PT394 – Victor Alfonso Cabral, LSW – We Are The Medicine
Psychedelics Today
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, David interviews Victor Alfonso Cabral, LSW: Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Fluence Training and Licensed Social Worker and practicing psychotherapist in Pennsylvania.
Cabral is currently involved with the film, "We are the Medicine," which aims to explore the reemergence of plant medicines from the perspective of people of color from all backgrounds and walks of life, with the added factor of a strong hip hop influence. Filmmakers Eric Blackerby and Esteban Serrano want the film to normalize the concept of psychedelics and healing for people of color, but also the notion of men being truly authentic with each other and building each other up with love and support – something that challenges society's expectations on how men (and more specifically, Black and Brown men) should be in relationships with one another. Head to pictureacolorfulworld.com to donate and sign up for the mailing list for more info on future fundraisers and screenings.
He begins the episode by reading a powerful poem he read at Horizons NYC, then tells his story: his childhood and his mother's sacrifices; how trauma caught up to him in college and led to the low point of his life; his subsequent 120-pound weight loss journey and embracing of therapy, how his first psychedelic experience resulted in an awakening of possibility; how he became a social worker and why he felt instantly aligned with the work; how he ended up working for PA Governor Tom Wolf; and how he came to be interviewed by Sway Calloway (who is also an Executive Producer of the film). His story and all of the organizations and efforts he's been involved with prove that being authentic, following your heart, and building relationships with the right people can lead to growth and positive change in whatever path you choose in this space.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, Joe here. I hope you doing all right right we have an announcement it's pretty unfortunate we |
| 0:22.7 | actually had to cancel convergence dates on that were march 30 through april two and uh yeah real bummer |
| 0:31.8 | it's like um you know all of us were working so hard on it and uh we eventually just knew it wasn't going to work |
| 0:39.0 | and um we're trying to make lemons out of lemonade yeah so we had some developments and operating |
| 0:44.8 | issues with the venue wisdom and unfortunately yeah just had to cancel it the venue was unable |
| 0:53.1 | to assure us for the last couple months that they would be open for the dates we were trying to work towards, which is really, really sad. And we tried to make it happen in another venue, but really we weren't able to find a venue that would work for us and, you know, bring this vision forward. Like we, we spent so much time developing the convergence around wisdom. |
| 1:14.9 | And we didn't really want to have to scrap everything that we had developed. |
| 1:20.6 | So we're, we're going to definitely reimagine it for the future, but we don't really have any |
| 1:26.6 | firm dates yet. |
| 1:28.7 | So we are, yeah, I'm just going to scrap it, unfortunately, and we've got refunds coming |
| 1:35.7 | for everybody in full, and we're going to try to, people who bought tickets, give you some extras |
| 1:40.4 | as well, try to make up for it a little bit. but what we are going to do is try to reschedule |
| 1:47.9 | these presentations and panels towards the podcast and webinars throughout the year so you know we're |
| 1:53.6 | going to leverage all this great conversation and content that we've developed to date and I think |
| 1:59.6 | it's going to be awesome. So we are going to |
| 2:03.2 | still go to L.A. So if you're around, like maybe reach out and let us know. Maybe we can |
| 2:07.2 | link up. Yeah. If you have any questions, hit us up at info at psychedelics today and we'll get |
| 2:12.6 | back to you for sure. And what else? Yeah, we just really want to thank you all for supporting us on this. |
| 2:19.6 | And there's so many great sponsors and I'm going to refund them as well. |
| 2:23.4 | But it was so exciting to work on this and so beautiful. |
| 2:26.1 | It was like a very different vision for what a conference could be. |
| 2:30.9 | And yeah, so, you know, stay tuned because there are other events coming up we're going to be at a lot of |
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