“All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community.” Quote by Chath Piersath
“I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.” PeopleHelpingSocialCommunityDealsOvercomingAddictionTraumaSocial WorkHelping PeoplePsychologistOvercoming Addiction Author:Chath Piersath
“I'm very connected to the story, the history, and the trauma people experience.” PeopleStoriesConnectedTrauma Author:Chath Piersath
“I'm also developing my own narrative, because I'm the son of a widow. And so, while working with women and gathering their oral histories, I'm taking a step back to do my own art book and visual work.” ArtBookMy OwnStepsSonDevelopingNarrativeVisualsGatheringWidowsOral History Author:Chath Piersath
“I think that through the narratives of other people you get closer to your own.” PeopleThinkingNarrative Author:Chath Piersath
“You get closer to your own humanity by understanding the stories of other people and the struggles they have.” PeopleStoriesHumanityUnderstandingStruggle Author:Chath Piersath
“I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.” ThinkingFeelsMayPersonsDifferentSometimesStoriesHappensCertainEventsUniqueAspectSympatheticDifferent Life Author:Chath Piersath
“For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.” PeopleHelpingStoriesAbleGreaterHelping Others Author:Chath Piersath
“Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live.” PeopleStoriesDeterminationAspirationResiliency Author:Chath Piersath
“In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.” PeopleWayBodyLife IsVoiceAcceptingFateWrittenMysteryAidsSicknessHivHiv Aids Author:Chath Piersath
“I used to despair about the condition of the world, to feel a sense of hopelessness; now I find more and more that I need to focus on what I can do, however little it is, to help others.” WorldNeedsFeelsLittlesI CanHelpingUsedCan DoFocusConditionsDespairHelping OthersHopelessness Author:Chath Piersath