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February 2007 Social Marketing Media Producer Bill Lichtenstein to Visit FMHI FMHI is hosting Bill Lichtenstein, a former investigative producer for ABC News, 20/20, World News Tonight and Nightline. After being diagnosed with manic depression, and struggling to recover and find new employment, Lichtenstein formed an independent production company, Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM), to produce high-quality film, television and radio productions dealing with mental health, human rights and social justice issues. LCM's The Infinite Mind, is public radio's most honored and listened to health and science program (aired on WUSF Public Broadcasting). On March 29 & 30, three special events are being held. See below for more information on each of the events. College Suicide Prevention Forum Thursday,
March 29, 2:00 - 4:00 PM This presentation will provide information on the first ever qualitative and quantitative research into the attitudes of college students regarding mental illness and its link to suicide. Students, staff, faculty and concerned citizens are invited to learn what other college students are saying about depression, a major factor contributing to suicide, and gain insight for strategies at student, faculty, and staff levels. (Download flyer) Film Screening and Discussion of “West 47th Street” Thursday, March 29, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
The Design and Implementation of Social Marketing Campaigns Friday, March
30, 10:00 AM For nearly a decade, LCM has worked to develop and utilize state-of-the-art communications, media and social marketing strategies that lead to measurable changes in public attitudes, behaviors and policy. Lichtenstein will discuss his work with a variety of non-profit, educational and governmental organizations on the design and implementation of mental health strategic communications and social marketing campaigns. (Download flyer) (Visitor Parking Guidelines) |
This
Community Awareness Event will feature a
viewing of Lichtenstein's documentary, “West
47th Street” an award-winning film which follows
four people with serious mental illness as their lives naturally
unfold over three years. The featured individuals are all members
of Fountain House, an internationally renowned psychiatric rehabilitation
program located in a part of New York City once known as Hell’s
Kitchen. The screening will provide
an excellent springboard for discussions about accommodation, acceptance,
allocation of resources, and ultimately, about how our view of
people with mental illness shapes their quality of life. Community
organizations and the USF Counseling Center will be on
hand to share information on their services.