Podcasts about Asian Pacific American

This episode of Ministry Monday is brought to you by Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM). Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) is accepting applications for Courage to Preach: A Post-Master's Certificate. Courage to Preach trains participants to read and interpret Scripture and use it as a foundational collection to preach on contemporary issues, such as racial, economic, and environmental justice. The certificate is completed over 12 months. Learn more at bc.edu/preach. NPM is blessed with a rich community of Asian/Pacific American pastoral musicians that support their parishes and the NPM community at large. Ariel Mayormita, Jose Gallardo and Maria Nieva are all pastoral musicians across the United States. They each demonstrate hospitality, kindness, and a deep Catholic faith in their lives. Today's episode highlights the deep faith and profound hospitality found in AAPI culture, from 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines to today. Our presenters to reflect on this topic today are Ariel Mayormita, Jose Gallardo and Maria Nieva, joining us from New Jersey, Texas, and the Philippines!

Listen in on a conversation with the ACPA Asian Pacific American Network (APAN) Leadership Team. While at the 2025 ACPA Conference in Long Beach, host Glenn DeGuzman invited members of the APAN leadership team, Sam Thornton, Wilson Deng, Em Nakamura, IC Ulep, and Yi Xuen Tay into his kitchen for a sit down conversation on a variety of API related topics and issues currently on the top of their minds. APAN represents APIDA issues and advocates for programs, services, research, and actions within the leadership of the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs and ACPA: College Student Educators International. The APAN Leadership team brought their voices to the table to speak about and react to issues that are relevant to them and their work on APAN and on their respective college campuses.

Karen Richardson, NAWL's Executive Director, is joined by Rahat Babar, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of NAPABA, to discuss the current voting restrictions and the challenges faced by communities of color and immigrant communities. Rahat offers invaluable insights into the landmark Shelby County v. Holder case, detailing its impact on Asian and Pacific Islander American communities over the past decade and the ongoing effects of harmful political disinformation. Join us as we discuss some of the most prominent propaganda targeting communities of color this election season.A special thank you to NAWL member Mary Card Mina for making this episode possible. Rahat N. Babar is NAPABA's Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel. In this dual role, Rahat leads NAPABA's advocacy, civil rights, and policy priorities, and he serves as NAPABA's chief legal officer overseeing the legal affairs of the organization.Rahat's commitment to public service and to the Asian Pacific American community has long defined his career.  Nominated by the Governor of New Jersey and unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey Senate, Rahat served as a Judge on the Superior Court of New Jersey, the first Bangladeshi American to be a member of the court.  Immediately prior to his appointment, Rahat was Special Counsel to New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy, overseeing all high-profile litigation impacting the Governor and the Administration.  Previously, he was the Director of Community Engagement at the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, where as part of Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal's Executive Leadership Team, he led the Attorney General's efforts to strengthen the office's relationships with community leaders, faith leaders, and the public.  Rahat held several other leadership roles within the Attorney General's Office, practiced in a boutique corporate law firm, and taught law and public policy at Temple University Beasley School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.Rahat is a former member of NAPABA's Board of Governors and a former chair of NAPABA's Civil Rights Committee.  He previously served as President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania and served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey.  NAPABA recognized Rahat as one of NAPABA's Best Under 40 in 2018.Rahat earned his undergraduate degree in International Area Studies from Drexel University and his law degree from Delaware Law School, where he served as an editor of the law review.  During his last year of law school, Rahat externed for Chief Justice Myron T. Steele of the Supreme Court of Delaware, and after law school, Rahat clerked for Judge Renée Cohn Jubleirer of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Jeremiah Abraham is an award-winning Marketing and Public Relations Executive with nearly 20 years in the entertainment industry. As the Founder and CEO of Tremendous Communications, he has become a leading voice in making Hollywood more inclusive of the AAPI community, spotlighting talent, and producing films and TV shows. His notable projects include Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crazy Rich Asians, and Joy Ride. Jeremiah also co-produced films like Yellow Rose and Lingua Franca and has expanded to Broadway with Here Lies Love. He serves on the Board of Directors for Filipinos Advancing Creative Education (FACE). In this episode, Jeremiah Abraham discusses the inspiration behind starting Tremendous Communications and the challenges of amplifying diverse stories in media. He reflects on the evolution of Asian-Pacific American representation and Tremendous' role in driving change. Jeremiah shares insights from producing films like Yellow Rose and Lingua Franca and navigating the dynamic PR landscape. He also talks about his goals for the company, the importance of representation across industries, and his aspiration to collaborate with Filipino star Sharon Cuneta. The episode wraps up with a look at Tremendous' podcast and its industry recognition.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 39! Our guest today is Sydelle Barreto, the Policy Manager of The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. The NAPAWF (pronounced “NAP-off”) is the only multi-issue, progressive, community organizing and policy advocacy organization for Asian American and Pacific Islander women and girls in the United States. Founded in 1996 by a group of 100 AAPI women, these “founding sisters” came together to establish an organization that would amplify AAPI women's stories and experiences. They recognized that the voices of AAPI women all too often went unseen and unheard, so they founded NAPAWF to center their lived experiences within the broader public narrative. NAPAWF focuses on four key issues that include: Reproductive Health and Rights, Economic Justice and Equal Pay, Immigrant Rights, and Racial Justice. They recently published a report called Clocking Inequality: Understanding Economic Inequity, the Wage Gap, and Workplace Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Women. It's amazing what you discover when you disaggregate the data on the AANHPI community when you're researching wage gaps. In this conversation, we talk to Sydelle about her journey to NAPAWF, the Clocking Inequality report, some of the key details, the policies we can adopt at the federal and local levels to support the AANHPI community, and what we can do as individuals to support change. To learn more, read the Clocking Inequality report, visit the NAPAWF website, and follow them on Instagram @napawf. If you like what we do, please share, follow, and like us in your podcast directory of choice or on Instagram @AAHistory101. For previous episodes and resources, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com.

