#39 Inclusive Healthcare & Showing Up for Our Communities with Dr. Jonathan Tolentino

05/31/23 • 49 min

In this episode, we’re joined by an extra special guest, Dr. Jonathan Tolentino, Program Director of the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency program at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Miami. We chat about intersectional healthcare and the importance of understanding our history, legislation, and evolving healthcare to show up for our historically marginalized communities & youth.

We chat about:

The importance of recognizing the intersectionality of gender, race, and sexuality in healthcare.
The future of our ever-evolving medical field.
Our stories of acceptance and fitting in and the growing visibility of queer identities around the world.
Discriminatory laws and their impact on our historically marginalized communities, especially our youth.
The importance of showing up and holding our legislators accountable

You can more of JT at:

Instagram: @jonjon980206

You can follow me at:

Website: yellowglitterpodcast.com
Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi
YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: mindfulmoments.substack.com

We chat about:

The importance of recognizing the intersectionality of gender, race, and sexuality in healthcare.
The future of our ever-evolving medical field.
Our stories of acceptance and fitting in and the growing visibility of queer identities around the world.
Discriminatory laws and their impact on our historically marginalized communities, especially our youth.
The importance of showing up and holding our legislators accountable

You can more of JT at:

Instagram: @jonjon980206

You can follow me at:

Website: yellowglitterpodcast.com
Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi
YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: mindfulmoments.substack.com

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#38 The Transformative Power of Community & Joy with Kim Thai

In this episode, we’re joined by a returning friend, Kim Thai, a queer Vietnamese writer, Emmy-award winning producer, social justice advocate, and mindfulness teacher based in New York. We chat about community building, cultivating joy, and her latest work with Ganeshspace, a mindfulness organization that creates healing spaces for historically excluded communities and social justice education for all.

In this episode we talk about:

Community healing and the importance of centering joy and liberation in our equity-centered work
Reclaiming queerness and honoring indigenous practices
Surrounding ourselves with people who uplift and nourish us
Prioritizing happiness leading to ultimate self-care and joy

You can more of Kim at:

Instagram: @kthai6
Instagram: @Ganeshspace

You can follow me at:

Website: yellowglitterpodcast.com
Instagram: @stevenwakabayashi
YouTube: @stevenwakabayashi
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter: mindfulmoments.substack.com

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#40 Allyship, Accountability, & Performative Activism with Johnathan Gibbs

This episode, we're joined by our lovely returning guest, Jonathan Gibbs, creator of the Black and Asian Alliance Network, a proud, gay, Black and Filipino American filmmaker, storyteller, podcaster, and gamer based in Brooklyn, NY.

In this episode, we chat about:

The importance of solidarity among marginalized communities
Issues of performative activism and establishing genuine allyship
Holding individuals and corporations accountable and enacting change
The need for representation and visibility in media and entertainment for our communities
Raising the bottom line for our underrepresented and historically marginalized communities
Challenges and benefits of social media

You can find Johnathan Gibbs at: