Filipino-American psychologist EJR David’s work on the effects of colonial mentality on Filipino-American mental health has been groundbreaking. His book Brown Skin, White Minds opened the doors to Fil-Am communities and invited us to both confront the negative impacts of colonial mentality and shed the stigma of mental illness while embracing a radical approach to mental health. His book We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet, was an inspiration to me in its example of telling personal stories to reveal transgenerational trauma and power.

I couldn’t be more honored to be in conversation with EJ. Join us for an event that’s sure to surprise even us, who knows what twists and turns and rabbit holes we’ll go down. Who knows maybe we will talk about parenting, colonial mentality as it relates to trauma (that’s probably a definite) and/or the master himself James Baldwin. What’s for sure is we’re gonna get really real about mental health challenges and opportunities for our communities, and probably also structural approaches to healing and joy.

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Image description: A graphic featuring a photo of EJR David on the left. He has a black goatee and is wearing a gray knit beanie and black glasses, and is looking directly at the camera. Next to him is a copy of NERVOUS. On the right is a photo of Jen Soriano. Her black hair is swept to the side and she is smiling softly as she looks directly at the camera. She is wearing red lipstick and a white blouse.