Get your child psycho-socially prepared for High School by registering for the upcoming High School Orientation Seminar. Your child will also get a chance to be screened in basic cognitive domains such as processing speed. Harare 7, Masvingo 9 January. @Shumbakadzi11
Call for Applications; AMARI-II 2025 MPhil Fellowships for University of Zimbabwe & University of Cape Town. Applications close on 1 Sept 2024. Link to Application forms ๐https://t.co/V3KYe0Cj0T
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Whenever I see Vini crying or reacting to racism, I can't help but remember the time Dani Alves had a banana thrown at him and how he reacted.
He didn't stop the match there and started abusing the crowd and calling for someone's head. Nope, he simply picked up the banana, ate it, assisted a goal, and thanked the racist jackass in post match conference for giving him an extra dose of "energy" to assist a goal.
This simple yet powerful act by Dani not only brought global attention to racism in Spain that night, but also started a global movement where players would post themselves eating banana with caption #SayNoToRacism. But most importantly, it stripped the racists of all the power they had against him in an instant and he never faced racism again since then.
I'll never advice Vini what to do, everyone has their own way of fighting their battles. But it's evident that the battle against racism requires a unique approach.
It's not like a personal insult that can be met with immediate retaliation like Zidane's headbutt or Valverde's punch. Unfortunately, showing vulnerability to racism only emboldens bigots hiding in the shadows to pounce.
Players like Pogba, Balotelli, and Vini have learned through difficult experiences that reacting to racist provocations only makes the trolls louder.
The key is to strip them of that power. Don't let them see it gets to you, even if it does. Ignore the noise, score a goal on their head, and later thank them for the motivation. Just like that the trolls would have no choice but to go back to their stinky caves.
In a world full of racists, be a Dani Alves. And in a world full of rapists, don't be a Dani Alves.
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Our AMARI-II MPhil fellows are attending the ongoing UCT MPhil Public Mental Health block in Cape Town. The 3 week block will build their research capacity. @ClairevdWest@walter_mangezi@ChiwozaB are some of the senior AMARI-II team also attending the block
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service Midlands Province recently hosted a group of psychology students from the Great Zimbabwe University on an educational tour of Correctional facilities in the province.
Testes & Entitlement - The Lia Thomas Story ๐โโ๏ธ
The scandal that showed the madness of males in women's sports ๐คก
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Registration for the First Aid In Mental Health Zimbabwe Training is still on going. You can register and book your seat today, for the workshop starting on the 26th of July 2023 in Bulawayo
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#OnThisDay in 1997: Rising star Lewis Hamilton (then aged 12) spoke about his ambition to become an F1 racing driver, on the BBC Two show Black Britain.
In a notable achievement for Zimbabwean mental health expert Prof Dixon Chibanda (pic), his Friendship Bench will be showcased at the 2022 Fifa World Cup. The bench is an evidence-based intervention which he first developed in Zimbabwe to bridge the mental health treatment gap.