A shift is taking place in our community as the stigma that has always surrounded mental health is beginning to fade. RCoz is providing a platform in normalizing our conversations around mental health. Many community members are sharing their stories openly to let others know that it is necessary to take care of our emotional wellbeing. Listen to this podcast to know why people are talking about mental health, what they are sharing and how RCoz is helping. Please visit Rcoz.us to find many wonderful stories. After listening please take this short quiz to help improve our podcast: https://shor ..read more

In this podcast South Asian youth are talking about different stress factors that impact their mental health, how they need support from their families, community and system to take care of their emotional well being and community's role in breaking the stigma associated with help seeking. After listening please take this short quiz to help improve our podcast! https://shorturl.at/mzQ03 Resources: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://nami.org Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC). openpathcollective.org The Hume Center AACI Wellness center. AACI.org This project was made possible ..read more

Listen to this powerful narrative from Shamita Das Dasgupta about the South Asian Gender Justice Movement. In the seventies and eighties, South Asian women across the nation started addressing feminism that was different from white feminism where issues faced by immigrant women were raised. This momentum led to the growth of the South Asian gender justice movement which impacted South Asian survivors, advocates, communities, and the larger society. Please listen to this episode to learn about the early stage of the movement building, where we are now and where we need to go. After listening ..read more

This month, the Maitri podcast was able to bring on four UCLA students to discuss what a healthy partner relationship means to Gen- Z. What does a healthy relationship look like for young college students? What do they expect from their partners? All of this and more is discussed during this months episode of Between Friends.  This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention. [www.sccendviolence.org] #EndDV, #MaitriPodcast #Maitri #TDVAM  www.maitri.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify ..read more

Sharing a powerful story of a survivor. She suffered violence and abuse inflicted by someone she loved and trusted. Her life has been a continuous struggle during and after the abuse yet she didn’t give up. She turned her pain into purpose and started a new journey to find her peace. #SurvivorSpeaks, #MaitriPodcast, #EndDV This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention. [www.sccendviolence.org] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maitribayarea/message ..read more

South Asian youth are doing their part in breaking the stigma associated with mental health. In this episode students are discussing some common issues that can affect emotional wellbeing of community youth, how generational and cultural gaps can impact their mental health and what can be done to uphold the message that our mental health is too precious to risk. To find resources and information please Visit: nami.org/Home, MannMukti.org, www.humecenter.org. Sutter health.org. https://www.instagram.com/ucdmannmukti/ . --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maitrib ..read more

PurpLE Health Foundation, a non-profit transforming healthcare for survivors of gender-based violence through comprehensive healthcare, research, and economic opportunity. A wonderful initiative from health care professionals in treating women who have endured intimate partner violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Dr. Anita Ravi, the CEO and co-founder of this nonprofit shared her experience and hope on our podcast. Know about the PurpLE Health Foundation: www.PurpLEHealthFoundation.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/maitribayarea/message ..read more

Archaic expectations in a marriage, playing to reasoning fallacies like "appeal to tradition," enforcing strict gender roles, these and some other similar narratives can be used as justification for perpetrating domestic abuse. These abusive tactics can be particularly hard to prove as they border on emotional abuse and can be damaging to a victim's psyche.    In this podcast, we are joined by long term California resident Ganesh Gigamani who is a social observer and lends his voice to bring about cultural reforms in society. He shares his experiences bye delving deep into the i ..read more

The stigma of divorce in South Asian communities is real. Divorce is viewed as a failure for women. In this episode, we're joined by Neha Gill form Apna Ghar (www.apnaghar.org/) and Kavita Mehra from Sakhi for South Asian Women (www.sakhi.org/) to discuss the impact of divorce, its stigma within the South Asian community and community’s role in destigmatizing divorce. We all can play a key role. Let’s recognize our own biases that patriarchal culture engraved in our minds and start the conversation in destigmatizing divorce. Please share widely. This project was made possible by funding provid ..read more

Reproductive coercion can be used as a control mechanism against survivors of domestic violence. In this episode advocates from Maitri, Daya Houston and Rakhsha Inc. are sharing their experiences working with survivors facing reproductive coercion, how the recent Supreme Court decision on overturning Roe v Wade can add more problems for these survivors and organizational strategies to educate community members about women’s reproductive rights. This project was made possible by funding provided by the County of Santa Clara Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention. [www.sccendviolence.org ..read more