MEET HOL GUEST: SHARON DARAPHONHDETH
In episode 19 of HOL, Sharon joins Rita for a conversation about her upbringing as a Lao kid in San Diego with a large Lao community and her dad as her best friend. Later, she dives deep into her work as an environmental justice and sustainability activist, which has landed her in current role as the Director of the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) at UC Berkeley. Sharon also explores healing from personal issues of mental health and what it means for her to grieve with community, especially when it’s with student leaders and youth.
In addition to her directorship, Sharon is also working with the Food Empowerment Project (a vegan food justice organization) to create more access to vegan Lao food!
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CONTENT WARNING:
There are mentions of sensitive topics such as depression, suicide, self-harm, and sexual assault. Please take care of yourself before deciding to listen, fam! Majority of these topics are covered around the 34 minute mark and resources are listed below for your needs.
SUICIDE HOTLINE: 1-800-273-8255
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINES: (1-800-656-HOPE/4673), and also the RAINN organization has chat services: https://hotline.rainn.org/online
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CONNECT WITH SHARON:
@yesvegan on Instagram
Sharon on LinkedIn
REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
lauren Ornelas
Food Empowerment Project
SERC UC Berkeley
Scorpio Rising
Howard Zinn’s A People's History of the United States
Janelle Monae Quote
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HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!
