Project Voice

By Jessica Nguyen

Society & Culture

What's Project Voice about?

Project Voice is a podcast series dedicated to increasing visibility on issues that Asian/Asian American women face daily as well as providing a platform where the community can go to for guidance and resources.

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Episode 68: Civic Advocacy ...

09.11.2020

Jessica Nguyen sits down with Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright of Ballot Breakers, Representative Padma Kuppa of Michigan, and Representative Patty Kim of Pennsylvania to discuss civic advocacy and American politics.

Project Voice episodes:

09.11.2020 Episode 68: Civic Advocacy and Politics with Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright of Ballot Breakers, State Rep. Padma Kuppa of MI, State Rep. Patty Kim of PA Jessica Nguyen sits down with Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright of Ballot Breakers, Representative Padma Kuppa of Michigan, and Representative Patty Kim of Pennsylvania to discuss civic advocacy and American politics.
09.04.2020 Episode 67: Overcoming Barriers while Pursuing a Career in Academia as an Asian American with the SEAAster Scholars Jessica Nguyen sits down with a few members of the Southeast Asian American (SEAA) SEAAster Scholars Collective–Jacqueline Mac, Linda Pheng, Vanessa S. Na, Varaxy Yi–to hear more about their experiences as POC/SEAA in academia, the meaning of homemaking, and the ...
08.28.2020 Episode 66: Learning about Life Coaching, Holistic Healing, Spirituality, and Self-Improvement with Seo Kelleher Jessica Nguyen sits down with Seo Kelleher to talk about her journey as an intuitive life and business coach and shamanic healer. When she transitioned into becoming an intuitive life and business coach, she realized that she had to dig ...
08.21.2020 Episode 65: Starting Passion Projects and Dealing with Burnout with Tiffany Huang of Spill Stories Jessica Nguyen sits down with Tiffany Huang, the founder of Spill Stories, to talk about how she is able to foster personal growth passion projects. Stifled by the fast-paced Hong Kong lifestyle, Tiffany wanted to build a platform that allows ...
08.14.2020 Episode 64: Documenting Southeast Asian Narratives and Trending Community Issues with Project Yellow Dress Julie McConnell sits down with Julia Ha and Tammy Tran from Project Yellow Dress (PYD) to talk about how underrepresented communities are gaining visibility through self-expressed artistic mediums.
08.07.2020 Episode 63: Healing your Relationship with Your Parents with Ivy Kwong Jessica Nguyen sits down with Ivy Kwong to talk about navigating the healing process individuals may have to go through with their family, particularly their parents. After talking about her own personal experience, Ivy shares tactics to help people heal ...
07.31.2020 Episode 62: Discussing the Importance of Political Participation within Asian-American Households with Helena Berbano Jessica Nguyen sits down with Helena Berbano to delve into how and why Asian-Americans are so politically disengaged. Given Helena’s active involvement in campaigning for Asian-American women candidates, she speaks about the power of political engagement and how the lack ...
07.29.2020 Episode 61.5: Loveboat, Taipei with Abigail Hing Wen (+Giveaway!) Jessica Nguyen sits down with Abigail Hing Wen, the author of Asian-American young adult novel “Loveboat, Taipei,” to learn about her journey in becoming a published author. Working in artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley, Abigail had no idea she would ...
07.24.2020 Episode 61: An Introduction to the Intersection of Identity and Product Design for the Asian-American Consumers with COVRY Jessica Nguyen sits down with Florence Shin and Athina Wang from COVRY Eyewear to talk about how they celebrate and set a new standard for diversity in the eyewear industry.
07.17.2020 Episode 60: A Casual Chat on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Living with CeCe Horbat Julie McConnell sits down with Cece Horbat to discuss all things environmentalism. As someone who has been interested in the environment after watching NBC commercials about recycling, Cece is now majoring in environmental justice at the University of Michigan’s School ...
07.10.2020 Episode 59: On Intergenerational Trauma with SEARAC Julie Connell sits down with Nkauj Iab Yang from Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) to deliver an educational episode centered around trauma–from how it's defined to the long-term consequences that unfold when trauma goes unaddressed.
07.03.2020 Episode 58: Quitting Your 9-to-5 job to Pursue a Creative/Entrepreneurial Path with Wonton in a Million and Simply Gilded Jessica Nguyen sits down with Cynthia Koo and Irene Kwong to talk about their experiences as Asian-American women business owners in the stationery industry. In this interview, we explore how they turned their passion into a career while dealing with ...
03.01.2019 Episode 57: Last Words - Season 4 Finale This is it. We made it. Season 4 finale.
02.15.2019 Episode 56: Collaborations through Love Intersections About a year ago, Minnie Ng and I invited Jen Sungshine to share with us not only her history and experience in activism and video production under Love Intersections but her insights about collaborating with other multitalented QTPOC artists as ...
02.01.2019 Episode 55: Healing as a Survivor Years before the online #MeToo movement that took place in October 2017, Yee Xiong filed a civil suit case against her attacker. Determined to bring justice to her case, she bravely held her ground despite the bribery and threats that ...
