Walking Talking about Plant and Fungi Medicine

  • Psychedelics + Legalization Apr. 2024

    Activists. Therapists. Space Holders. Entrepreneurs. Investors. Content Creators. Medical Professionals. Students. Career-Seekers. 👉 This summit is for you.

    🗓️ Join us March 30–31 (Saturday & Sunday) if you feel called to devote yourself to working in psych-delics or already are (🎟️🔗☝️) We are here to support you! 🫂

    This two-day virtual event highlights thoughtful ways in which you can approach the existing ecosystem from a place of care and safety—and be mindful of the stewards of plant medicines. We bring together some of the 💡brightest minds and thought leaders across the industry to help you understand the role you want to play in the 🍄 psych-delic movement 🍄 and explore the opportunities that exist for working within it and beyond.

  • Weed + Ophelia Chong

    The stereotypes around “stoner culture” – Bob Marley posters, ridiculous looking photos of bongs, and the associations with criminals, addicts, and drug dealers – have been around for decades. As the perception of cannabis, both in medicine and adult use, changes, people are finally pushing back against this imagery.

    Serial entrepreneur Ophelia Chong is a tireless advocate for Asian American women in the cannabis industry. She’s the founder of Stockpot Images, Asian Americans for Cannabis Education, and Mogu Garden, to name just a few of her many endeavors.

  • Why We All Should Grow Weed At Home

    In the space of a few short years, Ophelia Chong has become an indomitable force in cannabis. The founder of Asian Americans for Cannabis Education came into the cannabis industry through family illness and quickly realized there was much work to be done around changing the stigma of cannabis and its users.

    Chong posses a stunning amount of poise and grace adorn her razor-sharp eye and wit. These characteristics have led her through an illustrious career in design advertising and imagery for top-level clients.

    She is one of those advocates pushing for all of us to grow cannabis at home — and she leads with her actions. So when you read her words, know that it is preceded with plenty of action.

  • Serving Tea with Potluck!

    Sian Seligman and Christina Wong join us for a 30 minutes of fast-talking AAPIs, Ophelia asks the semi-hard questions about life in cannabis, what they love/hate and generally a podcast for the ADD AAPI.

  • The Art of Mushrooms with Ophelia Chong

    Ophelia Chong, is a cannabis icon. Actually, she’s just an icon. She’s a community activist and educator, having founded Asian Americans for Cannabis Education. And she’s an artist, graphic designer, and photographer - skills she put to use when she started Stock Pot Images - a photo library with the purpose of destigmatizing cannabis consumers AND portraying a more inclusive community. On top of all that - Ophelia is a psilocybin pioneer, a master mushroom cultivator, and teacher

  • Strains, Shrooms and Stoners with Ophelia Chong

    Alex and Donnell sit down with Ophelia Chong, founder of Stock Pot Images and Asian Americans for Cannabis Education(AACE). We talk with her about the importance of inclusive representation in stock photography, battling hate groups with education, her struggle with alcoholism, getting sober, and how she approaches using cannabis while celebrating 14 years of sobriety.

  • Serving Tea with Potluck!

    Under 30 minutes of fast talking AAPIs, Ophelia asks the semi-hard questions about life in cannabis, what they love/hate and generally a podcast for the ADD AAPI.

  • Fighting Stereotypes

    The stereotypes around “stoner culture” – Bob Marley posters, ridiculous looking photos of bongs, and the associations with criminals, addicts, and drug dealers – have been around for decades. As the perception of cannabis, both in medicine and adult use, changes, people are finally pushing back against this imagery.

    Serial entrepreneur Ophelia Chong is a tireless advocate for Asian American women in the cannabis industry. She’s the founder of Stockpot Images, Asian Americans for Cannabis Education, and Mogu Garden, to name just a few of her many endeavors.

  • More of me talking a lot

    Podcasts I’ve done over the many many years of talking about stereotypes, misinformation, stigma, and how we lost 50 years of plant due to political actions.

  • Grow It.

    AACE’s Founder (Asian Americans for Cannabis Education) Ophelia Chong hosts a conversation spotlighting #womenincannabis

  • Eating and Smoking

    With Ophelia Chong (Stock Pot Images, Asian Americans for Cannabis Education). It’s been a whole year of Weed + Grub—and it’s been a blast! Mike and Mary Jane make plans for a Lord of the Rings movie marathon inspired by Reddit’s r/trees forum, salute their Buds of the Week, and sit down with Ophelia Chong to ruminate on past lives, collecting curios, and how Ophelia breaks down stereotypes through artwork, advocacy and wit.