The “Break the Stigma” program was held on 19 June 2021 and the program started on 2.30 pm until 4.00 pm. The program was held on Cisco Webex platform. The aim of the program was to create break the false stigma of the society about psychology. The reason why I joined the program is because I think that the content and the aim of the program is very useful to the society nowadays as the pseudo psychology becoming more prevalent including among the youngsters and elders. In my opinion, many more communities out there are unaware about what is the nature of psychology and the use of psychology in our everyday life. Therefore, I joined the program to help the community to break their false stigma about psychology.
Through the program, the graduate attribute that I gained is communication skills. Every program regardless of what type the program is, communication is crucial between the committee members in order to ensure that the program runs smoothly and the objective can be achieved. As the committee member of the program, I need to help the chief of the activity committee in handling the progress and the activities held in the program. Thus, there were a lot of communication required in order to make sure that the flow of the program is smooth without any problems. The program really made me realize the importance of communication in order to achieve the goals. The other graduate attribute that I gained related with this program is leadership and teamworking skills. The program taught me the importance of teamworking as I realized that teamworking is very crucial to cooperate with each other in handling the program and tackle the problems that occur before, during and after the program.
The session in the program was explanation about breaking the stigma about psychology from psychological perspective by Mr Mohd Akif Farhan Ahmad Basri, Clinical Psychologist and Muhammad Huzaifah Adam, Psychology Student which explained about breaking the stigma from student perspective. The program really delivered beneficial knowledge to the community how to break the false stigma of psyhology. At the end of the program, there were activity which was Kahoot games and prizes were provided for the winner.