CUNY Uncut

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On this very first episode of CUNY Uncut, my awesome friend Juvanie Piquant joins me in discussing mental health, how we’re feeling about the stress and anxiety surrounding this fall semester, and how we care for ourselves during difficult times–uncensored, unedited, uncut.

Because when people act in negative ways, it’s not about yourself, per se. It’s more about them. Hurt people hurt people.

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Host

Hannah Kavanagh

Macaulay at Hunter ‘22

Hannah Kavanagh is a Macaulay@Hunter senior that initially majored in political science and journalism until this past semester, when she switched to a film major to pursue her passion for filmmaking and acting–all the while minoring in Arabic. She is currently the host and executive producer of CUNY Uncut, as well as her seminal podcast Tea For Three—which has garnered a cult following over the course of her college career. She was also active in Hunter College’s Undergraduate Student Government this past year as a junior senator.

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Juvanie Piquant

City Tech ‘22

Student Trustee & USS Chairperson

Juvanie Piquant (she/her) is a senior majoring in Law and Paralegal Studies at CtyTech. She is currently the Vice President of the CItyTech Student Government Association and the CUNY USS Chairperson—being the first black Haitian-American woman to assume the position. She is also a strong advocate for CUNY students, representing them as a student representative at the Board of CUNY Trustees.

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HANNAH: Hello everyone. This is Hannah Kavangh speaking and welcome to our very first episode of CUNY Uncut. The first ever student podcast brought out from CUNY where we talk about anything and everything uncensored, unedited, and uncut. Today, I have one of the most badass women I’ve ever met in my entire life. Joining me here today she’s currently the first Black Haitian American female USS chairperson, as well as the executive vice president of the SGA. Super awesome person and like just such a strong advocate for CUNY, overall amazing, I’d like to give a warm welcome to Juvanie Piquant. How you doing Juvanie?

JUVANIE: Hi, everyone, I’m doing well. Thank you for having me on here on CUNY Uncut. It’s definitely been an uncut year. There’s a lot to unpack.

HANNAH: No, for sure. Thank you for joining me. So yeah, today we’re gonna be talking about mental health, which is something that has been really prevalent, you know, over the past couple years, specifically with like college students in general, as we, you know, we switch to remote. We were doing that for a while, and now we’re transitioning into hybrid model, you know, unprecedented, murky territory. Um, so I guess, like the first question that I wanted to ask you is like, what is your relationship to mental health currently? And how has it evolved over time for you?

JUVANIE: I think, at first, I really didn’t have a relationship with mental health. You know, it’s something that it’s there because it affects you. And I think when people realize the aha moment of understanding, this is something that I need to pay attention to, this is something that I need to attend to, and nurture, and figure out what’s going on. And what works best for me, is in moments of, you know,