In Our Bodies

Ep 7 part 2 Doing art, spreading the word ft Chanika Svetvilas


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Please note: there is discussions around suicide from 17:55 min to 19:00 min of this episode. 

We're back with Chanika Svetvilas for part 2 of our conversation. In this part of the episode I was so honoured to get to hear about all the cool projects Chanika has done. Two I'll mention here, the rest you're just going to have to listen and find out! Project opening the conversations about diagnosis and community care around mental health.  Chanika's projects has also taken part in trying to disseminate information on racial discrimination and immigrant rights in New York in a post 9/11 New York. Chanika's met Yuri Kochiyama everyone! All in all I really enjoyed this episode and I hope you will too. 


Chanika's Socials:

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chanikasvetvilas/?hl=en
Website: https://chanikasvetvilas.com/

Podcast fully transcribed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUapI8Q3LxI

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Chanika's projects mentioned:

What I have learned - https://chanikasvetvilas.com/art/what-i-have-learned/
Side effects - https://chanikasvetvilas.com/side-effects/
Prescription of support - https://chanikasvetvilas.com/prescription-of-support/
Suit Cases on Tour - https://chanikasvetvilas.com/projects/


people and things mentioned in this episode:

The ECASU *East coast Asian American Union* conference. www.ecaasu.org
Yuri Kochiyama - American civil rights activist who had family members experience the American internment camps.
AALDEF - Asian American Legal Defence and Education Fund. www.aaldef.org

Track: Last Night's Dream — Tryezz [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/s-FBmZCBfiIFree Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/last-nights-dream


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