How can, and should, faith and the work for racial justice interact? We speak with Hmong 4 Black Lives activist and recently lay ordained Buddhist practitioner Sōkyo Chee Xiong (he/they) about the relationship between his social awareness and spirituality. Chee shares the profound affect George Floyd’s murder had on them as a Hmong American person of faith with roots in the Twin Cities, and how he has come to see his religious practice and his organizing work as two sides of the same coin.

You can find Sōkyo Chee Xiong on Instagram.

This series is made in collaboration with Buddhist Justice Reporter, with support from the Minneapolis Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Music by Small Million.