Lots of movies are filmed in Los Angeles, but only a relative few give a leading role to the city itself. Yet a new series at Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive “considers a selection of films that foreground the history, architecture, and neighborhoods of Los Angeles.” The series includes mainstream picks like “Chinatown” and “La La Land”, but also under the radar gems like “Killer of Sheep,” a milestone in Black indie film, and the landmark Asian Pacific American feature “Hito Hata: Raise the Banner.” We'll talk with film critics about those movies and more…and we want to hear from you…what's your most essential LA movie? Guests: Elvis Mitchell, culture critic and historian; host of KCRW's The Treatment, an inside look at the creators of popular culture; director of the 2022 Netflix documentary "Is That Black Enough for You?!? Amy Nicholson, LA-based film critic; host of the podcast "Unspooled" May Hong HaDuong, director, UCLA Film & Television Archive; Film and Television Archive - which collaborated with BAMPFA on the "Cities and Cinema: Los Angeles series. The series runs through October 3 at BAMPFA in Berkeley.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 32! Do you know who the first Asian Pacific American Olympic champions were? We didn't know, so we researched, and are here to share it with you! In this episode we talk about the lives of Duke Kahanamoku, Vicki Manalo Draves, and Sammy Lee, our first Asian Pacific American Olympic heroes.  It's amazing what each of them overcame to be able to represent the United States in the Olympic Games… and not just represent but become champions. Their accomplishments should be part of the curriculum in every school in the U.S. because in so many ways, they embody what we think of when we talk about the American Dream. To learn more, here are some media to help you: Waterman, a film about Duke Kahanamoku that was directed by Isaac Halasima Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku by David Davis  Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellen Crowe Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo  The Story of Olympic Diver Sammy Lee by Paula Yoo Changing the Game: Asian Pacific American Female Athletes (includes a section on Vicki Manalo Draves) by Mia Wenjen In our recurring segment, we talk about what we've been reading, and Ted shares some thoughts about The Poppy War trilogy by R.F. Kuang.  If you like what we do, please share, follow, and like us in your podcast directory of choice or on Instagram @AAHistory101. For previous episodes and resources, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com. Segments 00:25 Asian Pacific American Olympic Update 06:51 The History of Asian Pacific American Olympic Champions: Duke Kahanamoku, Vicki Manalo Draves, and Sammy Lee 30:23 What are We Reading? The Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang

