What if hope were a verb not a noun? “We Do Hope” embraces that idea. Hope is not just something you feel, you have or you don't have, but something you do, preferably with others. We call doing hope with others the practice of "reasonable hope." The Witness to Witness (W2W) Program helps clinicians attain and sustain reasonable hope. We encourage clinicians to resist isolation and support each other. In the final episode of “We Do Hope,” Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, founder and Director of the Witness to Witness Program with Migrant Clinicians Network, is joined by Moises Arjona Jr., MS, Collective Impact Director of Unidos Contra La Diabetes, Jessica Calderón, International Projects and Emerging Issues & Witness to Witness Program Associate and Pamela Secada, MPH, W2W Senior Program Manager, to discuss reasonable hope.

Microaggressions are subtle, everyday slights, put-downs, or invalidations that people in historically marginalized groups experience in daily interactions with people who may be oblivious to their impact. While people committing microaggressions may be unaware of their impact, their harm can be significant. In episode five of “We Do Hope,” Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, founder and Director of the Witness to Witness Program with Migrant Clinicians Network, is joined by Moises Arjona Jr., MS, Collective Impact Director of Unidos Contra La Diabetes, Jessica Calderón, International Projects and Emerging Issues & Witness to Witness Program Associate and Pamela Secada, MPH, W2W Senior Program Manager, to explain what microaggressions are, how people can identify them, and how to cope with the harm they can cause. In this conversation, they also help people understand what they can do to repair harm should they cause it.

After these years of living through the added hardships of the pandemic, we all need to be kinder to ourselves. The Witness to Witness (W2W) Program helps us understand how to practice self-compassion, a form of kindness with research evidence that supports its benefit. In episode four of “We Do Hope,” Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, founder and Director of the Witness to Witness Program with Migrant Clinicians Network, is joined by Moises Arjona Jr., MS, Collective Impact Director of Unidos Contra La Diabetes, Jessica Calderón, International Projects and Emerging Issues & Witness to Witness Program Associate and Pamela Secada, MPH, W2W Senior Program Manager, to discuss ways to practice the compassion we owe ourselves.