We've Survived BeforeDrawing on knowledge about community resilience and empowerment from 2SLGBTQIA+ elders who survived the AIDS epidemic, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth are developing a COVID-19 mental health program for their younger peers.
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Project Outcomes
In 2020, The New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and Mental Health Research Canada supported our application to create an intergenerational, participation action research project using zines and guided dialogue to explore community resilience and empowerment from 2SLGBTQIA+ elders who survived the AIDS epidemic, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth developed a COVID-19 mental health program for their younger peers. This mental health program and zine is available freely below for community groups to use!
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Our ProgramBelonging: An intergenerational program for queer, trans, and non-binary youthIn consultation with our youth participants, we created a mental health support program currently being piloted across New Brunswick high schools. We created these program pages that detail the inspiration, goals, and session activities for each week of the pilot program.
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Our ZineSurvival Tips from Queer Elders In consultation with our elder participants, we created a zine called "Survival Tips from Queer Elders," which contains messages of support and encouragement from our elder participants to queer youth. Click the links below to download. For a free printed copy, please send your name and mailing address to: [email protected].
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Our FilmsBuilding Community Through CrisisWe interviewed four queer elders in the Fredericton area about their experiences of living in New Brunswick as well as other parts of Canada during the AIDS epidemic. These are stories of resilience, survival, community, and kinship. Youth participants' reflections on these stories helped inform our mental health support program.
Rick's story
Moon's story
Serge's story
Brad's story
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“For LGBTQ+ youth, inter-generational connections build a sense of community and allow them to understand themselves as part of a resilient community that has successfully survived difficult times,”
Dr. Erin Fredericks
Read the full article: "Dr. Erin Fredericks Receives Grant for Inter-generational, Youth-led Mental Health Intervention for LGBTQ+ Youth"
Read the full article: "Dr. Erin Fredericks Receives Grant for Inter-generational, Youth-led Mental Health Intervention for LGBTQ+ Youth"
