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A
Without
further
ado
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
panel
speakers
today
today,
we
will
be
focusing
on
our
API
use
and
specifically
on
the
future
of
the
AAPI
community.
Here
in
Pittsburgh
for
each
of
our
speakers
as
I.
Introduce
you,
please
feel
free
to
say
a
couple
sentences
about.
You
know
the
organization's
that
you
work
with
and
the
work
that
you
do
so.
First
I'd
like
to
introduce
Chris
Lynn,
the
assistant
director
of
chapters
for
the
American
Constitution
Society.
B
Everyone
it's
concerning
you
here
today,
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
Chris
Linn
I
use
he
can
pronounce
wanna
race
in
Pittsburgh,
but
these
days
I'm
based
out
of
Philly
working
for
that
McCain
Constitution
Society,
which
is
the
country's
largest
network
of
progressive
lawyers.
This
could
briefly
mentioned
some
of
the
stuff
I'm
doing
with
communities
here,
and
then
we
can
do
that
later.
A
C
Thanks
for
having
me
I,
also
go
by
hate
is
pronounced,
I
was
actually
born
in
Washington
DC,
but
I
was
raised
in
Pittsburgh
I
left
Pittsburgh
for
college
I
went
to
American
University
when
I
returned
a
year
ago.
Almost
a
week
ago,
was
the
anniversary
and
so
I'm
back
now
in
Pittsburgh
and
I
have
several
functions.
A
D
Hi
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
on
this
panel.
My
name
is
Sabrina
yochi
Liu
Shu,
her
pronouns
I'm,
the
immigrant
from
Taiwan
I'm,
a
member
of
the
United
Steel
Workers
Union,
Local,
3657
and
I'm
also
a
volunteer
for
the
Pittsburgh
chapter
of
the
Asian
Pacific
American
labor
alliance
or
Apollo
Apollo,
the
National
Organization
of
API
workers
that
focus
on
advancing
worker
immigrant
in
civil
rights.
A
D
Hello,
everyone
thank
you
for
having
me
today.
My
name
is
Cynthia
Tron
I'm,
a
rising
junior
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
majoring
in
chemistry,
I'm
from
outside
of
Philly
and
travel
to
Pittsburgh
on
the
way
to
college
and
I'm,
really
thankful
that
PSA
could
be
included
in
the
conversation
today.
Absolutely.
A
E
Hi
everybody,
my
name
is
Lauren
I
am
really
excited
to
be
here
today.
Are
you
see
her
pronouns
and
I
am
a
rising
senior
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
and
so
as
the
vice
president
of
External
Affairs
for
the
Asian
Student
Alliance.
My
role
largely
involves
keeping
open
communication
and
outreach
with
other
communities
on
campus,
as
well
as
in
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
community.
In
addition,
I
serve
as
the
head
of
the
API
Senate
at
the
university.
F
My
name
is
Brenna
Chiang
and
I
am
a
rising
sophomore
at
the
University
of
Pittsburgh.
I
am
on
the
Chinese
American
Student,
Association
or
casas
Board
and
I
am
the
fundraising
chair
for
the
upcoming
year.
Casa
is
one
of
the
umbrella
organizations
under
the
Asian
Student
Alliance
at
Pitt
and
I
wanted
to
thank
I,
would
say
for
reaching
out
to
me
and
the
welcoming
Pittsburgh
team
for
having
this
of
that
in
this
opportunity
to
be
on
this
panel
today,
yeah.
A
Absolutely
we're
glad
that
you
all
could
join
us,
so
we
want
to
have
a
sort
of
a
free-flowing
panel
conversation
so
feel
free
to.
You
know
during
the
conversation
where,
if
you
didn't,
where
you
have
insight
but
I'd
like
to
start
off
our
questions
with
Sabrina
Sabrina
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
challenges
as
challenges
that
specifically
face
aap
I
workers,
especially
during
the
koba
19
pandemic.
D
Okay,
so
this
pandemic
underscores
a
number
of
systemic
issues
like
access
to
health
care,
a
living
wage
or
very
basic
workers
rights
like
paid
sick
leave
in
our
region.