The E. Kong Yick building houses the only pan-Asian Pacific American community-based museum in the country, The Wing Luke Museum. And it's an anchor in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. The Wing began in an old mechanic's garage, exhibiting old folk art relics from Asia. This episode tells the story of how The Wing transformed from a traditional museum into a BIPOC-owned building, community, and movement … and how people responded when it was threatened.  *** This episode of 10,000 Things is about the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle. It was recorded before 26 members of its 52-person staff walked out on May 22nd , in protest of a new exhibition entitled “Confronting Hate Together.” While leadership continues to work to resolve the dispute with those on strike, as I talk to you on June 18th, the museum remains closed. If you'd like to know more, we're providing links to KUOW's coverage in our episode notes.  As you're about to hear, The Wing is a beloved Seattle institution that has been no stranger to turmoil and disruption. Regardless, its strong relationship to the community has allowed it to grow and thrive. If you want to learn more: Wing Luke exhibit shows how Black, Asian, and Jewish Seattleites confront hate together  With 'heart, sensitivity, and delicacy,' Wing Luke Museum plans to re-open after staff walkout  Seattle's Wing Luke Museum closed after staff say exhibit 'frames Palestinian liberation' as antisemitism    Ten Thousand Things is produced by KUOW in Seattle. Our host, writer, and creator is Shin Yu Pai. Whitney Henry-Lester produced this episode. Jim Gates is our editor. Tomo Nakayama wrote our theme music. Additional music in this episode by Ben Noble, Christopher Wohrle, From Somewhere Quiet. And of course, we don't exist without listeners like you. Support Ten Thousand Things by donating to KUOW.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In June 2023, the SCOTUS ruled that race cannot be used in the college admissions process. Many in and outside of the Asian American community see the ruling as positive for Asian American students who are supposedly disadvantaged by affirmative action policies. Brad talks with Dr. Janelle Wong of the University of Maryland about what the data tells us concerning Asian American acceptance rates, how this ruling will affect BIPOC Americans on the whole, and the ways the model minority myth is used to divide and conquer people of color and Black Americans in the United States.Dr. Janelle Wong is Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the University of Maryland in 2012, she was at the University of Southern California in the Departments of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity. Wong is author of Immigrants, Evangelicals and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change (2018, Russell Sage Foundation Press), Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions (2006, University of Michigan Press) and co-author of two books on Asian American politics. The most recent is Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities (2011, Russell Sage Foundation), based on the first nationally representative survey of Asian Americans' political attitudes and behavior. Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Many wonder how and why religious minorities in the USA adopt conservative – and even fascist – political identities when it seems that the American Right is anti-immigrant and in many cases explicitly racist. Scholars Dr. Jane Hong (Occidental) and Dr. Adrian de Leon (USC/NYU) argue that Asian American (religious) conservatism should be understood not just as an imported phenomenon from outside these communities, but as something structural within the formation of Asian America itself.Special Issue of Amerasia: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00447471.2023.2167934Dr. Jane Hong is the author of Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of American History, the Gilder-Lehrman Scholarly Advisory Board, the managing board of the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI), and the Board of Directors of the Public Religion Research Institute(PRRI). Hong appears in two episodes of the Peabody Award-winning PBS docuseries, Asian Americans (2020). An active public speaker, Hong has shared her expertise with the Brookings Institution, Uber, and NPR's The Takeaway, in addition to academic and faith-based venues. Dr. Adrian De Leon is an award-winning public historian and writer. Bundok: A Hinterland History of Filipino America, his first academic book, uses archival research in the Philippines, Hawai‘i, North America, and Spain in order to follow the co-constitution of Philippine indigeneity and Filipino migrant labor through the racial archives of 19th-century plantation capitalism in Luzon's northern hinterlands.Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with Dr. Himanee Gupta, Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State and the author of "Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America," about howt South Asians in the United States who grew up in the Hindu faith are caste-privileged or savarna (which means having varna, a term often equated to having spiritual purity). By contrast, Dalits like Soundararajan are avarna (without varna) and thereby deemed within this system as impure. These categorizations have found legitimacy through the promulgation of a Brahmanical form of Hinduism that shares affinities with the conservative pro-Hindu politics of India's current leadership. Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Japanese, Jewish, Queer, and Clergy with Rev. Laura Cheifetz Bradley Onishi interviews Reverend Laura Mariko Chaffetz, discussing her experiences as a multiracial queer Asian American Christian minister with Jewish heritage. They examine how APA religious communities navigate the black-white binary in the U.S., the impact of anti-Asian racism during the pandemic, and the dynamics of Christian identity in various contexts. The conversation highlights the importance of recognizing and valuing the diverse and rich religious practices among Asian Pacific Americans.Laura Cheifetz is the co-author and editor of "Church on Purpose: Reinventing Discipleship, Community, & Justice" (Judson Press) and contributor to "Race in a Post Obama America: The Church Responds" (Westminster John Knox Press), "Leading Wisdom: Asian and Asian North American Women Leaders" (WJK), "Here I Am: Faith Stories of Korean American Clergywomen" (Judson), and "Streams Run Uphill: Conversations with Young Clergywomen of Color" (Judson). She is co-author of the "Forming Asian Leaders for North American Churches" entry in the "Religious Leadership" reference handbook (SAGE Publishing).Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with journalist and scholar Philip Deslippe about the origins of yoga in the United States as a response to the precarity of South Asian lives in 20th century America. "A century ago, students of yoga in the United States, like many practitioners today, believed that they were engaging in something pure, ancient, and Indian. In reality, the yoga they were doing was a bricolage of the metaphysical and mundane presented to them in an exotic, Orientalized package by largely educated and worldly immigrants from India. These teachers were themselves responding and adapting to a nativist and racist climate. Yoga in the United States during the interwar decades is one of many examples of how Asian religions in the United States cannot be fully understood outside the context of Asian American history." This episode is part of a new series by Axis Mundi Media and APARRI called APA Religions 101. Subscribe here: https://feeds.redcircle.com/581b8afe-eda8-45df-997d-3b22e5b57c64 Learn more about APARRI.  APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions.  Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishi Audio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamoto For more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.us Funding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad speaks with journalist and scholar Philip Deslippe about the origins of yoga in the United States as a response to the precarity of South Asian lives in the 20th century America. "A century ago, students of yoga in the United States, like many practitioners today, believed that they were engaging in something pure, ancient, and Indian. In reality, the yoga they were doing was a bricolage of the metaphysical and mundane presented to them in an exotic, Orientalized package by largely educated and worldly immigrants from India. These teachers were themselves responding and adapting to a nativist and racist climate. Yoga in the United States during the interwar decades is one of many examples of how Asian religions in the United States cannot be fully understood outside the context of Asian American history."Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with Dr. Martin Nguyen, who explains how his personal story impacts his understanding race, theology, culture, and heritage.As he explains, "t is difficult for me to imagine doing theology, then, without also considering who I am—my being Vietnamese, Asian, American, once Catholic, and now Muslim. Race and religion are entangled in the narrative of my life. They even shape my childhood memories as a son of Vietnamese Catholic refugees, born and raised in Virginia."Dr. Nguyen is a scholar of Muslim theology and Islamic studies. His scholarship revolves around ethics, constructive theology, Qur'anic studies, and the intersection of race and religion. His most recent book Modern Muslim Theology: Engaging God and the World with Faith and Imagination presents a contemporary theology rooted in the practice of the religious imagination. A professor of religious studies, he is presently chair of the department at Fairfield University in Connecticut.Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with Dr. Gabriel Catanus, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Theology at Fuller Seminary and Director of the Filipino American Ministry Initiative, about the challenges and joys of doing Filipino American theology and ministry and how they fit - and stand out - from other Asian American theological and ministry paradigms.Beyond his current project with Cascade Books, Dr. Catanus' publications include “Colonial Spirituality: The Pain and Politics of Doing Filipino American Theology,” ChristianityNext 6 (Winter 2022), “Statement on Anti-Asian Racism in the Time of COVID-19″ (coauthored with the Asian American Christian Collaborative, March 31, 2020), and “Is Filipino American Theology Asian American Theology?” Inheritance Magazine 65 (October 2019).Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh , Executive Director for the Aspen Institute's Religion & Society Program and author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life.As a boy growing up in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh and his brothers confronted racism daily: at school, in their neighborhood, playing sports, and later in college and beyond. Despite the prejudice and hate he faced, this self-described “turban-wearing, brown-skinned, beard-loving Sikh” refused to give in to negativity. Instead, Singh delved deep into the Sikh teachings that he grew up with and embraced the lessons to seek the good in every person and situation and to find positive ways to direct his energy. These Sikh tenets of love and service to others have empowered him to forge a life of connection and a commitment to justice that have made him a national figure in the areas of equity, inclusion, and social justice.The Light We Give: https://simranjeetsingh.org/the-light-we-give/Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Brad speaks with Dr. Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han about race, heritage, and Asian American Buddhisms. They discuss the ways Asian American Buddhists are often misunderstood in the United States due to the incomplete representation of Buddhism in American culture and the contemporary predominance of Whiteness in Buddhist spaces.Dr. Funie Hsu is currently Associate Professor of American Studies at San José State University and was a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Davis. Her first book, Instructions for (Erasing) Empire: English, Domestication, and the US Colonization of the Philippines (under contract), demonstrates how English language instruction served to erase the violent reality of US occupation.Chenxing Han (she/her) is the author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists (2021); one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care (2023); and numerous articles and book chapters for both academic and mainstream audiences. A frequent speaker and workshop leader at schools, universities, and Buddhist communities across the nation, she has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, Hemera Foundation, the Lenz Foundation, and the University of Michigan. Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

