WORKSHOPS

Microaggressions and how to be an ally By: Jorge Fabian Gonzáles R.

Biography:

Fabián González is a Master Trainer in Peace Corps Colombia, where he provides training and accompaniment to staff and volunteers for the design and implementation of a participatory and experiential learning model based on the principles for adult education. He is a former fellow of the professional exchange program of the state department in Education & Culture in 2009 and 2014 and since 2007 he has served as the Director of the Education and Culture Program of the Companions of the Americas Chapter in Bogotá.

Description:

This workshop addressed the key concepts about micro-attacks and micro-affirmations. Recognizing the type of microaggressions, the participants also explored alternatives to act as allies.

Cógela Suave: Relaxation in Times of Pandemic By: Fabián Andrés Meneses Morales y Clara Elisa Hortúa Alvarado

Biography:

Fabián Meneses is an undergraduate student in psychology with interests related to health psychology, the promotion and prevention of mental health. Member of the Comprehensive Accompaniment Student Network since 2018. He has experience as a coexistence promoter and auxiliary student in different university stays, as well as holding workshops, virtual outreach and various mental health promotion and prevention activities for college students.

Clara Hortúa is a psychology student of the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, whose interests revolve around the clinical practice of psychology, in situations of crisis and emotional trauma. For 2 years she has been part of the Comprehensive Accompaniment Student Network -REDai- in which she has carried out activities aimed at the promotion and prevention of mental health. Also, she is a Technologist in Hotel Management, an area in which she has experience in leadership and training of work groups in gastronomic environments.

Description:

This workshop sought to generate an impact on the attendees regarding the importance of recognizing and dealing with stress and anxiety as part of our daily lives, in the framework of the pandemic caused by Covid-19.

It consisted of a psychoeducational part for the attendees to learn about stress and anxiety, their symptoms and the alarm signals to take into account, breathing and relaxation techniques, focused on managing distress and on the application of these techniques to everyday life.

Emotional Hunger: Discover the influence of your emotions on your eating habits By: Melany Guerra

Biography:

Melany Guerra is a curious, cheerful, creative, sensitive, disciplined woman of great will. She is a Colombian raised in Venezuela. She is a passionate student of emotional management, and of personal and spiritual growth. She is a Social Communicator and Health Coach of the Holistic School of Health and Nutrition IIN (Institute for Integrative Nutrition). She has been part of the group of volunteers of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers, for more than a year, in the city of Barranquilla.

Descripción:

This workshop sought to make a reflection through which people could become aware that there

are other reasons different from physical, why we go to food. What is known as emotional eating was defined; Why is it that food is such a good resource to calm us down when we are in states of imbalance; how our experiences and personal history influence our eating habits. A position was offered regarding what it would be like to eat healthy and without neglecting enjoyment. Finally, health and well-being were discussed as the result of integrating a healthy body with practical advice for dealing with emotions when it comes to eating.

Isn´t a bully By: Nathalia Quintero Camacho

Biography:

Nathalia Quintero is a former fellow of the Young Ambassadors Program in 2019. She has worked in community projects related to mental health within schools and Institutions and their interpersonal relationships with young people and children through digital tools (mobile apps).

Description:

In this workshop, strategies aimed at acting against aggressors on digital platforms, risks in social networks and tips to take care of our mental health in these situations were taught.

“Saying and doing, a space for the solution of our differences” By: Ronald Chavarro, Alisson López and Julio Lizarazo

Biography:

Ronaldo Chavarro advanced his studies at the Quebec Province Educational Institution, where he was trained as a school Conciliator of the Hermes Program, leading actions and activities in promotion and prevention of school violence through the school mediation service. This opens up opportunities for him to become a Monitor of the CCB-Hermes Student Coexistence Program. Within the Program, he leads activities aimed at the student educational community, guiding mediation processes and leading the creation and conformation of the Redhisepaz Graduate Network.

Alisson López advanced her studies at the Ciudad de Bogotá Educational Institution, where she stood out for her leadership and training as a school conciliator of the Hermes Program, achieving a high sense of responsibility and leadership which gives her entry to be part of the team of monitors of the CCB of the School Coexistence Program - Hermes. She currently leads mediation processes, awareness days and is part of the “Redhisepaz” graduate network.

Julio Lizarazo advanced his studies at the Cafam Los Naranjo Educational Institution, where he stood out for leadership, empowerment and advancing processes of awareness and attention to school conflict through mediation with the Hermes School Coexistence Program. His high sense of responsibility gives him the entry as a monitor of the Hermes Program from where he accompanies mediation processes and artistic content design to mobilize young people, he also participates within the Network of graduates of “Redhisepaz”.