01.28.2019 Episode 54: An Earnest Fight Against Anti-Blackness Brought to you by our co-host, Afsana Oreen: Anti-Blackness within the South Asian diasporic community is often not discussed. That’s why I was excited to learn how Nina Bhattacharya – a writer, educator, and cultural organizer – combats anti-blackness. I ...
12.18.2018 Episode 53: SEARAC: Affirmative Action and Data Disaggregation Affirmative action has been one of the hottest debates for a while within our community and I thought that it would be really helpful to have Quyen Dinh, Executive Director from the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, also known as ...
12.06.2018 Episode 52: NAPAWF: Reclaiming Our Bodies and Minds through Political Advocacy and #BodyLove Tired of being told how we should navigate the world, Sung Yeon Choimorrow and I will be opening up the conversation on body issues by first discussing and dispelling stereotypes fostered by microaggressions, internalized racism, fatphobia, racism, and more. Later ...
11.15.2018 Episode 51: Bharat Babies: The Power of Storytelling When I was looking for sponsors for Project Voice, one of the items on my criteria was to partner with a business who reflected our values and I believe that Bharat Babies really fit the mold for us as a ...
11.03.2018 Episode 50: AAPI Women Lead: #ImReady After coming back from a retreat for Asian American women, I have fostered a deeper appreciation for physical spaces dedicated solely for Asian women. That’s why Dr. Connie Wun is here today to share about her upcoming launch of #ImReady, ...
10.25.2018 Episode 49: SEARAC: Southeast Asian American Solidarity Toolkit: A Guide to Resisting Deportations and Detentions from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign Each month from October to December 2018, Project Voice will be releasing an episode that highlights an important social justice issue that SEARAC is fighting for on behalf of Southeast Asian American families, students, and elders. This month, our topic ...
10.20.2018 Episode 48: Sharbari Ahmed: Breaking South Asian Stereotypes Across Genres Suffering from writer's block? Seek inspiration by listening to author Sharbari Ahmed's journey writing across different genres. She shares why it is important for her to challenge tropes about South-Asians, particularly Bangladeshis and Muslims, in her pieces. I hope you ...
10.03.2018 Episode 47: Jumakae: On Healing and Transformative Justice Ever since Project Voice has relaunched its brand, I’ve been waiting to share with you my latest interview with June Kaewsith on healing and transformative justice. What’s so unique about this conversation is that it speaks to me where I ...
09.03.2018 Episode 46: Reappropriation through Asian American Feminism I’ve had the awesome opportunity to interview Jenn Fang of Reappropriate, known as “one of the oldest AAPI feminist and racial activist blogs” on the Net, on Project Voice right before our official rebranding launch! Active for almost 20 years ...
08.17.2018 Episode 45: Southeast Asian Podcasters Unite on Class and Education Although we may come from different ends of the spectrum in terms of priorities as Asian American podcasters, Vi and J of the Journey to the West podcast and I thought it would still be a valuable collaboration to share ...
08.09.2018 Episode 44: More on the Asian Diaspora: What's Happening in Australia? In today’s podcast, I have invited Erin Chew, who I first heard about through her work on YOMYOMF.com, will be sharing her knowledge about the history of Asian Australia as well as what’s been hot on the current agenda for ...
07.22.2018 Episode 43: I'm Adulting!: On Personal Finance & Self Care Lucky you, all you need to do is tune in to hear some savvy real world tips that Bella and I are excited to share after experiencing our own trial and errors: from opening up a savings account, to choosing ...
07.17.2018 Episode 42: Level Up!: A Walkthrough on Our History with Gaming Tune in to hear how gaming has played a huge role in helping us battle through our childhood days and how it has led us to discovering online and offline communities that reflect our need for Asian diasporic representation and ...
06.14.2018 Episode 41: Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma with Calm Clarity Serendipitously, I had the honor of interviewing Due Quach, author of the viral Medium piece, “Poor and Traumatized at Harvard” and founder and CEO of Calm Clarity, a program that dedicates itself to showing us “how to control negative urges, ...
06.14.2018 Episode 40: Listen to Your Body: The Appendix Collective Last month, I had an amazing opportunity to speak with Lisa Pradhan, a fellow Smithie alum who is an active member of The Appendix Collective, “a Bay Area collective of Asian American womxn + queer artists reclaiming personal, intimate and ...
04.29.2018 Episode 39: Empowering Voices: AAPI Power Through Media Content creators Sahra V. Nguyen and Jessica Nguyen use various mediums to raise awareness of AAPI identity and how it intersects with traditional cultural values. They will speak on how to challenge stereotypes, break away from a minority status, reclaim ...
04.13.2018 Episode 38: Love Your Work as Much as Kat Loves L.A. In this podcast, I had the amazing opportunity to invite Paget Kagy of "Kat Loves L.A." to share her journey with us on how she went about starting a webseries on her own, learning to juggle between acting, writing, and ...