We
have
API
workers
in
sectors
like
hospitality,
healthcare,
service
industries
like
restaurants
and
nail
salons,
informal
sectors
like
childcare
or
housekeeping.
D
So
in
the
month
of
May
apollo
launched
a
campaign
called
api's
are
essential,
not
expandable.
It's
a
series
of
videos
that
highlight
API
workers
who
are
doing
central
work
so
that
folks
can
stay
healthy
and
fed
and
wearable
demanding
more
inclusive
professions
in
future
coded
related
bills,
because
there
are
our
API
is
a
marginalised.
We're
vulnerable
groups
that
have
been
left
out
in
the
current
coded
relief
packages
like
people
still
in
detention
centers
and
on
documenting
immigrants
or
mixed
that
as
families
who
are
just
not
eligible
to
receive
any
economic
relief.
D
D
D
D
D
A
You
for
you
done
Michael
I'd
like
to
turn
to
you
for
a
little
bit,
I'd
like
to
you
you're
you,
you
do
a
lot
of
work
in
the
arts
and
I
just
really
wanted
to
hear
from
you.
You
know
the
importance
of
AAPI
representation
in
the
arts.
You
know
why
you
why
you
feel
it's
important
and
it's
why
it's
important
for
the
community
and
if
you
can
speak
to
your
experience,
a
little
bit
especially
here
sure.
C
So
I
think
it's
some
people
in
the
audience
might
be
thinking
like.
Oh
we're
talking
about
civic
duty
in
the
future
of
civics,
and
why
is
a
producer
on
this
phone
call?
And
you
know
it's
it's.
It
is
a
common
question,
so
don't
feel
bad
if
you
are
thinking
that,
but
really
the
arts
is
always
somehow
connected
to
civic
duty
or
civic
life
or
politics
really.
C
You
know
art,
there's
a
saying
that
art
imitates
life
imitates
art,
and
so
you
know
a
lot
of
people
use
art
to
cope
with
things
for
happening
around
them,
especially
right
now,
and
the
pandemic
you're,
seeing
a
lot
of
new
art
being
created,
a
lot
of
new
ideas
and
things
that
are
starting
to
create
change
and
are
helping
people
and
I
don't
use
this
word
in
any
condescending
way.
But
it's
getting
normal
people
to
join
a
bigger
conversation
because
they're
getting
people
to
express
themselves.
So,
from
my
point
of
view,
know
being
in
the
arts.
C
Representation
has
always
been
an
issue
and
I
think
now,
as
an
asian-american
producer,
specifically
Filipino
American.
You
know
the
the
idea
of
helping
get
proper
representation
for
who
we
are
as
Asian
Americans
in
your
communities
wherever
you
live,
is
so
so
important,
especially
when
it's
connected
to
racism
when
it's
connected
to
the
misinterpretation
of
people
and
their
culture
and
their
ethnic
identities,
because
of
hate
speech
or
because
of
misinformation
or
fake
news.
C
Even
to
that
point,
so
I
think
in
the
arts,
it's
very
important
that
we
help
support
the
civic
leaders
and
help
support
spreading
information.
That
is
correct
and
from
the
arts
perspective
you
know
people
really
want
to
get
involved.
You
know
it's
not
it's
I!
Don't
want
to
say
this,
but
because
it
sounds
you
know
not
like
a
common
phrase,
but
you
know
the
arts
is
quote
unquote
less
scary
than
if
you
were
like
I'm
gonna
go
run
for
office.
C
Think
equity
is
important
in
all
all
realms
in
labor
in
politics,
especially
in
the
arts
and
as
a
producer.
My
job
is
to
make
sure
that
we
are
presented
correctly
and
accurately
and
so
connected
to
this
conversation
about
the
youth
of
API
Pittsburgh
community.
You
know
there
are
two
organizations
that
I've
gotten
involved
with
in
the
last
two
months
that
sprang
out
of
the
misinformation
and
racism
toward
Asian
Americans
with
Kovac
19,
and
one
of
them
is
called.
Racism
is
a
virus
and
from
that
sprouted,
another
organization
called
unapologetically
Asian.
