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Community peer support & mental health resources for healthcare workers.

10/13/2026

We sat down with 4 nurses at SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital in Syracuse, NY to discuss a particularly notable photograph that we shared during our moral distress lectures…

Throughout these lectures, the photo of
Sarita Warren ‘s N95 mask that she had to repeatedly use and sanitize throughout her time working as a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, brought up emotional memories for many. 🫂😷

QUESTIONS FOR YOU:

How does that photo make you feel?

Do you feel like our healthcare system has changed to better support healthcare workers, following the pandemic?

Feel free to share your thoughts below 💬👇🏽

Thank you to the staff at Upstate Medical for sharing their vulnerable stories + thoughts with us. 💜 It is through storytelling that Don’t Clock Out is able to spread our mission of combatting the rising mental health and su***de crisis within our healthcare community.

10/08/2026

2 more days of FREE events for healthcare workers!! 🤍 Made possible thanks to The Whitney Lectureship Endowment and Upstate College of Nursing Alumni

🎬Thursday: a screening of our documentary “Don’t Clock Out: A Short Film.” Join us in-person or virtually at 5:30 pm EST (with a 4:30 pm reception for folks joining in-person🫂🥂).

🌸Friday: wellness workshops tailor-made for healthcare workers (only available for members of the Upstate Medical University community). 🤸🏼‍♀️✨

We hope you’ll join us! Reserve your spot at the link-in-bio. 📲

10/01/2026

Don’t Clock Out will be bringing a FREE wellness workshop to the members of Upstate Medical University (employees & students) on Friday, October 9th! 📖✨

Register now (link-in-bio) to drop-in to one (or all!) of our guided mindfulness practices, discussions, and creative collaging activities to support our wellbeing and help grow our toolbox for how to take care of ourselves as healthcare workers. 🩺🌸

Created and run by healthcare workers, for healthcare workers. To provide support, for those who care. 🫂🤍

Thank you to Upstate College of Nursing Alumni and the 2026 Whitney Lectureship Endowment for helping us provide healthcare workers with this space!

🏥Where: New Academic Building, Room 4414-A
🕐When: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm on Friday, Oct. 9th

See you next Friday, Syracuse! 🏙️

*NOTE: this workshop is only available to members of the Upstate Medical University (employees & students).

09/29/2026

Julia BSN, RN helped us host our CAMP DCO event last month, made possible thanks to AmorSui 🙌🏼♥️

Julia shows us how she practices self-care and self-love, and how important having creative outlets are as a healthcare worker. 🎨

we even got to customize a few Amor Sui lab coats! 🥼🖌️ it was so freeing to be able to doodle self-love affirmations all over our PPE, which also helps us keep these important and encouraging reminders on our minds as much as possible ♥️

take care of yourselves as you take care of others this Self Care Awareness month! 🫶🏼 🩺🏥

09/26/2026

We’re happy to announce our next (hybrid!) screening of our documentary, “Don’t Clock Out: A Short Film,” presented by the Upstate Nursing Alumni Association & the Whitney Lectureship Endowment! 🎬🎞️

Not only will there be a screening of the documentary, but we’ll also be holding a reception, vigil, panel, and audience Q+A as we come together for an evening of remembrance, storytelling, and conversation centered on the experiences of healthcare workers. 🫂❤️‍🩹🩺 Also: this is a FREE event and open to anyone in the community!

Where: Weiskotten Hall Alumni Auditorium at SUNY Upstate Medical University (virtual-options available)

When: Thursday, October 8th (4:30 pm reception, 5:30 pm screening)

Plus: 1.5 CE credits offered to nurses. 📚🤍

Looking to attend? Visit the link-in-bio to reserve your spot!

09/22/2026

Did you know that it is Self Care Awareness Month? 🫶🏼📆

We are so grateful to have Donna Gaffney (Donna Gaffney) as part of our Don’t Clock Out team. 🤍 Her expertise in psychotherapy meant she was a fantastic person to ask: how can healthcare workers practice self care this month? 🫂

Take a look at some her wonderful tips and how we can better take care of ourselves, especially when experiencing moral distress, burnout, and isolation while working within this system. 🏥

Thank you AmorSui for helping us bring together healthcare workers for a lighthearted day of arts and crafts at our CAMP DCO event in August! Amor Sui means “self-love,” and we love that their PPE is embedded with affirmations we need to hear and made with the care we deserve to feel everyday. ♥️🥼

09/20/2026

Join us for our Moral Distress Lecture on Wednesday, October 7th, presented by the Upstate Nursing Alumni Association and hosted by Don’t Clock Out, as a part of the 2026 Whitney Lectureship Series. 🤍

