Latchkey Urchins & Friends S1.E12. Asian American Immigrants & Economic Violence—with guest Yin Ling Leung
We interview Yin Ling Leung, activist and a founding sister of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), whose parents immigrated from China to Hawaii. We look at the trauma of leaving your family and home community behind to move somewhere else, and how that trauma defines American society. "Economic violence is any act or behavior which causes economic harm to an individual. Economic violence can take the form of, for example, property damage, restricting access to financial resources, education or the labor market, or not complying with economic responsibilities." (Wikipedia)
Interesting things to think about as we celebrate Thanksgiving or the new Day of Mourning this week in the US.
00:00 Introduction by Anne and Alison
Native American rights issues and Thanksgiving plans
7:42 Interview with Yin
Economic violence, economic mobility, the magic of books and spending time in nature, protective factors of childhood, and spam sandwiches.
About Yin Ling Leung:
Yin Ling Leung is the Chief Strategy Officer and the co-founder of Applied Research Works, a Palo Alto-based health technology company, where she works on her passion creating actionable metrics for addressing Whole Person Care (WPC) a framework for addressing health disparities. Her life’s work has spanned organizing for better working conditions for sweatshop workers, preventing toxic exposure for vulnerable communities, reproductive health and justice and advocating for more democratic philanthropy.
Leung held key leadership roles at Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Asians and Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF). She was one of the original organizers and founding sisters of NAPAWF, the first national organization of its kind born out of the 1995 United Nations’ Women’s Conference in Beijing.
In the past, Leung has also served as a strategist to the New World Foundation, Ford Foundation, Social Justice Fund Northwest, Women’s Funding Alliance, Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy and the Ms. Foundation for Women.
Leung spent her childhood in Hawai’i and is a graduate of Oberlin College and Stanford University. She and her family lead a global nomadic existence spanning the SF Bay Area, Kolkata, India and Hawai’i.
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Song "One Cloud is Lonely" by Próxima Parada.
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