Radha Agrawal
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Exactly.
And so we looked into it and we realized, oh my gosh, there's such a huge issue on college campuses around drinking and binge drinking.
And so we wanted to create Daburkarn College campuses to inspire connection without substances as well.
So we're now on 15 campuses.
Cause we're getting up at six o'clock to go dance.
We start a little bit later cause they're definitely not going to come and we have to lure them with burritos, but it's cool.
No, but I, you know, I, and so like unpacking some more, like our political strife right now, you know, the, the political polarization that we're facing today, you know, I think the make America great again, hats, you know, the red hats that people are wearing in the, on the Republican side, it's,
it's a statement of connection and community.
I'm a part of something.
And these are disenfranchised community members often who are being recruited who are saying, hey, join our barbecue.
We're cooking for everybody.
Here's some hats for you guys.
And all of a sudden I went from feeling like I don't belong to here's a community that really is welcoming me with open arms.
The pipe bombers, all of the gun violence that we're facing today, many of whom have mental illnesses, well, 85% of people experiencing mental illness are isolated or alone.
Yeah.
And so because we ostracize them from society, they're not welcome because they're not mentally sort of abled, right?
So that piece of it only sort of creates that sense of anger.
And so it's on each and every one of us to out there who's listening on this podcast right now to really make friends with everybody, whether it's someone who's older than you, younger than you, someone who's
experiencing mental illness.
How can we actually bridge those divides that every single human on this planet can belong?