Posts Tagged with mental health awareness

Published

Filming Of The Full-Length, OCD Themed Feature Film “Oh Crappy Day,” Has Completed!


Filming a scene from Oh Crappy Day. Left to right: Bryan Kenney, Ned Phillips, and Jordan Estes.
Photo by Jonathan Okafo. Copyright © 2019 Dagtype Films, LLC.

Dagtype Films, LLC, is proud to announce that filming is complete on the feature-length version of Oh Crappy Day, their romantic comedy about a young man looking for love while dealing with OCD.

OCD Southern California, an official affiliate of the International OCD Foundation, screened the original short at our OCD Awareness Week event in 2017 to positive responses and rave reviews!

Jordan Estes and Jess Barbour have reprised the roles they played in the original short, which screened at the 2017 IOCDF Conference in San Francisco and at IOCDF chapters around the country, including OCD Southern California!

Now that the feature has moved into post-production, they are launching a regular email update through their website. The update will include stories and behind-the-scenes photos from the film-shoot, along with news about editing, music scoring, digital wizardry, and future screenings.

They invite you to visit the film’s website — www.ohcrappydayfilm.com — and sign up for this free update. Please invite your friends and colleagues in the OCD community to do the same, so we can all spread the word about their positive, authentic portrayal of someone with OCD.

By the way, they are attending the IOCDF Conference in Austin this July. They hope to see you there!

Published

A2A Announces The A2A Stories Initiative and Fundraising Goal!

INTRODUCING THE A2A STORIES INITIATIVE!

The nonprofit Adversity 2 Advocacy Alliance is launching an exciting new venture to further its mission of promoting adversity-driven advocacy. 

To those of you who have not yet had a chance to join the campaign: Please consider doing so today. Every single dollar counts; and we know that, with your help, we can fully fund this groundbreaking initiative and expand our A2A storytelling to a worldwide audience in powerful new ways.https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/a2a1

A2A Stories is a digital platform featuring personal accounts of remarkable individuals who have turned some form of adversity into some form of advocacy on behalf of others with similar adversities. 

The website offers a diverse mix of radio features, podcasts, livestreams, and blogs–each providing remarkable insights and inspiration. It is the beginning of an online community to promote a culture of helping ourselves by helping others. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO? 

Go to their website: http://www.a2aalliance.org and watch some of their inspirational videos!

  • We think the best way to explain our initiative is to introduce you to six truly remarkable adversity-driven advocates whose stories we’ve been privileged to share.
  • We know you’ll be inspired!
  • We hope you’ll want to…. 

Donate:

  • With your donation, the A2A Stories Initiative will:
    • Expand its reach and ability to promote the work of adversity-driven storytellers through a comprehensive communications effort.
    • Develop high impact, high visibility media strategies to establish itself as a leading resource for online communities of people facing mental, physical, and other life challenges.  
    • Cultivate a culture of transformative storytelling by showcasing the unique power of turning adversity into advocacy.

Share:

  • We can’t do it alone! We need your help sharing these inspirational and informative A2A Stories with the world. 
    • Reshare our content with family, friends, and others in need of some inspiration and hope.
    • Tag A2A Stories when you share our content on your social  (@A2Astories) #a2astories.

MORE ABOUT THE A2A ALLIANCE:

The Adversity 2 Advocacy Alliance (A2A) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to (1) networking and supporting inspiring individuals who have turned adversity into advocacy; (2) providing pathways to advocacy for anyone facing adversity; and (3) showcasing the proven power of turning adversity into advocacy. 

A2A’s motto is “We help ourselves by helping others,” a notion supported by a growing body of empirical evidence from four research areas: empathy, service, purpose, and resilience.

To learn more visit www.a2astories.org or www.a2aallaiance.org 

Published

REGISTER NOW FOR “1 MILLION STEPS 4 OCD” WALKS IN SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, AND ORANGE COUNTY ON JUNE 1, 2019

Join OCD SoCal for our “1 Million Steps 4 OCD” walks in San Diego, Los Angeles, or Orange County on Saturday, June 1, 2018 to raise awareness, hope, and funds to the support the IOCDF and OCD Southern California!

Schedule for all walks is as follows:
9:30am – check in
10-11am – walk
11am- 1pm – picnics, presentations, and community mingle events

Walk meet up locations:
San Diego – La Jolla Shores Hotel, Garden Patio (8110 Camino Del Oro, La Jolla, CA 92037)
Los Angeles – Juan Bautista de Anza Park (3701 Lost Hills Rd, Calabasas, CA 91302)
Orange County – Wakeham Park (3400 Smalley St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626)

Registration links:
San Diego – register here!
Los Angeles – register here!
Orange County – register here!

Main walk registration page to look for walks under a person or team name, visit: https://iocdf.org/programs/ocdwalk/search/

You can learn more about the history of the 1 Million Steps 4 OCD walk and how to get involved in your local OCD SoCal walk by visiting the IOCDF website.

Published

Purchase Your OCD Southern California 4th Annual Conference Tickets Here!

2019 Keynote: Jeff Sparr of PeaceLove

Purchase tickets here! – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocd-southern-california-conference-2019-tickets-55952516483

Date and Time:
Saturday, March 30, 2019. 10 AM to 5 PM

Location:
Mariners Church (Life Development Building, 2nd Floor)
5001 Newport Coast Drive
Irvine, CA 92603

For a detailed map with street entrance locations, parking locations, walkways to registration, and registration location, click here: http://ocdsocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Map-For-2019-OCD-Conference.png. For accompanying detailed parking instructions, click here: http://ocdsocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2019-Conference-Parking-Recommendations.pdf

Agenda:
10 AM: Registration and Clinician Breakfast
10:45 AM: Welcome and Introduction of Board Members
11:00 AM: Keynote- Jeff Sparr of PeaceLove
12:30 PM: Lunch and Breakout Groups
1:45 PM: First Breakout Session
3:00 PM: Second Breakout Session
4:00 PM: Conference Wrap-Up and Opportunity Drawing

For a more detailed agenda, click here: http://ocdsocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Agenda2019.pdf

Purchase tickets here (and for more information on the conference)! – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocd-southern-california-conference-2019-tickets-55952516483