An introduction to Asian and Pacific American religions through interviews with experts and practitioners. Host Dr. Bradley Onishi speaks with APA scholars about:Asian American CatholicismAsian American Buddhism before and beyond WhitenessFighting racism with the wisdom of Sikh teachingsDoing Muslim theology as a Vietnamese AmericanAsian American evangelicals in the MAGA AgeThe challenges of creating Filipino religious communitiesRace, Jim Crow, and the origins of modern yogaCaste privilege in the United States and IndiaAsian Americans and Affirmative ActionRacialized CapitalismBeing Jewish, Japanese, queer and clergyLearn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

During this AANHPI Heritage Month, we need to ask ourselves: What can we do to end systemic sexism, racism, and any other ism that divides us and robs groups of opportunities?In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Sue Ann Hong-Whitaker, President & CEO at the Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW).Sue Ann discusses:How she flew to the U.S. on her own as a child, which taught her how to be independent, resilient, and adaptable.How CAPAW's founder, Martha Lee, wanted to address the persistent sexism and racism that plagues Asian women professionals.How AANHPI women are more likely to keep quiet, keep their heads down, and do a good job, but not ask for what they want; THIS holds them back.How Sue Ann had a successful career working for a Fortune 50 company, but because of a reorganization and threats to her health from the lifestyle, she decided to make a change, and that's when she became CEO of CAPAW.The mental shift of going from a large Fortune 50 company to a small non-profit with a tiny staff.How her number one job at CAPAW is to build relationships.How she became activated when the Atlanta Spa shootings occurred.CAPAW's signature programs: The sHERO program and the APAWLI program. The sHERO program is for all women of color, with 5 or fewer years of experience in the professional workforce. The APAWLI program focuses on leadership and targets mid-career professionals who are looking to move up or explore their careers in a new and different way.To end racism, sexism, ageism, and all other -isms, organizations must partner to focus on solving these issues. CAPAW is focused on these partnerships.References:CAPAWsHERO ProgramAPAWLI Program

APALSA president Isuri Poththewela and member Ambreen Aslam (rising 2L) join the Albany Law School podcast during Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month to discuss the importance of creating a welcoming and diverse campus environment while encouraging involvement with issues touching the legal profession, the law school, and the Asian and Pacific communities.  The Asian Pacific American Law Student's Association is a student-run affinity group at Albany Law School that coordinates a range of activities, from academic, professional, and cultural events to school support.

Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the United States and include approximately 50 distinct ethnic groups, but their stories and experiences have often been sidelined or stereotyped. Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects offers a vital window into the triumphs and tragedies, strength and ingenuity, and traditions and cultural identities of these communities. Edited by Theodore S. Gonzalves, the book invites readers to experience both well-known and untold stories through influential, controversial, and meaningful objects. Thematic chapters explore complex history and shared experiences: navigation, intersections, labor, innovation, belonging, tragedy, resistance and solidarity, community, service, memory, and joy.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 4. If you're new to our podcast then just know that we occasionally do a series called Most Forgotten Massacres, where we take time to talk about a moment (generally in U.S. history) where racism and discrimination turned to violence against the Asian Pacific American community. The Anti-Filipino Watsonville Riots were one of those moments.  Filipino workers were targeted in this five-day outburst of violence. There were several factors that contributed to the death and destruction, and the impact was felt for years. It's important we acknowledge these moments in our history, learn from them, and improve. We highly recommend reading more about the Filipino experience through the excellent book Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California by Professor Dawn Bohulano Mabalon. In our additional segment, we take time to talk about the Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, and Critics' Choice Awards. And in our intro, we cover a few notable current events in the APIDA world. If you like what we do, please share, follow, and like us in your podcast directory of choice or on Instagram @AAHistory101. For previous episodes and resources, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com. Segments 00:25 Current Events  04:58 The History of the Anti-Filipino Watsonville Riots 27:09 Celebrations! It's Awards Season with Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critic's Choice Awards

The Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce's mission is to facilitate business relationships among Asian and U.S. based companies and to promote the economic advancement of Asian Pacific Americans.Join Executive Director Duc Abrahamson as she explains the vision of her organization, her path to this position, and the compelling story on how she came to Michigan. The Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce (APACC,) which represents more than 30 countries, is committed to providing its members with up-to-date and pertinent information for strategic decision-making. This approach not only enhances the knowledge base of its members but also expands their network in the context of the global economy. In this role she takes on the pivotal responsibility of being the spokesperson for APACC with duties including the management and evaluation of programs and activities, providing leadership to both the board and staff, allocating necessary resources, and shaping organizational policy and programs. 

In this episode, we speak with Adriel Luis, a creative collaborator who works with artists, scholars, and community organizers to bring innovative projects to life. Adriel is currently serves as the Curator of Digital and Emerging Practice for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where he enjoys the freedom to explore topics and mediums in fluid and complex ways. Adriel's passion lies in projects that don't fit neatly into specific identity markers or formats, and he likes to explore issues that don't yet have clear answers. We dive into his recent curated projects, such as Bravespace, a collection of music and visuals by Asian American women and nonbinary artists, which focuses on the theme of collective healing. We also discuss In the Future Our Asian Community is Safe, a mural created by Jess X. Snow, Wiena Lin, and the W.O.W. Project in Manhattan's Chinatown, which explores Asian American safety and solidarity with the area's Indigenous and Black histories.Join us as we explore Adriel's passion for creative collaboration and his commitment to exploring complex issues in the world of art and community organizing.Creators & Guests Adriel Luis

