SAYHU’s community remains one that we want to be a part of, even as we no longer seek to lead. We continue to hold ourselves and our community to our political commitments. As always, we invite each of you into leadership.
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Just like any other minority group in the United States, the South Asian community needs culturally competent therapists to aid the growing need for mental healthcare. Whether this blog post inspires you or not, I hope you have something to take away from it.
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I’m very grateful for the chance to craft this survey and see results because not only do we have a better understanding of how to shape programming for our members, but also how our current methodologies have made positive contributions.
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You don’t need to wait till you’re “financially independent”
to start taking steps to be yourself.
There’s no timeline for happiness.
As the terrible COVID crisis in India unfolds, we know that many of you are figuring out how you can offer support. Lots of fundraisers have been circulating for large and small organizations abroad, making it difficult to know where to give money, and how to tell friends and family to support aid efforts.
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Being on the Collective through the ongoing pandemic, facilitating programming for the community, creating conversation and community building has taught me the true value of operating from a place of trust, forgiveness, and compassion for self and for others. Some things just won’t pan out and that is completely okay.
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“When Dr. Quinn made an announcement for intern positions, I knew this would be a great way to give back to my newfound community.”
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(Trigger Warning: depression, abuse)
”I want it to get better for us. I want all of us to find food and shelter and stability. I want us to stop having panic attacks every other morning, to stop being afraid of everything falling apart. I want us all to find the strength to go outside and to talk to our therapists. I want us to live in a world where we don’t have to worry about basic necessities.”
“I choose to remain strong,
Hardheaded and stubborn,
Because that is how her world has made me.
But I also choose to still love her,
Despite the torment in my head when I breathe out
Wind storms from my lungs.”
“I want to create bodies of work that can bring what we feel to the forefront of everyone’s minds so that they can understand us and so we can understand ourselves. When you read my work, please breathe deeply and allow your mind to go wherever it wants to: uncover and know yourself.”
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“Why couldn’t the hospital save one of their own? Did they even know she was a nurse for the past 25 years? These questions flooded my head as I struggled to understand.”
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“This was not the first or last time that I—an American who was born in Texas to Indian immigrants…”
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“I wondered who I would have become if I had ever felt a sense of belonging for my ‘third culture.’”
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“A question immigrants are often asked, and often annoyed by is the one that starts with the simple, “Where are you from?” which seems benign enough to the average person, but to the person being asked, it is an assumption of not belonging, foreignness, of being from elsewhere, as if the person being asked cannot be from right here in Houston, or some other locale in the US.”
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“SAYHU has been an experiment in community building. We’ve worked with the intention to create an inclusive community, to consider what that means for the diverse group of South Asians we know in Houston.”
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“I want joy, I want to live without regret, I want an organic relationship, I want to smile without a reason, I want to be me. I aim to leave my family home with a clear mind and a happy soul.”
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“Unchecked Power as a byproduct of Imperialism; here, there, and everywhere / You move slowly, can you sleep? Your hands sit idly, but they fidget from the boredom, are you a craftsman? An artist?”
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“What are the stories and experiences of South Asians who live in the United States and do not speak in English? How do they create a home despite both systemic exclusion and interpersonal distance? ”
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“In addition to locating the South Asian experience within Houston’s historical narrative, SAYHU’s insistence on centering its politics of justice and equity in its work is what makes the effort indispensable.”
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“Our work as Southern feminists certainly includes paying attention to how anti-blackness comes up within our communities and in our daily experiences.”
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