AAPI Organizing in the South: Identities, Representations & the Intersections of Belonging
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In this episode of the limited series AAPI Organizing in the South, five community leaders and organizers talk about organizing during COVID and what support to organizers as community members can look like. The conversation touches on intersectionality and generational divides, identity formation through organizing, and misconceptions about AAPI communities. Finally, they discuss belonging and how it is influenced by mass media and representation of AAPI identities in public spaces.The voices featured in this episode belong to:-Jainey Kim (Community Engagement Specialist for Asian American Advocacy Fund)-Lily Pabian (Executive Director of We Love Buford Highway)-Alina Lee (Founding Partner of her law firm, Your Ad Attorney, Inc)-Alnory Gutlay (Community organizer and nonprofit leader)-Van Galasso (UX researcher, community advocate, artist)
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