Description:

The workshop was held in three moments: the first of these referred to the presentation of the School Coexistence Program - Hermes, secondly, Hermes was discussed as a platform for the recognition of conflict as an opportunity for well-being, an introductory exercise from from the approach of the integrative competencies required for the approach in the peaceful solution of conflicts, and finally an experiential exercise was carried out that made possible self-knowledge and co-responsibility in the construction of scenarios of peaceful coexistence.

Learn to provide emotional support, let’s take care! By: Angie Katherine Moreno Gonzalez and Paula Valentina Rios Murcia

Biography:

Angie Moreno is an undergraduate student in psychology with a double degree in medicine, with focused interests in Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology. She is a member of the Comprehensive Accompaniment Student Network of the National University of Colombia-Bogotá Headquarters since 2020, with functions associated with mental health promotion and prevention work. She has experience as a promoter of coexistence in the same institution since 2017.

Paula Ríos is an undergraduate student in psychology with interests focused on Educational Psychology and Health Psychology. She has been a member of the Comprehensive Accompaniment Student Network of the National University of Colombia-Bogotá Headquarters since 2020, with functions associated with the promotion and prevention of mental health. Experience as a promoter of coexistence in the same institution since 2017. Artistic experience in institutional groups of the same university, as well as working in artistic events.

Description:

This workshop was an approach to Psychological First Aid (PAP). It sought to be a safe and learning space for basic tools that we can use in difficult situations that arise on a daily basis.

The tools you didn’t know to fight stress By: Valentina Franco and Juan Camilo Franco

Biography:

Valentina Franco, I studied business administration and in 2014 she went to Canada where she studied personal training. She has a desire to inspire 1 million people to live a lifestyle through meditation, yoga, mindfulness, and exercise.

Juan Camilo Franco studied Medicine. From his 3 semester at the university he began to look for a path that will integrate the 4 principles of the father of medicine Hippocrates (Mind, body, food and environment). Today he applies integrative medicine.

Description:

Every day we experience different situations that can cause us anguish, anxiety and stress. This has a negative impact on our physical and mental health. If I told you that there is a path in which you can be physically strong and mentally indestructible, would you take it? We can disconnect that automatic pilot and take control of our life, especially the mind can be strengthened to live a more serene life. This workshop was aimed at teaching the tools necessary to release tension, strengthen the mind and body.

As long as you love yourself, you will be loved By: Teresa De Jesús Solano Romero

Biography:

Teresa Solano is a psychologist by vocation, she has sought to impact the world through her actions aimed at meeting the SDGs. She is the creator of @psico.teresasolano on Instagram where she has sought to open space for mental health in the reality of young people and everyone who interacts with this platform.

Description:

To the extent that you love yourself, they will love you.In this space, the importance of self-love in the life of the human being was discussed and how with small actions we can make it part of our day to day, taking care of emotional stability and strengthening it to achieve being our best version.

The Well-being of Voice for Effective Communication By: Camilo Andrés Urrego Martin

Biography:

Camilo Urrego has a degree in Performing Arts from the National Pedagogical University, has experience in the area of artistic direction, cultural management, research, academic direction, teaching and consulting; He has developed functions in the design and leadership of artistic, cultural, educational and research projects. He published the article “The theatrical voice at school: comprehensive and inclusive content for children.” for the magazine Papel Scene of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Universidad Bellas Artes de Cali. He is currently a teacher at the Secretariat of Education in Barranquilla.

Description:

The voice is one of the means of communication that the human being uses the most during his life; although, in many cases it has also been the least educated; with it we express everything we feel and think through language. Most people use their voice without adequate awareness, simply by having it from birth, it becomes an everyday thing; downplaying the importance it deserves. This workshop focused on generating an awareness of the proper use of the voice from the body, arguing that this is another of the tools that the human being has to be able to perceive, feel, communicate and express: thoughts, moods, emotions and feelings.

Gratitude practices: the power to stop, look and react in the 21st century By: Sebastian Cruz and Monica Posada

Biography:

Sebastián Cruz is the Coordinator of the Bilingual and International Area of the YMCA Cali. Student of Social Communication and Journalism at the Universidad del Valle. He is a young leader with 9 years of experience in social impact projects. Former fellow of the US Embassy in the Young Ambassadors program. Current coordinator of the English For All project that is benefiting 70 teachers and more than 1,000 students and parents of a public school in Cali, resignifying quality education in remote times through its connection with emotional wellbeing and educational inclusion .

Mónica Posada is an external advisor to the YMCA Cali. She is a Social Worker with 25 years of professional experience, designing and coordinating social projects. She is the founder of the Support Center for Parenting Without Instruction Manual. She has led processes of accompaniment to different actors of educational communities, especially teachers. She was

trained in the Presence in Education Program of the Fundación Vivir Agradecidos Argentina, which proposes a journey to strengthen teacher emotional development, reduce stress or burnout, and increase well-being in the educational community.