This workshop is:
- ✅FREE
- 🏥HYBRID: join us in-person or online
- 💻TWO sessions: the first at 12 p.m EST, and the second at 5 p.m EST
- ✏️CE CREDIT: 1 nursing CE credit is offered through this workshop

This workshop will host important conversations about moral distress, its effects on healthcare workers, and the challenges of providing care within complex healthcare systems. 🫂🩺

Interested in joining? Visit the link-in-bio and click on “REGISTER Whitney Lectureship 2026 x Don’t Clock Out” to reserve your spot! 🔗🎟️

09/16/2026

UPCOMING EVENT: Thursday, October 8th at the Weiskotten Hall Alumni Auditorium at SUNY Upstate Medical University: a film screening of “Don’t Clock Out: A Short Film.” 🎬🏥

As the keystone event for the 2026 Whitney Lectureship, we’re bringing our documentary to Syracuse to gather healthcare workers within and beyond the Upstate community to bear witness to the raw and honest stories of three nurses—Dejah, Camelia, and Sarah—as they peel back the layers of a broken healthcare system and explore how we can begin paving the way for something better. ❤️‍🩹🫂

4:30 - 5:30 pm | Weiskotten Hall Lobby (in-person)
The evening starts with a reception to honor participants and to enjoy the company of community.

5:30 – 8:00 p.m | Weiskotten Hall Alumni Auditorium (hybrid options available)
We’ll then hold a vigil to honor the collective grief of healthcare workers, followed by the film screening, and conclude with a panel discussion featuring healthcare professionals, advocates, and an audience Q&A.
(PLUS: this event allows nursing attendees to earn 1.5 CE credit!) 🩺

See above the panelists for our Q+A panel! We have a wonderful group of folks joining us to add additional insight to the themes of the film and to provide important commentary on the current state of healthcare, and where we can go from here. 💜🎤

ALL information + how to RESERVE YOUR SPOT can be found at the link-in-bio. 🔗🎟️ *Reserving your spot is highly recommended to insure your attendance.

09/10/2026

September is self-care awareness month. ♥️

At our last event, CAMP DCO, we brought together healthcare workers out to nature, to enjoy an afternoon of crafts and community. 🏕️ AmorSui joined us that day, helping us to bring more of that self-love energy! ♥️🥼

Putting paint to page, Sarita (Sarita Warren) shared what she’s being doing recently to take care of herself post-shift. 🎨✨ Here, she walks us through her sketchbook that she uses for practicing mindfulness and to help her reflect on her emotions presently/from the past. ✏️🪷

AmorSui also gave us some of their amazing lab coats to wear, as well as paint! 🫟🖌️ Check out our recent Reel to see our creation. 🎨

09/08/2026

Coming to Syracuse in October: The Whitney Lectureship 2026 x Don’t Clock Out!🗣️💜

We’re so grateful to the Whitney Foundation, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and the Upstate Nursing Alumni Association for partnering with and welcoming us this 3-day series of wellness and community events!🙌🏼🎬📖

ALL EVENT INFO and how to reserve your spots can be found at the link-in-bio under “Whitney Foundation 2026 x Don’t Clock Out.” 🔗👆🏽

This space to is being held for healthcare workers to pause, reflect, connect, and consider how we can build stronger communities of care for ourselves and one another. 🫂

WED, OCT 7th: “Moral Distress in Healthcare: Unmasking a Culture of Harm” Lecture.
Join Don’t Clock Out for a conversation about moral distress, its effects on healthcare workers, and the challenges of providing care within complex healthcare systems.
(Bonus: you can earn 1 CE credit!)

*This event is free and open to anyone in the community who is interested. 🎟️Virtual attendees are welcome. 💻

THURS, OCT 8th: A screening of “Don’t Clock Out: A Short Film.” (the 2026 Whitney Lectureship’s Keystone Event)

Join us for a powerful evening, including a screening of “Don’t Clock Out: A Short Film,” at the Weiskotten Hall Alumni Auditorium.
The evening starts with a reception to honor participants and to enjoy the company of community. We’ll then hold a vigil to remember those we have lost to su***de, followed by the film screening, and conclude with a panel discussion featuring healthcare professionals, advocates, and an audience Q&A.
(Bonus: you can earn 1.5 CE credit!)

*This event is free and open to anyone in the community who is interested.🎟️ Virtual attendees are welcome.💻

FRI, OCT 9: “Creating Communities of Care,” a Wellness Workshop
Join us for several somatic and creative group exercises side-by-side with your peers in healthcare, as we aim to give ourselves the time and energy we deserve to focus on our emotions, goals, and lives tied to healthcare.

*In-person only. Although participants can stay for the entirety of the workshop, or in sections. 🎟️

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