm

Ends: 8pm

Where: The Azure Library

Call us at 000-000-000 or find us on our many social media platforms! (facebook, instagram, tik tok) @AzureBeachLibrary

 

 More information: www.beyondblue.org, www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

#depression, #itsokaytonotbeokay, #azurebeachlibrary, #mentalhealth, #yourmentalhealthandyou, #beyondblue, #blackdoginstitute,

                                                                                                                

 Event manager: Cameron Ruffio

Reducing the stigma of mental health

Reducing the stigma of mental health

This October is mental health awareness month. To raise awareness of mental health in young people the Azure beach library will be running a mental health human library event. Joining us will be 4 volunteers from the human library to discuss their experiences and journey with mental health. Our four volunteers are all from different walks of life and have different experiences with their mental health journey.

This event will be catered for please advise of any dietary needs when booking.

When - 9/10/2022 12PM-3PM

Where - Library courtyard of Azure Beach Library

To book please visit the Azure Beach Library website

Please be aware that mental health can be a tough topic and this event may discuss culturally sensitive topics.

For further information on mental health and where to get help you can visit the following sites:

Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support. Suicide Prevention.

headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

Jordan Steele

Mental Health Matters

   

Azure Beach Human Library Event

Mental Health Matters

Note: for TAFE Education/study/assessment purposes only

 

As part of the Azure Beach Public Library's objective of creating awareness for  Mental Health in the community, we invite you to a special event during the month of Mental Health. 

When:  10 October 2022

Time:  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Cost: Free (Light refreshments would be provided)

Where:  Azure Beach Public Library Room 

https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/flat-design-world-mental-health-day-background_9697093.htm#query=mental%20health&position=14&from_view=keyword

Some Statistics:

The planet is suffering from a major problem i.e. "Mental Health" which is the main cause of other health issues such as high blood pressure, heart problems, and other chronic diseases. This also impacts the individual's social life, behaviour, decision-making power, interpersonal relationships, and perception, and it likewise determines how an individual handles daily situations and handles stress. These days majority of the population is, directly or indirectly, suffering from some sort of mental health condition.

According to WHO, 1 out of 5, approx 21% of the Australian population, aged between 16 and 85 experienced some form of Mental Health issues.

What is a Living/Human Library?

A Living Library is where you, as a reader, borrow a 'book' about a certain topic. This 'book' doesn't have pages, it's a person who has a large amount of knowledge on the subject they are talking about. The 'books' available on the day come from different backgrounds and have become experts on Mental Health Issues and Well Being. These experienced human books are from well-professional backgrounds who have already helped thousands of individuals to come out of Mental Health problems.

This Event:

This program is to reduce social stigma around mental health and encourage honest conversations.

The event's activities:

• Hear and learn from the experiences of our Human Books on mental health.
• Relaxing activities such as fun art music, and singing activities to involve yourself.
• Learn skills and techniques from professionals to improve mental health, and stress in day-to-day activities.

Sharing is caring, please share this post with others, you never know who may need it.

To book a session please either contact: 

Phone: (02) 9000 0000

Email: events@azurebeachpubliclibrary.com.au 

Online Booking: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/

Useful links

The Human Library website is https://humanlibrary.org/

The Australian human library website https://humanlibrary.org/  

For any further questions please contact kanchan.taneja@azurbeachpubliclibrary.gov.au

Prepared by Kanchan Taneja for TAFE Education/study/assessment purposes only

My experience is not a tale … Don’t let my experience to be misunderstood

 

                               Human library in mental health for youth

Introduction 

The hardest thing is to acknowledge issues in mental health especially in youth. In this time of age of pandemic the number of youth mental health is in increasing by the numbers.

  Whether they ignore their symptoms or not knowing what is mental health in early symptoms. Lots of students have to do their study online without any connection to their peers neither with their teachers physically. Any connection will be through internet and no physical connection except within family member at home.  

This is becoming a problem in their mental health as they needs the physical connection with their peers not only with their direct family. Many has lost their life because of this situation. They are not knowing what to do and where to get help. 

Human Library! Human Library! 

In this event our Human libraries are a person or persons who have had an experience in mental health or someone who is professional with in particular topic of the event and sharing these experience in their life or with their knowledge to the reader. They will giving the you information about their real life journey and knowledge of mental health in youth. 

Presenting you with the topic of youth with mental health and how to overcoming it. As a book, our human libraries can provide you their experiences and you ask any appropriate questions related to mental health and on how they managed their issue.  You can also can ask about any help from the human libraries' professionals what help are available in our area.

How to book our event? Please go to our website www.azurebeachcouncil.com.au  or directly to one of our branch’s library.  

Where: will be held at the Azure Library Courtyard

When: 10 October 2022 10am - 12 pm  

Links:

https://www.aihw.gov.au › reports › australias-health › mental-health

https://www.metroassist.org.au

Our Human Library:

Dr Christina Roberts is from Blah Psychologist who is specialist in children mental health with years of experience.

  

Rebecca Wright is one of the youth who have been suffering with PTSD for about four years and overcome it recently with the help of Dr Christina.

Elijah George is one of our human libraries' speaker with depression experience and developed help by reaching out Metro Assist as a young child. 

William Dominic is one of a social worker specialist in youth mental health from Metro Assist Agency

Angelica Ryan is one of the youth as a human library's speaker.  She overcome anxiety and depression.  She reached out Metro Assist with help about 4 years ago. 

Windi Tran