Intergenerational Organizing with Chinese Progressive Association
Published October 29, 2019
Lai Wa Wu, Emily Wong, Angela Zhou (also known as Zhou Rui Fang), and interpreter Adrian Leong of Chinese Progressive Association & Youth MOJO (Movement of Justice and Organizing) in San Francisco join series host Taj James to reflect on the challenges and victories of intergenerational organizing, the complexity of cross-cultural work across generations, and the importance of incorporating mental health supports in youth organizing.
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Note: This episode was published under Irresistible’s previous name, Healing Justice Podcast.
About our guests
The Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working-class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.
Youth MOJO (Movement of Justice and Organizing) is a leadership development program for high school youth, with a focus on low-income Chinese American youth. Youth MOJO leaders work on social issues affecting youth and their families such as healthcare, education, immigrant and workers’ rights.
The Tenant Worker Center educates and organizes low-wage immigrant workers to improve their working conditions and achieve economic justice.
Lai Wa Wu, Lead Youth Organizer at Chinese Progressive Association
Emily Wong, Youth Leader at Youth MOJO
Adrian Leong, Community Organizer at Chinese Progressive Association
Angela Zhou / Zhou Rui Fang, Adult Leader at Tenant Worker Center
Series guest host Taj James is a father, poet, strategist, designer, and philanthropic and capital advisor. Taj is the Founder and a Senior Advisor at the Movement Strategy Center and Curator at Full Spectrum Labs. Taj is also one of the designers of the Next Gen Fund which is providing support to the organizations, communities and young leaders who are sharing their stories on this podcast series.
The Next Generation Fund is a response to a growing call from frontline organizers to learn from restorative & transformative practices in order to support a rising generation of social justice leaders and nurture sustainable approaches to organizing and community building. The Fund is anchored by the Ford Foundation and developed in partnership with the Movement Strategy Center’s Innovation Center. Get in touch via NextGen@movementstrategy.org Center. Get in touch via NextGen@movementstrategy.org
Special thanks to the other members of the Next Gen Fund fam, including Luna Yasui of Ford Foundation, Karlos Schmeider, and Genaro Lopez Rendon.
Practice: Cultural Humility
Check out the corresponding practice episode next week with Carolyn Nguyen and Emily Wong of Chinese Progressive Association’s Youth MOJO (Movement of Justice and Organizing). They offer us a practice they use with young folks to cultivate cultural humility. They dispel the myth of cultural competency, inviting us instead into deep listening and reflection on what it takes to build deep cross-cultural and cross-generational trust and understanding.
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