b'WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 23ADETUTU AJIBOSE: African &KRISTEN TOOHILL: Leadership PsyDCaribbean Mental Health, CFARGAME CHANGERILLUMINATING IMPACT Kristen Toohill, a Leadership Psychology PsyD Since childhood, Adetutu Ajibose, a Clinicalstudent, thinks organizations should make learning Psychology PsyD student with concentrations infun. Games, she says, offer interesting, engaging and African & Caribbean Mental Health and Children &fun training opportunities, and allow organizations Families of Adversity and Resilience (CFAR), had ato start dialog about difficult material. dream of starting a foundation to bring mental healthBuffalo: The Name-Dropping Game was created as and humanitarian initiatives to Nigeria. Now, shepart of a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded has founded Towards the Light Foundation (TTLF),project to combat bias in science fields and has been a non-governmental organization (NGO) aimed atshown to decrease players prejudices in randomized achieving this goal in Nigeria and beyond.trials. Toohill saw an opportunity to turn this party During her time at 91香蕉视频成人在线, Ajibosegame into a workshop that organizations can use to participated in two Service Learning and Culturalfacilitate difficult conversations surrounding implicit Immersion trips, one to Haiti with Dr. Gemima St.bias (the attitudes or stereotypes that unconsciously Louis, co-director of the Center for Multicultural andaffect a persons understanding, actions, and Global Mental Health (CMGMH), and one to Kenyadecisions) and reactance (a pattern of behaviors that with Drs. Claire Fialkov and David Haddad, Williamoccur when an individual feels their freedoms are James faculty members. In Haiti, Ajibose helpedbeing taken away or restricted).conduct a needs assessment and facilitate communityToohill, through a practicum with Tiltfactor workshops, and in Kenya, she worked on communityLaboratory, a game research center led by Dr. initiatives including providing safe drinking water,Mary Flanagan at Dartmouth College, created the community organizing, and womens empowerment.Buffalo Facilitators Workbook: A Guide to Leading These experiences not only equipped her with skillsConversations to Reduce Implicit Bias, which is now to carry out large projects on a broader scale, but alsoavailable on Amazon. oriented Ajiboses doctoral research, which examinesLater, as part of a practicum with Happy Brain the impact of sanitary pad distribution and educationScience, an organization that uses neuroscience and on the development of self-efficacy in adolescent girlspsychology to increase happiness and productivity in Kenya through the Always Keeping Girls in Schoolin the workplace, she co-authored a book, All Work & (AKGIS) Program.Some Play: Future-Proof Your Career Through Games, Initiating positive change in communities iswith Scott Crabtree, founder and chief happiness exactly what Ajibose is working towards with TTLF.officer of Happy Brain Science. The book explains In December 2019, Ajibose traveled to Nigeria andhow organizations and teams can develop soft skills, visited the impoverished Makoko community.like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, During her trip, she visited homeless shelters,and creativity, through games. distributed food, and discussed ways TTLF canMore recently, Toohill collaborated with help. She met with the Makoko elders, holdingclassmates Cat Kemmerling and Jessica Sharp conversations and asking permission to beginduring the 91香蕉视频成人在线 Leadership implementing programs around topics such as youthPsyD annual residency to produce the Brain-Based empowerment, psychoeducation for girls and mentalToolkit for Navigating Uncertain Times, a resource health programs. Through her work, Ajibose aimsfor organizational leaders to help staff navigate the to bring mental health education and humanitarianCOVID-19 crisis. initiatives to Nigeria and other parts of Africa, and to inspire others to act and make a difference.'