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Amanda Lipp

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  • I translate creative and visionary ideas into tangible products and plans.
  • I believe constructive and transparent feedback is key to creating meaningful and impactful products.
  • I bring my personal experience translating mental health challenges into opportunities for advocacy.

Amanda is highly creative, technical, and visionary. You can count on her outside-the-box thinking, from vision to implementation”

Show Select Roles

Select Roles:

  • Digital Storytelling Specialist, Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    Contributes to conceptualization of innovative product modalities; storyboards and develops multimedia products on mental health topics; contributes to project social media development and delivery; provides expertise on youth engagement, social marketing, and other topics
  • Multimedia Specialist, Now Is The Time (NITT) Technical Assistance Center, funded by SAMHSA
    Contributes to planning and conceptualization of innovative product modalities; storyboards and designs products and publications on mental health topics, e.g., educational comic booklets, video PSAs, podcasts; develops and delivers training curricula and tools on social marketing; provides lived experience expertise
  • Multimedia Specialist, California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program (CCC SMHP), California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office/Foundation for California Community Colleges
    Contributes to planning and conceptualization of innovative product modalities; storyboards and develops products such as short videos on student mental health; provides expertise on youth engagement and peer-to-peer supports
  • Multimedia Specialist, California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) LGBTQ Technical Assistance Center, funded by California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity
    Identifies research articles and news articles for grantee monthly newsletter and website searchable database; contributes to marketing and outreach planning
Learn More About Amanda

Learn More About Amanda:

BS, Human Development, University of California, Davis
Youth Mental Health First Aid Certified

Select Areas of Expertise:
  • Digital storytelling
  • Mental health awareness and stigma reduction
  • Youth engagement and advocacy
  • Social marketing
  • Lived experience
Select Past Roles:
  • Board Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI National)
  • Creative Director, Lipp Studios video production agency
  • The Giving Gallery – online art gallery supporting mental health nonprofits

Tweets from @CARSRP

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  • Community Prevention Initiative @ca_cpi • Jun 2

    June is Pride Month! For CPI, this month presents an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ+ identities and to highlight the need for trauma informed approaches when working with members of these communities.

  • care_mhsa @care_mhsa • Jun 2

    June is Pride Month! The history of Pride is rooted in individuals & communities working together to create positive change. We recognize Pride as a time to provide targeted support the field in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable LGBTQIA+ communities in California.

  • Pacific Southwest MHTTC @psmhttc • Jun 1

    June is #PrideMonth!
    We recognize Pride Month as an opportunity to honor the complexity of LGBTQ+ identities & experiences, & to elevate evidence-based practices for supporting the mental health needs of these communities.

    Access resources here: http://bit.ly/mhttc-pride-2023

Project Highlights

o California Community Colleges Health & Wellness Program
o Community Prevention Initiative (CPI)
o Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) Technical Assistance (TA) Center
o California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) LGBTQ TA Center
o Community Mental Health Equity Project (CMHEP)
o Medi-Cal Mobile Crisis Technical Assistance Center (M-TAC)
o National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC)
o OC Mental Health and Wellbeing for Diverse Communities
o Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC)
o School Crisis Recovery & Renewal (SCRR) Project