Triggered Life: A Requiem of Healing

Friday, November 10, 2023 | 4:30-6:30 PM |听Murray Function Room: Yawkey听

Open to all MSW and Connell Nursing Students听

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 md传媒国产剧 College's School of Social Work and Connell School of Nursing will be available on-site.听听

Taking photos or videos during performance is not permitted. We appreciate your assistance and understanding.听听

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.

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Schedule and Registration

Friday, October 27, 2023听| Robsham Theater Arts Center

4:30-6:30 PM听

Triggered Life: A Requiem of Healing

written by John Oluwole ADEkoje

Keith's Testimonies written by Keith Macoll and听John Oluwole ADEkoje

Food will be available in the Lobby after the event.


Friday, November 10, 2023听|听Murray Function Room: Yawkey

4:30-6:30 PM听

Follow-up discussion

(Open to all MSW and Connell Nursing Students听)

Speakers

Roxann Mascoll

Roxann Mascoll

M.S., M.S.W.,听LICSW

Roxann Mascoll M.S., M.S.W.,听LICSW, Roxann is a staff psychotherapist听at Harvard University and the Brandeis University Counseling Center. Roxann is听the Lead Clinician听for The Triggered Project, and a co-host of听the Living a Triggered Life Podcast with her husband Keith. She is also an Independent Child Protection and Domestic Violence Consultant. Roxann worked in听the child protection state system for 14 years as a domestic violence specialist, and 6 years as a Lead Medical Social Worker at md传媒国产剧 Medical Center. Roxann is the Vice President of the Alumni Board at Simmons University.听 She is听a Former President of the Greater md传媒国产剧 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听the md传媒国产剧 chapter, and now Metro West to national prominence.听



Keith Mascoll

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鈥檚 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.听

Learn more about Keith


John Oluwole ADEkoje

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 鈥淪treethawker,鈥 as well as the 2006 Roxbury Film Festival鈥檚 Award for Emerging Local Filmmaker for the documentary 鈥淪treet Soldiers,鈥 which was shown at Le Festival du Film Pan african (Cannes) and Festival des Films du Monde (Montr茅al).听听

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 鈥淪treet Soldiers.鈥 His short play 鈥淟ove Jones鈥 was produced at the md传媒国产剧 Fringe Festival 鈥 Company One, md传媒国产剧 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 听at the md传媒国产剧 Center For The Arts; he most recently made his acting debut in Company One鈥檚 production of The Overwhelming by, J.T. Rogers.听 John听is a playwrighting fellow at the Huntington Theater Company. Most recently, he was awarded the Emerging Filmmaker Award for 鈥淜nockaround Kids鈥 at the Roxbury International Film Festival.听

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Parking is available at the nearby Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue Garages.

md传媒国产剧 College is also accessible via public transportation (MBTA B Line - md传媒国产剧 College).

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