What is a path breaker? How can our identity impact the political empowerment and problem-solving capacity of our communities? Why is it important to rely on community, as well as ourselves, in order to expand from protest to policy?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses identity, community political support, and what to do after a protest with Dr. Veronica Reyna of Rice University in the final part of Office Hours.

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What is imposter syndrome? How does imposter syndrome impact our self perception and professional lives? Why is imposter syndrome negatively impacting our political leadership and civic engagement potential?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the personal, psychological, and political effects of imposter syndrome. Learn how to remedy imposter syndrome by adopting self-care techniques such as self-compassion and a willingness to learn and how being a fresh face can be the key towards equity.

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Sources:

https://grad.uc.edu/student-life/news/all-about-imposter-syndrome.html#:~:text=The%20American%20Psychological%20Association%20states,lessened%20professional%20confidence%20and%20risk%2D

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https://www.governmentevents.co.uk/understanding-imposter-syndrome-challenging-learnt-behaviours/

Schoel, C., Bluemke, M., Mueller, P., & Stahlberg, D. (2011). When autocratic leaders become an option--uncertainty and self-esteem predict implicit leadership preferences. Journal of personality and social psychology, 101(3), 521–540. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023393

What is strategic power ? How can academic institutions support students' efforts toward solution-based civic service? Why is it important to improve our college campuses from within our academic institutions as well as outside of it?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses institutional allyship, student political power, and democratic social movements with Dr. Veronica Reyna of Rice University in the first part of Office Hours.

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What is burnout? How does emotional burnout impact our everyday lives and relationships? Why is burnout negatively impacting our democracy?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the emotional, mental, and political effects of burnout. Learn how to remedy burnout by adopting self-care techniques such as kindness and patience and how Doing the Do-able can help us make political engagement an everyday effort.

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Sources:

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/burnout-and-the-brain

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/health/burnout-changing-brain-wellness/index.html

https://montrosedemocrats.org/beat-burnout

https://www.campaignnow.com/blog/epidemic-of-american-political-burnout

https://katiecouric.com/news/opinion/how-to-get-involved-in-politics/

https://medium.com/practicing-politics/how-to-avoid-political-burnout-84c764397031

PINES, AYALA M. “BURNOUT IN POLITICAL ACTIVISM: AN EXISTENTIAL PERSPECTIVE.” Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, vol. 16, no. 4, 1994, pp. 381–94. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25780582. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.

What is our role in community? How does our relationship with our own self image impact our community? Why is it important to encourage and implement "open access"?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses community leadership and we can empower ourselves and others through education with Divon Pender in the second part of Homecoming.

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What is isolation? How does isolation and loneliness impact our emotional and physical wellbeing? Why is isolation negatively impacting our democracy?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the emotional, physiological, and democratic effects of isolation. Learn how to combat isolation by fostering a sense of responsibility to yourself and your community and the solutions we can adopt to heal from the damage caused by social and democratic isolation.

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Sources:

Laurenz Lammer, Frauke Beyer, Melanie Luppa, Christian Sanders, Ronny Baber, Christoph Engel, Kerstin Wirkner, Markus Loffler, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Arno Villringer, A Veronica Witte (2023) Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study eLife 12:e83660 https://doi.org/

Lorentz, Kevin G. II and Saks McManaway, Kimberly (2022) "Democratic Isolation, Thin Citizenship, and Insurrection: A Theory," eJournal of Public Affairs: Vol. 11: No. 1, Article 3.
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https://www.cedars-sinai.org/blog/why-loneliness-affects-young-people.html#:~:text=The%20lockdown%20portion%20of%20the,than%20they%20do%20with%20people.

https://einhorncollaborative.org/why-americans-isolation-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy/

https://www.newsweek.com/2023/05/19/american-democracy-faces-worsening-threatloneliness-chris-murphy-warns-1799231.html

What is community? How does our relationship with community encourage us towards service? Why is it important to empower ourselves and serve those in our community?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses community and the lessons we learn that can better serve them with Divon Pender in the first part of Homecoming.

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What is the every day application of No Blame? How can I hold my elected officials accountable without placing blame? Why is it important to find the courage to transform beyond toxic comfortability?

Join your host, Samantha Castro, as she discusses the accountability, discomfort, and how mutual respect and No-Blame can help us dismantle oppressive systems and beliefs with Darren "Freedom" Green in the second part of How to Not Be Toxic.

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