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This event seeks to empower participants to better understand mental health while using creativity as a tool for reflection and growth. This symposium will explore special topics related to mental health, with each topic facilitated by VA-sponsored mental health professional(s) to ensure expert guidance and support for each topic. Interactive art activities will accompany each discussion, allowing participants to reflect and process through creative action. The final meeting, The Masks We Wear, (Our Masks, Our Shields) will be a 2 hour workshop in clay. The goals of this symposium are to address and better understand issues regarding personal mental health and wellbeing to foster healing, awareness, and personal growth for ourselves and our community as we begin the new year.