Triggered Life: A Requiem of Healing
Friday, November 10, 2023 | 4:30-6:30 PM | Murray Function Room: Yawkey
Open to all MSW and Connell Nursing Students
Please note that this conference will only be available to attend in person and will not be streamed online.
Triggered Life is a multi-sensory, multimedia, post-traumatic story. How exactly does sexual trauma cast a shadow over the wholeness of Black male selfhood? When the shared cultural values of Black and Brown communities demand that men suppress their vulnerabilities and meet with their psychology alone.
Triggered Life follows a day in the life of two such men, Ishmael and Keith. As these men relive their stories of abusive childhoods, they embark on a journey to define their own manhood and identity.
The Triggered Life experience is a 90-minute tour de force followed by talkbacks facilitated by Roxann Mascoll MS, MSW LICSW.
For attendees seeking support after viewing the film, we are pleased to inform you that licensed clinicians from Boston College's School of Social Work and Connell School of Nursing will be available on-site.
Taking photos or videos during performance is not permitted. We appreciate your assistance and understanding.
Food will be available in the Lobby after the event.
*There is a follow-up workshop on Friday, November 10th, open to all MSW and Connell nursing students.
Schedule and RegistrationFriday, October 27, 2023 | Robsham Theater Arts Center | |
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| 4:30-6:30 PM | Triggered Life: A Requiem of Healingwritten by John Oluwole ADEkojeKeith's Testimonies written by Keith Macoll and John Oluwole ADEkojeFood will be available in the Lobby after the event. |
Friday, November 10, 2023 | Murray Function Room: Yawkey
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| 4:30-6:30 PM | Follow-up discussion(Open to all MSW and Connell Nursing Students ) |
Speakers
Roxann Mascoll
M.S., M.S.W., LICSW
Roxann Mascoll M.S., M.S.W., LICSW, Roxann is a staff psychotherapist at Harvard University and the Brandeis University Counseling Center. Roxann is the Lead Clinician for The Triggered Project, and a co-host of the Living a Triggered Life Podcast with her husband Keith. She is also an Independent Child Protection and Domestic Violence Consultant. Roxann worked in the child protection state system for 14 years as a domestic violence specialist, and 6 years as a Lead Medical Social Worker at Boston Medical Center. Roxann is the Vice President of the Alumni Board at Simmons University. She is a Former President of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Association of Black Social Workers, and is part of The Executive Board of the New Metro West Massachusetts Chapter. Her leadership nurtured the Boston chapter, and now Metro West to national prominence.
Keith Mascoll
Founder of the Triggered Project
Keith Mascoll SAG-AFTRA, AEA is a Actor, Producer, Mental Health advocate, Sneaker-head, and Founder of the Triggered Project. Keith is a co-host/producer of the Living a Triggered Life Podcast with his wife Roxann, a Luminary for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2021 Cambridge Community Foundation Social Innovation Award winner, and NASW MA Chapter’s Citizen of the year 2021. Keith strives to use his art for social change in the black and brown community. As a survivor of sexual abuse Keith hopes to help end the stigma that surrounds mental health, and black and brown men. He is also being recognized as one of the new leaders in the National movement to end Child Sexual Abuse. Keith is a also a co-founder of a professional black theater company, The Front Porch Arts Collective.Keith has a New York Critics Choice award, and a Best Actor Award from the Las Vegas Black Film Festival. Keith plans to attend Harvard University in the fall as a MED candidate. Look for Keith in the lead role in the movie Confused by Love on Amazon Prime, and as Applesauce in The Polka King on Netflix.
John Oluwole ADEkoje
Director, Co-Writer
John Oluwole ADEkoje (Director/ Co Writer) is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a M.F.A. in dramatic writing and an M.A. in film production. He is national award winner of the Kennedy Center: ACTF-Lorraine Hansberry playwriting award for the play “Streethawker,” as well as the 2006 Roxbury Film Festival’s Award for Emerging Local Filmmaker for the documentary “Street Soldiers,” which was shown at Le Festival du Film Pan african (Cannes) and Festival des Films du Monde (Montréal).
Most recently, ADEkoje was the winner of the National Tri Annual New Play Competition for Professional Writers and has received the Brother Thomas Fellowship Award for “Street Soldiers.” His short play “Love Jones” was produced at the Boston Fringe Festival – Company One, Boston Theatre Marathon, and was the winner of the Strawberry One Act Festival in Hollywood. Company One has also produced a full-length mounting of his play, 6 Rounds/6 Lessons at the Boston Center For The Arts; he most recently made his acting debut in Company One’s production of The Overwhelming by, J.T. Rogers. John is a playwrighting fellow at the Huntington Theater Company. Most recently, he was awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award for “Knockaround Kids” at the Roxbury International Film Festival.
Campus Map and Parking
Campus Map and Parking:
Parking is available at the nearby Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue Garages.
Boston College is also accessible via public transportation (MBTA B Line - Boston College).
Boston College strongly encourages conference participants to receive the COVID-19 vaccination before attending events on campus.
Sponsors
The Trauma Integration Initiative is a strategic effort to integrate trauma-informed theory, principles, and practice into the curriculum, field education, and research.
The Racism-based Violence Injury & Prevention Lab was founded in 2021 by Principal Investigator Robert O. Motley Jr. The primary goal of the lab is to provide an interdisciplinary intellectual space in which faculty, masters level students, doctoral students, and postdocs can critically examine the intersection of racism, violence, and trauma and its impact on the well-being of Black emerging adults 18 to 29 years of age.
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Boston College strongly encourages conference participants to receive the COVID-19 vaccination before attending events on campus.