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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Education Night: Joshua Walters


September 27, 2017

This presentation will be a Comedic Narrative based on:

1) The Mental Health of a Childhood Friend’s Growing Up in SF
2) Josh’s Mental Health as an Adolescent and Now
3) The Mental Health of our Society Currently

Biography:

Madhouse Rhythm creator Joshua Walters is a coach, performer and producer who “explores language, creativity, beatboxing and madness”
Josh's TED Talks link

At the moment Joshua is on a quest to launch a global day without technology called UnPlug! With the help of the National Performance Network and in partnership with Reboot’s National Day of Unplugging, Joshua has set out to curate an interactive musical comedy experience, highlighting the benefits of disconnecting from our technological devices. He is a regular contributor to Snap Judgment, a weekly storytelling radio show on NPR with TV broadcasts on PBS.

Walters is best known for his work on TED Talks, for his talk entitled On Being Crazy Enough, which explores the bipolar spectrum and is now at 1.5M views and counting. He is involved in mental health advocacy nation-wide and takes part in mentoring youth on the creative spectrum.

His eclectic combination of performance disciplines and activity as an educator in mental health has given Walters a national platform and audience. Walters is a National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) State Speaker and in 2002, he co-founded the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Young Adults Chapter in San Francisco, one of the few support groups specifically for mentally ill young adults in the country. Walters speaks as a mental health educator and has engaged in mental health advocacy at universities, conventions and fundraisers. As a facilitator, Walters uses humor to address the often dark subject of mental illness, re-framing it as a positive. *Mental Skillness*

www.vimeo.com/thejoshua

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Education Night: Joshua Walters

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