https://chtbl.com/track/118312/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkinglead/TLP_487_KD_CC_MS.mp3 In this episode of the Talking Lead Podcast: Lefty is joined by Kevin Dixie (owner-operator of No Other Choice Firearms Training (NOC) and the founder of Train & Learn), Chris Cheng ( History Channel's Top Shot Champion, Gun Rights Advocate & founder of Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association - APAGOA) and Mike Sodini (Walk The Talk America - WTTA founder). Walk The Talk America is building a network of metal health professionals that are firearms culturally competent and willing to treat their gun owning patients with the respect, anonymity and understanding they deserve. Train & Learn offers professional development to the freedom community with a mash up of firearms training and professional skills development that will help you succeed in your chosen expertise. Another endeavor Kevin has started, through the AIMING FOR THE TRUTH non-profit, The Greenwood Project. The Greenwood Project focuses on building human equity within the community by offering, in addition to firearms education, education on reading, writing, gardening...needed life skills. The Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association (APAGOA) is a community of gun owners with an Asian Pacific American heritage. A core focus of APAGOA is to promote safe and responsible gun ownership within the Asian Pacific American community by providing educational materials and other supportive resources to its members and other interested parties. Chris Cheng, Kevin Dixie, Mike Sodini with Lefty - Talking Lead Podcast Kevin Dixie, Mike Sodini, Lefty, Chris Cheng - Talking Lead Podcast

Click here to view the book on Amazon Buu-Van AjareyaJemir Hope Nguyễn Rasih American Poet/ Author, Christian Thinker, Author of Change, Spoken-word American Poet, Son of Immigrants and Son of Man(kind). 1950, Rasih was born on March 1st in Luangprabang, Laos as the youngest of four children to his Vietnamese immigrant parents. 1975, he received his undergraduate degree in irrigation engineering from Nonthabury College of Irrigation Institute in Pakkred, Thailand. After the fall of the Lao Royal Government in 1975, he escaped to thailand and eventually arrived in The United States of America. 1976, April 9 he immediately began working as Refugee Resettlement Associate Director for Catholic Charities of San Diego and promoted to work for the home office USCC based in Florida as a Regional Resettlement Specialist for 8 states in the Southern regions of the U.S. 1977, January 29th he married his other half, Vilaykhone Rasih Connie Simuong. They have three wonderful children: Bobby, George Jr. and Valentina Cupid Rasih McClees and two grandchildren Hayelee and Fox Rasih. 1984, January 20th he became proud naturalized citizen of the United States of America. 1991-1994 he was appointed as a City Commissioner by the San Diego City Council to serve the City's Commision for Human Relations. 1994, he felt the presence of the Holy Spirit and became an ordained Christian minister in Las Vegas, Nevada .Soon after this experience, he engulfed himself with oral literature, and began writing new modern American poetry 2001, he decided to further education and earned his graduate degree from Cali State University of San Marcos in Business Administration and leadership Studies 2000. He's Polyglot. He speaks five languages: Laotian, Vietnamese, Thai, English and French. 2005-2006, he is a winner of both the Asian Heritage Awards 2006 for Art, Literature and Philosophy and the International Society of Poets for Editor's Choice Awards I'm 2005 and 2006; He was named one of the 100 great Poets of the Western World by Famous Poets Press, was selected by Marquis Who's Who in America and in the World and Who's Who of Asian Americans. 1995 to present, he Co-founded Global Childe/ Rasih Citizenship Education Institute(RACE) to promote civic education to the Asian immigrants for successful citizenship throughout the states of America and assisted 2,776 refugees and new immigrants in successful achieving their American dream of becoming American citizens. His honors also include being Immortalized on the Immigrant Wall of Honor, a permanent exhibit by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation and recognized as Statue of Liberty Museum Founder. On March 9th, 2019, he was recognized as the Inaugural recipient of the Asian Pacific American Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award for his extraordinary personal commitment to improving the Asian Pacific American community through volunteer service, civic engagement, and dedication to his APAC organization. In 2022, he was recognized with the Top Honor of the Little Saigon Foundation of the Year 2022 Award in Outstanding Leadership and Community Service from Congressional, State, City and County of San Diego.

Sara has some interesting facts for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and Nicole discusses this past Tuesday's National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

In this episode for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, John Fenn and Steve Winick invite guests to talk about Asian collections in the American Folklife Center. Allina Migoni talks about the earliest known recordings of Korean music, playing segments of a lecture by Robert Provine and a song sung by Ahn Jeong-Sik. Sara Ludewig discusses the Linda LaMacchia collection, including recordings made of Tibetan singers in India. Steve discusses Asian and Pacific Island collections in the Homegrown concert series, and plays a song, a story, and a flute composition by Grammy-nominated Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal. More information on the performers and the selections can be found at https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife

This week's episode features Dr. Daisy Pitel, someone that I've gotten to know through ACPA, College Student Educators International.  She's been a role model leader for me in the Asian Pacific American community there but this is our first true conversation to get to know each other.  In this podcast entry, you'll hear more about her life as a Filipina/Pinay woman, her educational journey, and her life as a mom of one the cutest kids I've ever seen.  Take a listen.

East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. As the nation's first professional Asian American theatre organization, East West Players continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian-Pacific American experience today. According to the theatre's website "East West Players' current home is in the upper 3 levels of the Union Center for the Arts in the northwestern end of the Little Tokyo Historic District. The company had spent the previous 32 years since its founding in a 99-seat theatre in Silver Lake before moving to the new David Henry Hwang Theatre in the Union Center for the Arts in 1998. The Union Center for the Arts was formerly Union Church, the combined home of three Japanese American congregations, was completed in 1923. With the onset of World War II, it was in front of this building that residents of the district joined the residents of Terminal Island, whose community had been razed 48 hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Residents lined up with a single suitcase allowance awaiting transportation to join 10,000 people sent to the War Relocation Center in Manzanar in 1942. Most of those transported to the internment camps lost all of their property and were unable to return to living in their old community after the war, scattering the population throughout the city. During the war, the building was used as a community center for African Americans arriving from the deep south in search of work in wartime industry as part of the ‘Great Migration'. The neighborhood had some of the only housing in the city that did not have restrictive housing covenants based on color, and quickly became highly populated. Three years into the war, the neighborhood was renamed Bronzeville, and was home to crowded conditions and ‘breakfast clubs' – jazz clubs that were known to stay open until dawn. In 1943, a part of the ‘Zoot Suit Riots' spread into the area. At the close of 1945 the Japanese Americans gradually began re-establishing a community center, where Little Tokyo remains a very diverse part of central Los Angeles. The building located on Judge John Aiso Street was damaged during the 1994 Northridge earthquake, leaving it unusable. The Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation completed a multi-million dollar renovation of the building in 1998 to house three arts organizations – the East West Players, Visual Communications, and LA Artcore. " BUT!  What is causing the haunting at this historical location? Well, tune in to find out what we uncover and what makes its presence known!   CATCH HOLLYWEIRD PARANORMAL AT THE FIRST ANUAL PARAPOD FEST MARCH 31- APRIL 1 FOR DETAILS, STAY AND TICKETS CLICK HERE

