Why listen
Three activists share what it really costs to live across cultural and national borders.
0:00––:––
Enjoy the episode?
Subscribe to Psychic Rehab
In this episode
- What the transborder experience looks like from the inside
- How identity shifts when you belong to more than one culture
- A psychologist's account of family separation during immigration
- Ways communities are building support across the US-Mexico border
About this episode
Join Rachel Michelle Fernandes, mostly functional misfit and mental health advocate for part 2 of a discussion about identity and what it’s like to cross cultural boundaries. Rachel talks with two San Diego and Tijuana based activists who grew up living the Transborder experience and to a Jamaican born psychologist who talks about her work with the Jamaican diaspora as well as her own experience being separated from her parents during the immigration process. Check into Psychic Rehab for some fresh perspective on coping in today’s mixed up world. Ending the stigma, one rehab session at a time.Links:
More about Josemar’s work: https://josemargonzalez.com/projects
More about Borderclick and Aja Project: www.borderclick.org and www.ajaproject.org
More about the Transborder Experience: transborderstudentally.org
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About Psychic Rehab
Triggers, trauma, and overwhelm, oh my! What happens when artists, activists, and everyday folk get that not-so-sane feeling? And what are some of the less conventional ways we get grounded and reconnect to the physical world when everything seems so out of control?
See all episodes →
