What's AAP?

What's AAP today? In our season finale, Lucy Shen (ADEM AD 25) joins us to  talk about youth mentorship. We also discuss the 'model minority', post-graduation networks, and how we became progressives confronting institutions.

Below are some resources for getting involved with youth mentorship:

Engage Fremont Coalition: http://engagefremont.com/

Bay Area Resource Generation organizer training program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NGUcWYtAc4ZfT1sMv6hEZGa7mp7faiD9RUmTdpJ91as/edit

Resource Generation: https://resourcegeneration.org/

SJ Strong mentorship program: https://www.instagram.com/sj.strongmentor/?hl=en

South Bay Youth Changemakers: https://www.youthchangemakers.org/summer-program

APIENC summer organizer program: https://apienc.org/2021/02/01/2021-summer-organizer-program-apply-by-march-1st/

What's AAP, everyone? In today's episode, we're joined by Katie Wang and Bryan Sih from Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) LA. We talk about the CCED, some recent legal battles for affordable housing in Los Angeles, gentrification, and how the organization has been addressing their activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Learn more about the CCED:

https://www.ccedla.org/

In this episode, Austin Tam, (Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, ADEM) joins us to talk about disabilities--mental and physical--and its stigma in AAPI communities, as well as ways to improve moving forward.

Have a Happy and safe Lunar New Year!

In this special episode, the whole team discusses about the Lunar New Year and their experiences stemming from different cultures.

What's AAP, is a podcast for amplifying the voices of Asian American Pacific Islanders and progressives in California. 

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This is a quick update that we are moving to a bi-weekly schedule! Keep the discussion up on social media! Thank you for your loyal support.

In this episode, Susan Park, mutual aid organizer/activist/entrepreneur, joins us to discuss the role of mutual aid in AAPI communities.

Susan Park lives with a mission to give as much as she can to those who are in need. Not only is she the founder of AA4H (Asian Americans For Housing and Environmental Justice), she converted her family-owned restaurant Revolutionario Tacos to a mutual aid hub providing culture-specific food to those who need food assistance, particularly elders. She is also a founder and editor of Gidra Magazine.

In this episode, Natalie Masuoka, chair of the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA, joins us to talk about the role of Asian American Pacific Islanders for electoral politics in California and the United States. We talk about the growth of Asian Americans as an electorate and how might progressives best be able to communicate their policy platforms.

Learn more about Natalie:

https://polisci.ucla.edu/person/natalie-masuoka/

Kenneth Mejia, who is currently running for Los Angeles city controller, joins us to talk about why he's running for controller and what he hopes to achieve in that position. We also discuss the future of AAPIs in politics and how to keep movements going.

Learn more about Kenneth's campaign:

https://mejiaforcontroller.com/

Claire Lau, co-founder of SF Berniecrats, joins us to talk about how and why she became an activist. We talk about how progressive moments get started, going beyond just binary thinking, and what it means to be a good leader. 

Check out the recommended reading:

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674975491&content=toc

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In this first episode of What's AAP, Albert and Jiyoung, Asian American activists in California introduce the podcast by discussing their family backgrounds and reasons for wanting a space for progressive Asian American politics.  

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