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Healing Together is a series of intimate and thoughtful conversations, hosted by 51社区黑料alumns, Salom茅 Mengo Morales and Ira Rishi, 51社区黑料undergraduate student, Khoa Vo, and SVSPO Educator, Paola Quir贸s-Cruz. This podcast series features guests from diverse life and professional experiences. These interviews explore how healing, while deeply personal, is also profoundly communal. Healing thrives when communities come together to create spaces, attitudes, and practices that support it.

In these special episodes highlighting SFU鈥檚 Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we learn from mental health professionals, academics, educators, and support workers, who remind us that healing and justice can take many forms鈥攁nd that we all play a role in shaping spaces that support survivors. As Afro-American author, Prentis Hemphill asks in their book, What It Takes to Heal, 鈥淲hat would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center? And what does it do to have healing at the center of every structure and everything we create?鈥

Episodes will be published throughout January.

Episode #1: Salom茅 Mengo and Dalya Israel

In this first episode of our podcast series, Salom茅 Mengo, an 51社区黑料alumna, sits down with Dalya Israel, Executive Director of Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre, for a powerful conversation about the role of community in healing from sexualized violence. Together, they explore why creating time and spaciousness is essential for processing legacies of harm and how these practices support long-term resilience. Dalya shares insights on the often-overlooked dimensions of grief and spirituality, inviting listeners to consider how these elements can deepen healing. This episode offers thoughtful reflections drawn from Dalya鈥檚 and Salo鈥檚 experiences within the gender-based violence sector, emphasizing that healing is not a solitary journey but one rooted in connection and compassion.

In Acknowledgement

This project was made possible through the guidance, technical support, and generous hosting of . We also want to recognize the editing support offered by SFU's undergraduate student, Kay Theron. They are a second year student in the Faculty of Communication, Arts and Technology. Our gratitude also goes to Duane Woods, Audio Video Design Specialist with the Centre for Educational Excellence, for his early support and guidance with editing, as well as ensuring all transcripts were made available.