ImmigrAsians

Ju Hong
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The ImmigrAsians Podcast uplifts the stories of currently and formerly undocumented Asian immigrants living in the United States. Led by and for the undocumented immigrant community, our mission is to empower Asian undocumented immigrants through storytelling. We envision a society where people have a platform to share their stories to inspire and connect with others to make a positive change in the world. The show is hosted by Ju Hong - a Korean immigrant rights activist living in the San Francisco Bay Area

  1. Rehana Morita

    11/07/2022

    Rehana Morita

    Rehana Morita (she/her) is a Japanese-Libyan writer, chief editor, actor, digital storyteller, and cultural organizer raised in the Inland Empire, CA. She is currently majoring in Film & Media and Asian American Studies at UC Irvine with an interest in reimagining new worlds as a tool for collective liberation. At UCI, she manages digital publications for Her Campus Media and UCI Admissions, and facilitates creative workshops for undocumented artists and other marginalized arts students. She challenges the immigrant narrative through writing, which influenced her to produce a podcast about undocumented students at UCI. Rehana recently joined the UCLA Labor Center's new undocu-led initiative, EmpoweringAP, as a founding member in hopes of cultivating a spaces to empower each other for collective consciousness. After she graduates in the Spring of 2023, she plans to apply for artist residencies and fellowships, and pursue writing and acting professionally.

    1h 25m
  2. Eunsoo Jeong

    09/26/2022

    Eunsoo Jeong

    Eunsoo Jeong is a Los Angeles-based artist and the creator of Koreangry, a comic/zine series based on her daily struggles as a Korean-American. Koreangry is a 7-inch puppet/ doll/ armature/ character that she created, sort of her alter-ego. The Koreangry zine series illustrates the artist's life journey told with this character––photographed with hand made props in a set. The zines include written excerpts, word-play, poems, comics, crude sketches, and experimental digital collages. Social Media:  IG, Twitter, FB @KOREANGRY Email: Koreangry@gmail.com Website: Koreangry.com

    46 min
  3. Sumana Kaluvai

    08/22/2022

    Sumana Kaluvai

    Sumana is currently the co-director of the hidden dream and was a past fellow with UCLA DRC and immigrants rising. She has worked with the undocumented community and currently is working on bridging the gap of resources for dependent visa children/spouses who often face similar issues as undocumented students but are not part of national policy and resource conversations.  To learn more about Sumana's work, please visit the website here: https://thehiddendream.org

    39 min

  4. 08/14/2022

    Onion Ha

    Onion Ha was born in South Korea and moved to the United States in 2003 when he was only six years old. He spent his childhood enjoying all types of music and dancing, and he went to public school and graduated in 2015. Onion is a DACA recipient and an active member at a nonprofit organization called Hamkae Center in Virginia.

    52 min
  5. Nicole Solis-Sison

    05/30/2022

    Nicole Solis-Sison

    NICOLE SOLIS-SISON, is an artist, producer, educator, and creative director. Solis-Sison’s work focuses on cultural equity, diversity, and sustainability in digital discourse across the art, media, and film industries.  Her emphasis on digital content strategy has paved the way for brands and talent agencies to streamline their content in emerging markets serving as an educator at General Assembly and creative director for Matter Media Group.  Currently, she is a co-producer for a documentary called Undocumented Justice, about the first DACA lawyer, Luis Cortes Romero, to argue a case before the nation’s Supreme Court while serving as a founding member of the Undocumented Filmmakers Collective. Solis-Sison received her BFA at the University of California, Berkeley.  You can find Solis-Sison's work here: https://www.nicolesolissison.com/

    50 min
  6. Steve Li

    05/08/2022

    Steve Li

    Steve Li is a leader in the immigrant community advocating for immigration reform and social justice. He is a co-author of “Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation”- a UCLA publication where he shares his first-hand experience of being detained by ICE. Steve has also worked on several campaigns, including the California Endowment Foundation’s #Health4All campaign, a bill that aims to expand healthcare access to the undocumented community.  Steve currently serves on the board of directors at Asian Health Services, a community health clinic located in Oakland, CA. Li holds a B.A in Asian American Studies & Public Health from the University of California, Davis. Steve is a future Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who will begin classes at Yale in the fall. Please consider donating and supporting Steve to attend graduate school this fall: https://www.gofundme.com/f/steveyalefundraiser

    56 min
  7. Ainee Athar

    05/02/2022

    Ainee Athar

    Ainee Athar is an Impact Fellow with the Prime Coalition, a public charity investing catalytic capital into climate technologies with gigaton-scale emissions reduction potential. Ainee’s focus on climate impact comes on the heels of a highly impactful tenure as an immigrant advocate and technology-driven community organizer.  During her time with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, she was the youngest immigration program officer in America. Her portfolio helped protect 2 million undocumented and vulnerable immigrants from deportation while shaping national narratives on asylum, essential workers, and the bipartisan need for immigration reform. Other highlights of her work include financing the historic campaign at the Supreme Court to protect DACA and catalyzing a national campaign of immigrant leaders around Temporary Protected Status. She previously held roles in civic tech and as the Texas Director of FWD.us.  Ainee was born in Pakistan, raised in Texas, and spent her life as an undocumented immigrant before obtaining asylum at 26. She lives in the Bay Area and enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, and playing with pets. Ainee is excited to start her MBA at Stanford in the Fall.

    55 min
  8. Serafina Ha

    04/25/2022

    Serafina Ha

    Serafina is passionate about the spirit of the immigrant and immigrant activist --particularly the Korean- and Asian-American- in the US. Her own experiences as an undocumented immigrant rights activist started in 2014 in Chicago as a fresh college graduate. They led her to realize the gaps in the necessarily political agenda of movement-building and the spiritual needs of individual activist leaders to feel and be seen as human. She believes that activism in the long term needs to come as a result of an intentional and critical examination and deep nurturing of the self and soul. This is necessary for it to effectively achieve both individual and collective aims. After switching careers from public accounting to social work, then dabbling in visual art, she is now writing a memoir about her search for her Korean-American identity. She believes that undocumented immigrants' stories and perspectives can unlock a lot of potential for immigrants and children of immigrants to know themselves and live fully. Check out Serafina's work here: https://serafinaha.wixsite.com/byserafina

    53 min
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The ImmigrAsians Podcast uplifts the stories of currently and formerly undocumented Asian immigrants living in the United States. Led by and for the undocumented immigrant community, our mission is to empower Asian undocumented immigrants through storytelling. We envision a society where people have a platform to share their stories to inspire and connect with others to make a positive change in the world. The show is hosted by Ju Hong - a Korean immigrant rights activist living in the San Francisco Bay Area

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  • Creator
    Ju Hong
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ju Hong
  • Show Website
    ImmigrAsians