Stand Up For Mental Health/PACE Program - Stand up for Mental Health

Stand Up For Mental Health/PACE Program

Screening: Each potential student undergoes a screening interview to make sure he or she meets the criteria for participation in Stand Up For Mental Health. Participants must

• Have a mental health illness or mental health issues
• Have stable housing
• A support system of both peers and professionals
• Be stable on any medication they are taking
• Have a reasonable command of written and spoken English
• Have the motivation and desire to create healthy change
• And above all else, have a desire to do stand up comedy.

Initial Three Month Course And Showcases

Classes:	Classes take place once a week on Tuesday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. Students learn how to write, perform, structure and edit a comedy act of between 3-6 minutes.
Coaching:	Each student receives one-to-one coaching with the instructor as needed.
Materials:	Each student receives the Stand-Up Comedy Clinic workbook and CDs. This workbook is adapted from the Stand-Up Comedy Clinic course David Granirer has taught at Langara College for the past nine years.
Warm Up Shows:	After approximately three months of classes, the students do their first shows. We choose venues where we know the audience will be super supportive.

SMH is proud to partner with the PACE Society in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. We share the same core values.

PACE, the Prostitution Alternatives Counseling and Education Society is a well-respected member of the Community.

PACE's Mission

By, with, and for sex workers - PACE Society promotes safer working conditions by reducing harm and isolation through education and support.

We believe that sex workers are valuable members of our community and are entitled to the same rights as all other human beings.

PACE Society Vision:

We envision a future where all sex workers are free from the risk of violence, discrimination, social stigmas and harm so they may enjoy the same rights as all other Canadian citizens including the rights to life, liberty, security of the person and equal protection under the law.

We hope for long-term commitments to social change within all levels of government and individual citizens to eradicate systemic issues that lead to survival sex work such as poverty, homelessness, health and addictions so that individuals can make safe, healthy and informed decisions in their lives.

SMH is proud to give sex workers a powerful and empowered comedic voice.

For further information visit www3.telus.net/public/pace9

49 West Cordova Street
Vancouver BC.
V6B 1C8
Tel: 604-872-7651

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