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Hi! We're Matthew Lee, Marilyn Ma, and Alex Gong. We're three students from Hong Kong International School who want to amplify stories of marginalized communities in Hong Kong!... more
FAQs about Community and Confluence:How many episodes does Community and Confluence have?The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.
May 29, 2023Table of Two Cities: Grassroots Future, and eating our way to Refugee storiesWe sat down with Tegan to talk about her amazing organization, Grassroots Future, which partners with local NGOs to empower the refugee community, as well as hosting their own initiative Table of Two Cities to bring the local, expat, and refugee community together over food and stories. Special thanks to Tegan from Grassroots Future for hosting this episode with us! You can find them here https://grassrootsfuture.org/ go check them out they do awesome stuff!CONTACT USInstagram: communityandconfluenceEmail: [email protected]...more34minPlay
December 06, 2022Bouncing Back From an Arson AttackMatthew and Alex speak with Joel about his journey escaping his home country with his family and going from a life as a politician to figuring out his life as a refugee in Hong Kong, and how his outlook on the world has changed throughout this journey.--RESOURCES:Website for Africa Centre HK: http://www.africacenterhk.com/--GOT QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? CONTACT US!Instagram: @communityandconfluenceEmail: [email protected]...more26minPlay
November 21, 2022How To Find Home in A Place That Doesn't Want YouIn Episode 2 of Community&Confluence, Matthew sits down with Jane* to discuss what it means to live in Hong Kong as an asylum seeker, and what it means to call (or not call) Hong Kong home.*alias**slight correction, at 6:50 Jane mentions that international school tuition is 2x that of local school tuition. The actual figure is about 5x more expensive, further underlining how impossible it is for asylum seekers to attend international schools.RESOURCES:Website: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/Get involved: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/volunteerDonate: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/donationsHKIS kids: join the SOS!GOT QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? CONTACT US!Instagram: @communityandconfluenceEmail: [email protected]...more17minPlay
November 18, 2022Deep Dive: Branches of HopeIn the first ever episode of Community and Confluence, Matthew sits down with Alex, Chris, Greene, and Cherry to talk about Branches of Hope, their three main pillars of service (Care, Empower, and Social Change) and what sort of impact they’re trying to make in the refugee community.*Note: at 18:50, Greene said “resettle” when he meant to say “reintegrate.”RESOURCES:Website: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/Get involved: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/volunteerDonate: https://branchesofhope.org.hk/donationsHKIS kids: join the SOS!GOT QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? CONTACT US!Instagram: @communityandconfluenceEmail: [email protected]...more31minPlay
FAQs about Community and Confluence:How many episodes does Community and Confluence have?The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.