As we approach our awakening, a process of learning, unlearning, and owning the parts of ourselves that will serve our growth. In this episode, Dr. Jenn talks with Dr. Connie Wun about her unlearning, reclaiming, and in time using her lessons to empower and organize communities to be in solidarity, power and righteous rage. Dr. Wun reminds us of our humanity through our coming into consciousness.
Dr. Connie Wun is a researcher, author, educator and the executive director and co-founder of AAPI Women Lead. Her work is a reflection of a lifelong commitment to ending racial and gender-based violence. She has published in academic books, journals, and mainstream press, including the anthology, Antiblackness, as well as Educational Policy, Race, Ethnicity and Education, Critical Sociology and Elle magazine. She is a co-editor for the anthology, Abolition for the People, with Colin Kaepernick and Christopher Petrella. Dr. Wun has appeared on Democracy Now!, MSNBC, NPR, and a range of podcasts. She is a former National Science Foundation Fellow, Soros Justice Fellow, UC Berkeley Chancellors Fellow and more. She’s also been recognized by California API Legislative Caucus with the 2021 Excellence in Civil Rights Award and by GoldHouse with an A100 award. She is a former sex worker, high school and college educator, anti-sexual assault advocate and organizer. Dr. Wun continues to co-facilitate community-driven research projects on racial and gender violence with organizations across the US. Connie has a daily meditation practice and is a yoga instructor who has also trained in Muay Thai and kickboxing.
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