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Oral History Interview with Cynthia Choi, August 7, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.012
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As the Co-Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, Cynthia Choi and her organization has played an integral role in running the Stop AAPI Hate task force during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout her career, Choi has been working extensively in non-profit sectors focusing on issues ranging from immigrant rights to gender-based violence and reproductive justice. According to Choi, her current organization CAA advocates for systemic changes in the fields of educational equality, immigrant...
Dates:
August 7, 2020
Oral History Interview with Ellen Wu, July 31, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.016
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July 31, 2020
Oral History Interview with Eric Lee, August 4, 2021
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Identifier: 2021.025.006
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Capturing daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American Photojournalist Eric Lee roamed the streets of Washington D.C and New York recording his experience through street photography. Selected shots from the project have been put together for his photo series “a distanced memory” which explores his feelings of despair, isolation, loneliness and hope. In this interview, he discusses graduating from Corcoran College of the Arts and Design during the pandemic and his thesis exploring...
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August 4, 2021
Oral History Interview with Gracie Winogradsky, December 29, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.032
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December 29, 2020
Oral History Interview with Jefferson Li, October 20, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.028
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Jefferson Li’s family owns and runs the New York Chinatown butcher shop 47 Division Street Trading Inc. Like many Chinatown businesses, his family business took a huge economic hit due to the pandemic. Li took to the popular social news aggregator website Reddit to try and drum up business by publicizing their low prices to New Yorkers who wouldn’t normally be their primary demographic, becoming a pseudo celebrity in the process. As someone who has been in the Chinatown community prior to...
Dates:
October 20, 2020
Oral History Interview with Justin Zhao, M.D , January 26th, 2021
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Identifier: 2020.020.029
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January 26th, 2021
Oral History Interview with Kenneth Chin, August 18th, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.018
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August 18th, 2020
Oral History Interview with Laura Gao, July 31, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.001
Dates:
July 31, 2020
Oral History Interview with Russell Jeung, July 28, 2020
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Identifier: 2020.020.002
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An Asian Americans studies professor from the San Francisco State University and a fifth generation Asian American, Russel Jeung speaks about his integral role in the Stop AAPI Hate task force, a hate crime and incident reporting initiative which started during the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.. Since then, Professor Jeung has been intensely devoted to this project, whether it be engaging with the other directors in daily meetings or receiving dozens of requests for speaking. One...
Dates:
July 28, 2020
Oral History Interview with Sarah Lee, July 19th, 2021
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Identifier: 2021.025.001
Abstract
A Chinese-Malaysian journalist and director of marketing communications at Kalamazoo Community Foundations, Sarah Lee reflects upon her article “Why do I cook?”, an intimate examination of the connection between food and identity. She connects the methodical process of cooking to the more personal and vulnerable lens of her heritage, as food becomes a way of expressing community, care, and love between her and her family. Lee also discusses her 31 Stories for AAPI Month project, in which her...
Dates:
July 19th, 2021
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