Author Dorothy Moss will present on Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, a catalogue of the stunning work by the late contemporary Chinese American artist Hung Liu (1948-2021), who blended painting and photography to offer new frameworks for understanding portraiture in relation to time, memory, and history. Often working from photographs, Liu used portraiture to elevate overlooked subjects, amplifying the stories of those who had historically been invisible or unheard. This richly illustrated book examines six decades of Lius painting, photography, and drawing. Having lived through war, political revolution, exile, and displacement, Liu painted a complex picture of an Asian Pacific American experience. Her portraits speak powerfully to those seeking a better life, in the United States and elsewhere.

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 26! Patsy Mink was an Asian Pacific American hero of so many causes. Although she is best known for her work and championing of Title IX, she also supported environmental issues, women's rights, immigrant rights, and more. In today's mid-week interview, we had the pleasure of talking to Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Wendy Mink, the co-authors of the amazing biography Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress. It was enlightening to be able to hear some first-hand stories from Wendy who is Patsy Mink's daughter. To find copies of this incredible biography, you can go to any online book seller or get it from the publisher NYU Press. For previous episodes and information, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or social media links at http://castpie.com/AAHistory101. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@aahistory101.com.

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and it is an opportunity to reflect on the generations of Asian Americans who have enriched America's history and celebrate the nearly 20 million Asian American individuals who are instrumental to our country's future success. In this podcast, Joy Lewis, AHA's senior vice president of Health Equity Strategies and executive director of the Institute for Diversity and Health Equity is joined by Janet A. Liang, executive vice president, group president and chief operating officer, care delivery, Kaiser Permanente to discuss her experience as an Asian American health care leader, challenges within the Asian American community and what this month means to her.

NPM is blessed with a rich community of Asian/Pacific American pastoral musicians that support their parishes and the NPM community at large. Ariel Mayormita, Jose Gallardo and Maria Nieva are all pastoral musicians across the United States. They each demonstrate hospitality, kindness, and a deep Catholic faith in their lives. Today's episode highlights the deep faith and profound hospitality found in AAPI culture, from 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines to today. Our presenters to reflect on this topic today are Ariel Mayormita, Jose Gallardo and Maria Nieva, joining us from New Jersey, Texas, and the Philippines!

This week the Classroom team shares C-SPAN resources that can be used with students throughout May to observe Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk with Donna Tran about a topic that crosses many Asian peoples' minds at some point: medical school! Donna is the National President of APAMSA, the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association. APAMSA (@APAMSA) is a national organization of medical and pre-medical students committed to addressing the unique health challenges of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. We ask Donna a mix of serious and fun questions like "What changes would you make to med school pre-reqs?" and "Can Oli London / Koreaboos join APAMSA?" As always, if you like the podcast, please take 5 seconds to click 5 stars for our podcast on Apple or Spotify. -- WHAT'S POLITICALLY ASIAN PODCAST? Two Asians talking about politics and the Asian American community to get more Asians talking about politics! Join comedians Aaron Yin (he/him) and Gerrie Lim (they/them) for 45 minutes-ish each week as they discuss current topics and events related to Asian Americans through the lenses of history, class, and advocacy. Think John Oliver's show, but there's two of us, and we're Asian. -- CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Our memes are so good Asian people will mention them when they meet us in real life. ➤ Instagram: https://instagram.com/politicallyasianpodcast/ ➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politicasianpod ➤ Website: https://politicallyasianpodcast.com -- INQUIRIES: politicallyasianpodcast@gmail.com -- SUPPORT US ON PATREON (currently fundraising for Canva Premium for even better memes and for episode transcription services): https://patreon.com/politicallyasian -- ALGORITHM? Chinese American Politics, Korean American Politics, Japanese American Politics, South Asian politics, Asian American politics, AAPI politics, Asian American Political Alliance, Asian American leader, Asian American Protests 1960s, Asian American policy, Asian leftist, Asian American leftist

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is a prolific writer, passionate speaker, multicultural educator, and activist on Asian Pacific American issues. In her new collection of essays, You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids, she navigated the space between cultures and reflects on lessons learned from both Asian American elders and young multiracial children. It's a rich space, filled with linguistic nuance that Wang so deftly weaved throughout her writing. In the aftermath of a messy divorce, Wang writes in hope of beginning to build a new life with four children, bossy aunties, unreliable suitors, and an uncertain political landscape. Her essays are peppered with a wide range of topics, including cooking food to show love, surviving Chinese School, being an underpaid lecturer, finding love in a time of elections, crying with children separated from their parents at the border, charting the landscape of frugal/hoarder elders during the pandemic, witnessing COVID-inspired anti–Asian American violence while reflecting on the death of Vincent Chin, teaching her sixteen-year-old son to drive after the deaths of Trayvon Martin and George Floyd, and trusting the power of writing herself into existence. Within the lyric essays, Wang found the courage and hope to speak out for herself and for an entire generation of Asian American women. Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is an award-winning poet, essayist, journalist, activist focused on issues of Asian America, race, justice, and the arts. Her writing has appeared at NBCAsianAmerica, PRIGlobalNation, Center for Asian American Media, Detroit Journalism Cooperative, Cha Asian Literary Journal, Kartika Review, Drunken Boat, and the Joao Roque Literary Journal. She co-created a multimedia artwork for Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, is a Knight Arts Challenge Detroit artist, and is a Communities Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour out of Dearborn/Detroit. Buy the Book: You Cannot Resist Me When My Hair Is in Braids (Made in Michigan Writers) (Paperback) from Third Place Books Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