04.05.2018 Episode 37: I'd Rather be a Yellow Ranger than a Model Minority Let's do a little throwback and talk about how we all had a time in our lives when we wanted to be the Yellow Ranger. Now, many of our awesome selves have become one. In today's episode, YLWRNGR's Lauren Espejo ...
03.19.2018 Episode 36: We're Back and Hmong Women are Taking on the World So, we're going to kick off the new season with Elizabeth Yang and her global virtual summit, Hmong Women Take on the World (HWTOTW). After discussing with Elizabeth about how despite having no country, Hmong women continue to stay strong ...
02.03.2018 Episode 35: Open Hiatus I have decided to take a break from Podcasting. Project Voice will be on an open hiatus until further notice. I think it’s time for me to leave some time out to re-prioritize what I want to do next in ...
01.21.2018 Episode 34: The Power of Digital Media (and How to Use it to Disrupt White Spaces) Both Cherisse and I quickly connected over our passion in designing and creating content through digital media. Not only do we hope to encourage our listeners to let go of their feelings of guilt and discomfort from navigating in such ...
01.09.2018 Episode 33: Mental Health: Being There for Loved Ones with Depression Like many other mental health disorders, depression goes on a spectrum and the issue of being diagnosed with it is interrelated to a number of factors, including one's own cultural background. Although we've touched upon the topic of depression before, ...
12.26.2017 Episode 32: How to Blend into the White World as an Asian Woman Project Voice is going to be a bit unconventional here with our topic of the day: how to blend into the White world as an Asian woman. This interview wouldn't be a success if it wasn't for the creative thinking ...
11.03.2017 Episode 31: From Chinese Restaurant to Corporate America: What it Means to Have Grit There is always something to share about when it comes to growing up as children of immigrants, especially when it comes to stories of adversities that have helped shape us to who we've become today. Amy Huang credited her experiences ...
10.20.2017 Episode 30: Japanese Womanhood and Feminism Today, I have the pleasure and honor to interview Emiko of Her Confidence Her Way, a Podcast series with a mission to guide Japanese women towards having self-confidence and living a meaningful life. Despite the fact that Japan is one ...
10.06.2017 Episode 29: The Importance of Intersectionality: Class, Citizenship, Education, and More In this episode, we will be covering some aspects of our identity that we may forget and overlook now and then when we're initiating dialogues about our struggles. Originally, I wanted to talk about how solely class plays a role ...
09.22.2017 Episode 28: More Blasian Narratives Please!: A Response to the Lack of Non-White Mixed Asian Representation Feeling inspired after watching Blasian Narratives, I invited Mieko Gavia to speak and share about her perspective and journey with self-identity as a Blasian American and the politics behind being labeled as mixed race, especially when it comes to mixed ...
09.08.2017 Episode 27: Not Without, Not Despite: Accept Us for Who We Are WITH our Disabilities In this episode, Maya Ghorpade, Doris Jung, and I will be sharing our personal, intersectional experiences on growing up as Asian women with disabilities. Tune in to learn about how having a disability affects every aspect of our lives, why ...
08.25.2017 Episode 26: Diving Deeper into Mental Health Issues This interview is the second episode of a 2 episode special on Project Voice. If you haven't listened to our first one, please check it out (we covered transgender identity issues, he-he)! Content warning: we will be diving into questions ...
08.11.2017 Episode 25: A Womxn is Not Defined by Her Body: Transgender and Asian A womxn is not defined by her body. On this episode, I had the honor of inviting Terra Hoy to share with us her narratives of growing up as an Asian American and coming out as transgender. Key topics that ...
07.28.2017 Episode 24: How to Be an Asian/Asian American Activist What does it mean to be an activist in this day and age? In today’s episode, my awesome friend, Jennifer Li, and I will be covering topics ranging from how you can be involved as an activist for your Asian/Asian ...
07.14.2017 Episode 23: Living the Life that YOU Want Last year, I had a life crisis that threw me into a whirlwind of questions for me - and I have to say, subconsciously trying to live up to the model minority myth made the experience worse: What do I ...
06.30.2017 Episode 22: Normalizing Queerness I didn’t think one episode on the queer Asian American experience could be justified as having enough content that’s representative of the LGBTQIA Asian/Asian American community, so I’m making a return to share more of such narratives - this time, ...
06.16.2017 Episode 21: RAD ASIAN GIRLS: A Panel on Art, Race, and Gender On May 7th, 2017, I was invited to speak as a spring speaker for the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) at Northwestern University. I'd like to thank everyone who had helped organize this event. Speakers included Olivia Park of Sad ...
05.31.2017 Episode 20: I’m Proud to be a Child of Refugee Immigrant Parents: Part 2 I’m starting off the season with a topic very close to my heart: growing up as a child of refugee immigrant parents. My friend, Saroeun, and I will be sharing our personal struggles growing up as first-born children of immigrant ...

