The AACC Podcast

Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes welcome Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Executive Director of Christians for Social Action, to talk about the challenges Asian American women face, the riches Asian American women bring to their communities, and how we can pursue justice for all women. They offer a Biblical framework for understanding justice around women's issues, as well as discuss practical steps toward justice for Asian American women in a variety of contexts.

Nikki Toyama-Szeto is the Executive Director of Christians for Social Action, helping Christians have a faith-fueled engagement with the world's most challenging issues. Before joining CSA in 2017, she served in leadership positions at International Justice Mission, the Urbana Conference and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Nikki writes on justice, leadership, gender issues and multi-ethnicity for various magazines, and is a co-editor of More than Serving Tea and co-author of Partnering with the Global Church. Nikki resides in the DC metro area with her family.

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Credits

Hosts: Raymond Chang, Michelle Reyes

Sound Engineers: Iris Kim, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

Raymond Chang welcomes Tim Tseng to talk about how churches and Christian organizations can better equip the next generation of Asian Americans to live out the gospel, particularly in our pursuit of justice. They also share about historical leaders in Asian American Christianity and what we can learn from their lives.

As Pacific Area Director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's Graduate and Faculty Ministries (GFM), Tim Tseng is devoting the most important years of his life to raising up leaders who can make a positive impact for the Christian gospel; leaders who can be a leaven for the Kingdom of God (Luke 13:20-21). Called to ministry at Urbana 1981 and ordained by the American Baptist Churches USA, he pastored Asian immigrant churches and volunteered for my denomination. After earning his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity, he's taught at several seminaries, lectured, led workshops, and published about the history of Christianity, evangelicalism, Chinese and Asian American Christianity, and race. Because Asian American Christians have such a special place in his heart, he's also dedicated his life to supporting ministry leaders who serve Asian Americans.

Resources from the conversation:

Kingdom of God in America by H.R. Niebuhr

Facing West: American Evangelicals in an Age of World Christianity by David R. Swartz

Asian American Christian Legacy Facebook Page

In Search of Equality: The Chinese Struggle Against Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century America by Charles J. McClain

Chinatown's Suffragist, Pastor, and Community Organizer by Tim Tseng

Race, Religion, and Civil Rights: Asian Students on the West Coast Stephanie Hinnershitz

The End of Empathy: Why White Protestants Stopped Loving Their Neighbors by John W. Compton

Additional resources on Chinese and Asian American Christianity

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Host: Raymond Chang

Sound Engineers: Ashley Hong, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

What would real and just cultural representation of Asian Americans in entertainment look like? And why should Asian American Christians care about cultural representation, anyways? Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes sit down with Nancy Yuen and talk about movies like Crazy Rich Asians, Parasite, and Never Have I Ever, the idea of an Asian Bechdel test, and the riches and strengths of Asian Americans within the space of entertainment. It's a fun and educational talk about the movies we watch and how we can be a force to shape a more just Hollywood.

Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist and pop culture expert. She is the author of "Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism" and co-author of "Tokens on the Small Screen: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time and Streaming Television." She has appeared on PBS, NPR, BBC World TV, Dr. Phil, New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. She is a guest writer at Newsweek, Elle, HuffPost, and Self.

Follow her on Twitter @nancywyuen.

Resources from the conversation:

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors & Racism by Nancy Wang Yuen

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Hosts: Raymond Chang, Michelle Reyes

Sound Editors: Iris Kim, Sean Kim

Coordinator: Grace Liu

Raymond Chang and Michelle Ami Reyes welcome Jenny Yang, Senior Vice President of Advocacy & Policy at World Relief, to share what we can learn from the Bible about just treatment of immigrants. They discuss immigration laws, their personal experiences as children of immigrants, what Asian Americans should understand about immigration, and how we can pursue justice for the immigrant in a Christ-honoring way.

What is the biblical framework for justice? Why should Asian American Christians care about justice in this current cultural moment and how are we uniquely suited to engage this issue? Raymond Chang and Michelle Reyes sit down with Professor Soong-Chan Rah to talk about the intersection of faith, culture and justice for Asian Americans.

Welcome to the AACC Podcast! On this first episode of Season 1, President Raymond Chang and Vice President Michelle Reyes introduce the season theme: Reclaiming Justice. What does it mean to be an Asian American Christian? How do we pursue and reclaim the biblical vision of justice as Asian American followers of Jesus? How do we live at the intersection of faith, culture, and justice in uniquely Asian ways? Tune in to hear about all this and more!