How do we imagine and flourish a future in times of wild interruptions?     In this episode Amisha talks with Jason Bayani, poet, author, educator and arts organiser. His poetry books ‘Amulet' and ‘Locus', the latter nominated for the Northern California Book Award, and his solo theater show ‘Locus of Control' explore the experience of identity of Pilipinx-Americans. His poems are oral histories, tales of magic and myth, ‘creatures of excess', as he describes them. Jason is the artistic director of ‘Kearny Street Workshop' in San Francisco, the oldest multi-disciplinary Asian Pacific American arts organisation in the country.   Jason shares a flow of collective insight embracing intuition, embodiment and grief, which he gathered during a Bioneers event with Nina Simons, both him and Amisha attended. This rich reading offers signposts and profound questions for navigating our current time.    Together they speak of the search for uninterrupted spaces of silence where our dreams and imagination can flourish, where we can reclaim and provide ourselves with soulfulness. They speak of the importance of giving ourselves permission to ‘disappear' into these spaces as a way of dissolving the pressures of productiveness impressed upon us, and as a necessity to flourish creative visions and expressions for the future.   Jason reveals that artists are pivotal in igniting our dreams. An artist's way can help us dream ourselves into new realities beyond the current systems and crisis of imagination. He believes that artists have ways of stirring the severely limited view of beauty, which we are able to see in this world right now.   We learn that seeking the tenderness of our creativity, unfolding it at its own pace and trusting this process is where we will visit the real depth of our creativity, where we will reconnect with our identities and root into our intuitive experience. This process will bring forth our true expressions, spark our imagination and help us engage in meaningful ways during times of wild interruptions.   Links from this episode and more at www.allthatweare.org

Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture and spiritual gurus. Over the past forty years, highly skilled workers have been devoting more time and energy to their jobs than ever before. They are also leaving churches, synagogues and temples in droves—but they have not abandoned religion. Are tech companies bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line between work and religion and transforming the very nature of spiritual experience in modern life? Each year the cathedral chooses a theme for inspiration and reflection, and in 2022 our theme is connection. Join Malcolm Clemens Young for a conversation about what can happen when work becomes religion, and the workplace becomes the institution that connects us. About the Guest Carolyn Chen, a sociologist, is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she grew up in Pennsylvania and Southern California. Carolyn received her A.B. from Brown University, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley. She previously taught at Northwestern University in the Department of Sociology, as well as in the Program in Asian American Studies, where she served as Director. Chen's research focuses on religion, spirituality and work in the new economy, as well as Asian American religions. She is the author of Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience (Princeton 2008) and co-editor of Sustaining Faith Traditions: Religion, Race and Ethnicity among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (NYU 2012). She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and spoken on National Public Radio. She is Co-Director of the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, and a founding member of the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI), a scholarly community committed to the advancement of public knowledge of Asian Pacific American religions. Carolyn and her family live in the Bay Area. About the Moderator The Very Rev. Dr. Malcolm Clemens Young is the dean of Grace Cathedral. He is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisible Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology, and God, and is a regular contributor on religion to the Huffington Post and San Francisco Examiner.   About The Forum  The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about faith and ethics in relation to the important issues of our day. We invite inspiring and illustrious people to sit down for a real conversation with the Forum's host and with you. Our guests range from artists, inventors and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials, but the point of The Forum is singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world.  

Can a museum be a force for social change? Can history heal? Can our stories be unforgotten? Ron Chew says, "YES!, YES! YES!, and Much More!" Ron Chew has spent his life telling stories. Stories that reveal hidden history. Stories that inspire and mobilize. Stories that nurture and heal. The power of these stories has improved the lives of Seattle's Asian Pacific Islander Community, and by extension help that city reckon with its unsettling history with that community. Notable Mentionshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act#:~:text=The%20Chinese%20Exclusion%20Act%20was,all%20immigration%20of%20Chinese%20laborers. (Chinese Exclusion Act): The Chinese Exclusion Act was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code (United States federal law) signed by President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur (Chester A. Arthur) on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. Exclusion was repealed by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson_Act (Magnuson Act) on December 17, 1943, which allowed 105 Chinese to enter per year. Chinese immigration later increased with the passage of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1952 (Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952), which abolished direct racial barriers, and later by the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965 (Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965), which abolished the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Origins_Formula (National Origins Formula).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act#cite_note-3 ([3]) https://www.wingluke.org/ (Wing Luke Museum):  is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_museum (history museum) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington (Seattle, Washington), United States, which focuses on the culture, art and history of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Pacific_American (Asian Pacific Americans). It is located in the city's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Chinatown-International_District (Chinatown-International District). Established in 1967, the museum is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution (Smithsonian Institution) affiliate and the only pan-Asian Pacific American community-based museum in the country.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Luke_Museum_of_the_Asian_Pacific_American_Experience#cite_note-1 ([1])https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Luke_Museum_of_the_Asian_Pacific_American_Experience#cite_note-2 ([2]) It has relocated twice since its founding, most recently to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Kong_Yick_Building (East Kong Yick Building) in 2008. In February 2013 it was recognized as one of two dozen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System (affiliated areas) of the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park_Service (National Park Service).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Luke_Museum_of_the_Asian_Pacific_American_Experience#cite_note-Broom-3 ([3]), Chinatown International District: The Chinatown–International District of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington (Seattle, Washington) (also known as the ID) is the center of Seattle's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Americans (Asian American) community. Within the Chinatown International District are the three neighborhoods known as Seattle's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown (Chinatown), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japantown (Japantown) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Saigon (Little Saigon), named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.  https://iexaminer.org/history/ (International Examiner): is a free biweekly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American (Asian...

