Dr. Satsuki Ina was born in the Tule Lake Segregation, a maximum security American concentration camp during WWII. She says she was born "doing time." She has dedicated her career to understanding and healing the effects of this collective and historical trauma on Japanese Americans. She is a co-organizer of Tsuru for Solidarity (https://tsuruforsolidarity.org and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TsuruForSolidarity), which is working to end detention sites and to support front-line immigrant and refugee communities that are being targeted by racist, inhumane immigration policies. The vulnerable people in detention sites are likely to be heavily affected by coronavirus, and Dr. Ina also reflects on how infectious disease affected incarcerated Japanese Americans. She was interviewed by Dr. Ravi Chandra (https://ravichandramd.com) by Skype on March 25, 2020. (Photo credit: Kiyoshi Ina.) Related blogpost at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/202004/dr-satsuki-ina-migrant-detention-racism-and-covid19

The Brown Club of Greater San Francisco hosted Professor Rose McDermott on March 4, 2020 to discuss “Leadership and the Strategic Emotional Manipulation of Political Identity.” McDermott is the David and Mariana Fisher University Professor of International Relations at Brown University and a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She works in the areas of political psychology, and has published many research articles and three books, on political psychology, risk-taking by leaders, and the effects of presidential illness on decision-making. Ravi Chandra, M.D. moderated a Q and A after her talk.

September 16, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra speaks about maintaining compassion in difficult times. "Compassion is how we do human!" Video of lecture series at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/ Anyone can be a friendly, compassionate neighborhood webslinger to turn the web of trauma into a web of healing.

October 28, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on narcissism, relatedness, technology and power in the American psyche. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

October 21, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on cyberbullying and youth mental health. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

October 14, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on Internet Addiction. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

October 9, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on Narcissism in the American Psyche. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

September 30, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on Asian American women's psychology. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

September 23, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on Asian American Men's psychology. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/

September 11, 2019. Dr. Ravi Chandra delivers a talk on Mindful Self Compassion. Complete lecture series available as audio here, or as video on YouTube at https://ravichandramd.com/portfolio/sf-love-dojo-2019-lecture-series/