Description:

When you have the ability to stop, look and react, it is because you are alive. When we stop and are able to appreciate the small details that life gives us, we connect with gratitude. At that moment the body relaxes and, chemically and physiologically, a series of phenomena are unleashed that manage our thoughts and emotions, generating feelings of emotional, social and cognitive wellbeing.

The purpose of this workshop was to create a safe space to explore gratitude as a daily practice for the agency of individual and collective well-being. Also, it was pointed out that it is a practice that aims to allow us to connect with what we have and what we are; a bet that generates feelings of calm and a reflection that invites us to explore our capacity for wonder by not taking everything for granted.

Likewise, was argued that, since neuroscience has shown that gratitude practices stimulate the brain in the generation of chemical reactions that promote states of calm, produce tranquility, allow better breathing and create a feeling of well-being in the body and mind .

This workshop took experiential education as its methodology and invites us to reflect on how we can incorporate gratitude as an integrated practice into our daily lives. Finally, it was affirmed that it is a practice that will allow us to connect with people in a different way and observe life not from what we lack, not from the glass half empty, but from that glass half full that even in times of adversity has the ability to comfort us.

Resilience in our times By: Ana Maria Barrero

Biography:

Ana Maria Barrero is a Marketing specialist, with 15 years of experience in the commercial area. She has developed and implemented marketing strategies with the corresponding monitoring for the fulfillment of the objectives set. For 10 years she has specialized in advising and executing emarketing strategies for micro-businesses in Ecommerce and Social Media (social networks, blogs, forums, geolocation, etc.) and she has also served as Community Manager. As a psychosocial professional she has great knowledge in market research which she has performed in a positive way.

Description:

You are not born with resilience, you must build it day by day. Recognizing what resilience means

is important at this time in life in which all beings on the planet are vulnerable to the Coronavirus disease and how that situation led us to create awareness of our strengths and weaknesses on a personal and family level, social and business.

This topic comes at this time as a balm to help us soften the rigidness of this moment and learn strategies and tools to face this moment of our life with strength and being resilient beings.

Take care of your brain, the machine of your social, cognitive and emotional life By: Bianca Sandoval y Susana Díaz

Biography:

Bianca Sandoval is a psychologist, specialist in neuro psychopedagogy with experience in children and the elderly with neurological pathologies.

Susana Diaz is a psychologist, specialist in neuro psychopedagogy with experience in children and the elderly population with neurological pathologies.

Description:

The theme covered different dimensions that benefit the human being, in better mental health taking into account our assertiveness, decision making, good affective / social bonds and our performance in productive life (work and school), as well as the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases depending on healthy lifestyle habits.

EmotionalMind By: Kelly Rivera

Biography:

Kelly Rivera is a psychologist, master’s student in clinical psychology, co-founder of “Bienstart”, a mental health and psychological wellness venture, passionate about volunteering and the power of good deeds.

Description:

In this workshop classified as emotional management, the importance of emotions was taught to make them our allies and make the most of them.

Words and silences to heal the soul By: Heidy Mejía

Biography:

Heidy Mejía received from the Ministry of Culture the recognition of cultural processes led by women for equity for her work as a creator of community, ethnic and rural libraries in Colombia.

Description:

In this workshop, the mother chillona story was read, while the assistants made a drawing simultaneously, socializing the emotions aroused. In a second moment, a reading of the story I was carried out, and the triggering question was addressed: And from now on, what ?, writing a letter to my little soul.

Self-Knowledge: a foundation for managing your well-being” By: Myriam Guerrero

Biography:

Myriam Guerrero, was born in Pasto. She is interested in understanding the human being, his behavior, the origin of his suffering and disease, and the desire to find tools that generate well-being. They led me to study medicine and psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry. Later he addressed other topics such as homeopathy, gestalt therapy and transpersonal therapy (which integrate mind, body and spirit work), Mindfulness, the impact of the transgenerational, family constellations, and dance as a tool that generates balance and harmony.

Description:

In this workshop the description of the 3 energy centers of people was made: mental, emotional and motor-instinctual, their functioning and their impact on our biology and on our health.

Mental center: our beliefs determine our behaviors; Archaic memories generate repetitive patterns that limit us; become aware of the conditioning in which we live.

Emotional center: disconnection from body language, inhabiting our body and managing emotions, feelings and their expression.

Motor-instinctual center: basic needs: ties, social; conservation, protection and care; sexual, create, creativity. Comprehensiveness in the 3 energy centers.