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4! We start by talking about Michelle Alyssa Go, the Asian American woman recently killed by being pushed on the subway tracks near Times Square in New York. It's another tragic death of someone in the Asian Pacific American community. Our main segment is on the impact of Asian Americans in the Fishing and Shrimping Industries. From the Chinese in Monterey to the Vietnamese around the Gulf of Mexico, Asian Americans have had an impact in both fishing and shrimping despite discrimination and hate. We close out with a short segment on the meaning and origin of the phrase, “Chop Chop.” Is it racist? We give our take on it. Have you been the victim of Anti-Asian Hate? We encourage you to report to a group like Stop AAPI Hate. To learn more, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or https://linktr.ee/AAHistory101 for social media. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@1882media.com. Segments 00:26 Talking About Michelle Go and Hate Crimes 07:50 Asian Americans in the Fishing and Shrimping Industry 23:40 Origin of the Phrase Chop Chop

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2! It's time to talk about music again, and we focus on the Asian Americans making an impact in R&B. Pretty much anyone who follows R&B knows H.E.R. and Bruno Mars, but the start for Asian Americans in R&B actually can be traced back to Hiroshima in the 70s and 80s. We also mention some other great new Asian Pacific R&B musicians like Keshi and Raveena. There are so many more amazing Asian Pacific artists, and several are getting opportunities through 88Rising and the 88NightMarket group as well as the JoyRuckusClub. We begin this episode by catching up on some current events that impacted the Asian Pacific American community including the #VeryAsian movement begun by award winning news anchor, Michelle Li. We also bring back our segment What Are We Watching, to talk about Snake Eyes and The Protege. To learn more, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or https://linktr.ee/AAHistory101 for social media. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@1882media.com. Segments 00:26 Catching Up with Good and Bad News for Asian Pacific Americans 14:58 Asian Americans in R&B 27:41 What Are We Watching: Snake Eyes and The Protege 

Welcome to Episode 62! It's time to bring back another episode on the history of an Asian Pacific American food. In this episode, we talk about the history of Japanese food in America. From sukiyaki to teppanyaki to sushi, Japanese food is one of the few Asian cuisines that is viewed as more refined and deserving of higher prices, but it wasn't always that way. We also bring back another segment of What Are We Watching and discuss the new Netflix Rom-Com Love Hard starring Jimmy O. Yang. We give our thoughts both good and bad on the Asian representation in this movie. One restaurant we mention is Shojin in Downtown Los Angeles and Culver City. To learn more, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or https://linktr.ee/AAHistory101 for social media. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@1882media.com. Segments 00:26 How Asian Food is Viewed in America 08:29 The History of Japanese Food in America 23:18 What Are We Watching, Love Hard 

Welcome to Episode 59! The Chinese Exclusion Act is one for the most restrictive laws that limited immigration. Although the majority of Chinese were barred from entering the country or becoming naturalized citizens, there was one loophole that allowed many Chinese Americans to claim citizenship and bring in additional Chinese. These were known as paper sons and daughters. We also talk about one particularly famous paper son, Tyrus Wong. There's a great documentary about him called Tyrus by director Pamela Tom. Additionally, we bring back our segment What Are We Listening To? We talk about the music of Sanjana, Monsune, EASHA, Shreea Kaul, Silk Sonic, Deb Never. Do you have a favorite Asian Pacific American musician? Let us know! To learn more, please visit our site at https://asianamericanhistory101.libsyn.com or https://linktr.ee/AAHistory101 for social media. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, email us at info@1882media.com. Segments 00:26 Chinese Exclusion Act Comment 04:39 History of Paper Sons and Remembering Tyrus Wong 13:55 What Are We Listening To?

This week we talk with Thu Nguyen, who is the incoming Executive Director of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates! Thu is the youngest ever Executive Director and the first Vietnamese American to serve in this role. Founded in 1973, OCA is a 501(c)(3) national member-driven nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. with 50+ chapters and affiliates across the U.S. They advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through policy work and educational programming. Thu comes in with a spicy hot take for Hot Take Hot Pot related to Asian American writer drama on Twitter. Afterwards, we talk with her about OCA and its programs, Asian Americans who oppose affirmative action and LBGTQ rights, and how her politics have shaped her identity today. If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a starred review! WHAT'S POLITICALLY ASIAN PODCAST? Two Asians talking about politics and the Asian American community to get more Asians talking about politics! Join comedians Aaron Yin (he/him) and Gerrie Lim (they/them) for 45 minutes-ish each week as they discuss current topics and events related to Asian Americans through the lenses of history, class, and advocacy. Think John Oliver's show, but there's two of us, and we're Asian. CHECK US OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Our memes are so good Asian people will mention them when they meet us in real life. ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/politicallyasianpodcast/ ➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/politicasianpod ➤ Website: https://politicallyasianpodcast.com INQUIRIES: politicallyasianpodcast@gmail.com SUPPORT US ON PATREON (currently fundraising for Canva Premium for even better memes and for episode transcription services): https://patreon.com/politicallyasian ALGORITHM? #asian #asianamerican #asianpodcast #asianpodcasters #podcast #asianpodcasts #aapi #stopasianhate #stopaapihate #apimedia #apahm #asiancomedy #asianjokes #asianmemes #subtleasiantraits #boba #asianpolitics #representation #representationmatters #asianculture #asianamericans #politics #asianpolitics #representasian #chinatown #abolition #aapihistory #crazyrichasians #shangchi #leftist

A celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders living in the United States of America.

Hear from Joy Erzinger, a school counselor in Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa, as she discusses her experience as an Asian American and how this has shaped her identity and her work as a school counselor. Read the transcript.

Hear from Joy Erzinger, a school counselor in Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa, as she discusses her experience as an Asian American and how this has shaped her identity and her work as a school counselor. Read the transcript.

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