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Project Voice episodes:

Episode 68: Civic Advocacy and Politics with Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright of Ballot Breakers, State Rep. Padma Kuppa of MI, State Rep. Patty Kim of PA

Episode 67: Overcoming Barriers while Pursuing a Career in Academia as an Asian American with the SEAAster Scholars

Episode 66: Learning about Life Coaching, Holistic Healing, Spirituality, and Self-Improvement with Seo Kelleher

Episode 65: Starting Passion Projects and Dealing with Burnout with Tiffany Huang of Spill Stories

Episode 64: Documenting Southeast Asian Narratives and Trending Community Issues with Project Yellow Dress

Episode 63: Healing your Relationship with Your Parents with Ivy Kwong

Episode 62: Discussing the Importance of Political Participation within Asian-American Households with Helena Berbano

Episode 61.5: Loveboat, Taipei with Abigail Hing Wen (+Giveaway!)

Episode 61: An Introduction to the Intersection of Identity and Product Design for the Asian-American Consumers with COVRY

Episode 60: A Casual Chat on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Living with CeCe Horbat

Episode 59: On Intergenerational Trauma with SEARAC

Episode 58: Quitting Your 9-to-5 job to Pursue a Creative/Entrepreneurial Path with Wonton in a Million and Simply Gilded

Episode 57: Last Words - Season 4 Finale

Episode 56: Collaborations through Love Intersections

Episode 55: Healing as a Survivor

Episode 54: An Earnest Fight Against Anti-Blackness

Episode 53: SEARAC: Affirmative Action and Data Disaggregation

Episode 52: NAPAWF: Reclaiming Our Bodies and Minds through Political Advocacy and #BodyLove

Episode 51: Bharat Babies: The Power of Storytelling

Episode 50: AAPI Women Lead: #ImReady

Episode 49: SEARAC: Southeast Asian American Solidarity Toolkit: A Guide to Resisting Deportations and Detentions from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign

Episode 48: Sharbari Ahmed: Breaking South Asian Stereotypes Across Genres

Episode 47: Jumakae: On Healing and Transformative Justice

Episode 46: Reappropriation through Asian American Feminism

Episode 45: Southeast Asian Podcasters Unite on Class and Education

Episode 44: More on the Asian Diaspora: What's Happening in Australia?

Episode 43: I'm Adulting!: On Personal Finance & Self Care

Episode 42: Level Up!: A Walkthrough on Our History with Gaming

Episode 41: Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma with Calm Clarity

Episode 40: Listen to Your Body: The Appendix Collective

Episode 39: Empowering Voices: AAPI Power Through Media

Episode 38: Love Your Work as Much as Kat Loves L.A.

Episode 37: I'd Rather be a Yellow Ranger than a Model Minority

Episode 36: We're Back and Hmong Women are Taking on the World

Episode 35: Open Hiatus

Episode 34: The Power of Digital Media (and How to Use it to Disrupt White Spaces)

Episode 33: Mental Health: Being There for Loved Ones with Depression

Episode 32: How to Blend into the White World as an Asian Woman

Episode 31: From Chinese Restaurant to Corporate America: What it Means to Have Grit

Episode 30: Japanese Womanhood and Feminism

Episode 29: The Importance of Intersectionality: Class, Citizenship, Education, and More

Episode 28: More Blasian Narratives Please!: A Response to the Lack of Non-White Mixed Asian Representation

Episode 27: Not Without, Not Despite: Accept Us for Who We Are WITH our Disabilities

Episode 26: Diving Deeper into Mental Health Issues

Episode 25: A Womxn is Not Defined by Her Body: Transgender and Asian

Episode 24: How to Be an Asian/Asian American Activist

Episode 23: Living the Life that YOU Want

Episode 22: Normalizing Queerness

Episode 21: RAD ASIAN GIRLS: A Panel on Art, Race, and Gender

Episode 20: I’m Proud to be a Child of Refugee Immigrant Parents: Part 2

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