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Date: October 10, 2022 (Monday)
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Venue: GE Gatherland and Zoom
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Equal Opportunity Festival 2022 Poster. Content same as text on this webpage.
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Equal Opportunity Festival 2022 - World Mental Health Day: Don't Worry! Be Happy!

In celebrating the World Mental Health Day, HKU Postgraduate Student Association (PGSA) and Equal Opportunity Student Ambassadors (EOSAs) are co-organising full-day free activities with the support from CEDARS, Phoenix Foundation and Vedas: Heart and Soul Society to raise awareness of mental health issues on campus.

With the theme, "Don't worry! Be happy!", this event aims to provide a platform for HKU communities to share on mental health concerns, remove stigma and promote resilience and well-being through seminars, human library, workshops, mindfulness and yoga exercises.

Language: English

Time: 10am – 11am

Format: Online by Zoom

Opening Ceremony of World Mental Health Day: Don’t Worry! Be Happy! 

 Prof Samson Tse
Dean of Student Affairs & Professor of Mental Health 
Time: 11am – 12pm
Venue: GE Gatherland, (MB240, 2/F, Main Building)		 Human Library 

Katherine Strattman
Secretary of International Liaison Office, HKU PGSA

Equal Opportunity Student Ambassadors

Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Format: Online by Zoom

 Sound Meditation and Yoga Experience

Eeshaanee
Registered Yoga Teacher in Yoga Alliance, USA
                 
Susana Yuen
Founder of Vedas Heart & Soul Society
Time: 2pm – 2:45pm
Format: Online by Zoom

Public Talk: Managing Challenges in Doctoral Study

Dr Norman B. Mendoza
Education University of Hong Kong

Time: 3pm – 4pm
Venue: GE Gatherland, (MB240, 2/F, Main Building)

 Zentangle Experience Workshop  Clive Ka-lun Lee
Founder of Phoenix Foundation, MSocSc(Behavioral Health),
PhD Student in Education
Time: 4pm – 5pm
Venue: GE Gatherland, (MB240, 2/F, Main Building)		 Mindful Walking Practice Xian Shan
MSocSc (Buddhist Studies) Student
Time: 5pm – 6pm
Venue: GE Gatherland, (MB240, 2/F, Main Building)		 Mindful Painting Practice Xian Shan
MSocSc (Buddhist Studies) Student



  • DATE: October 10, 2022 (Monday)
  • TIME: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • VENUE: GE Gatherland and Zoom