C
C
So
but
there's
a
lot
of
really
fun
things
we
can
do
to
get
involved
and
to
get
people
to
get
excited
about
talking
about
their
cultures,
about
talking
they're
talking
about
their
asian-american
identities
and
I
speak
for
myself,
but
I
think
it's
pretty
common
with
folks
like
me,
who
are
first-generation
Asian
American
children
with
immigrant
parents.
You
know
our
understanding
of
our
culture
gets
a
little
lost
along
the
way
because
we
hear
it
secondhand.
C
C
Of
arts
and
Pittsburgh,
specifically
speaking,
there's
a
lot
of
opportunity
for
people
to
use
not
just
these
organizations,
but
also
art,
like
theatres
or
concerts
or
virtual
webinars,
to
just
talk
and
discuss
and
spread
the
the
information
that
is
correct
and
to
just
help,
educate
and
also
help
heal
communities.
You
know
from
from
misunderstanding,
because.
C
C
A
C
So
both
organizations
are
primarily
on
Facebook
and
Instagram,
just
exactly
as
it
sounds.
Racism
is
a
virus
and
unapologetically
Asian.
I
know
that
on
Instagram,
the
only
little
tidbit
is
on
Instagram
unapologetically
Asian
has
a
little
underscore
at
at
the
end
of
the
name,
so
don't
be
confused
or
scared.
If
you
don't
find
it
because
you're
not
putting
the
underscore
at
the
end
of
the
tag,
but
the
specifically
done
apologetically
Asian.
There
is
a
big
campaign
right
now,
especially
you
know.
C
We
still
have
a
week
left
in
asian-american
Asian,
Pacific,
American,
History,
Month,
and
so
we've
kicked
off
the
organization
with
exactly
what
the
name
is
unapologetically
Asian
and
it's
a
way
you
can
go
in
the
directions
are
on
both
Instagram
and
Facebook.
We're
encouraging
people
of
all
ages,
but
especially
young
people,
because
we
know
that
social
media
is
a
majority
of
where
you
live
to
film.
C
A
one
minute,
long,
video
that
talks
about
what
that
phrase
means
to
you
and
you
can
even
touch
on
Cova
19
if
you'd
like
and
then
tag
the
organization
and
use
the
hashtag
unapologetically
Asian
and
join
the
conversation.
It's
been
a
lot
of
fun:
we've
had
a
lot
of
Asian
American
personalities
join
in
on
the
conversation
specifically
the
star
of
to
all
the
boys.
I've
loved
was
one
of
the
most
recent
people
to
jump
in
on
that
conversation.
C
A
Thank
you
so
much
done,
Mike
Chris,
so
I'm
a
few
years
ago,
sort
of
in
the
government
political
space
and
I
wanted
to
get
some
of
your
insight.
You
know
what
do
you
think?
Api
representation
looks
like
in
the
political
in
government
sphere
at
the
moment,
and
you
know:
where
have
you
seen
progress
and
where
do
you
see
opportunity.
B
B
There's
some
great
young
Asian
American
political
leaders
already
in
the
state.
First
thing
that
comes
to
mind:
patty
Kim
stay
up
in
Harrisburg,
councilperson,
howling,
Jim,
I
feel
I,
don't
feel
K.
You
is
the
director
for
protection
for
Democratic
Party
in
Pennsylvania,
so
we're
making
progress,
but
it's
a
fairly
slow
and
I.
Think
part
of
the
major
reason
why
that
is
it's
just
often
as
immigrants
are
children
of
immigrants,
you
just
don't
understand
what
the
paths
are
to
get
him
more
involved
in
politics.
B
You
know
one
thing
I
was
trying
to
do,
and
my
previous
role
with
the
party
was
just
ask
it
translations
on
our
websites
to
address
those
from
different
communities,
and
if
you
go
on
a
Pennsylvania
Democratic
website
today
website
it's
all
English.
There
are
no
other
languages
which
I
think
it
speaks
to
the
difficulty.
Even
progressive
organizations
have
and
trying
to
reach
other
communities.
B
B
B
B
B
A
Si
and
you
know-
and
so
you
know
great
to
hear
about
so
Cynthia
Lauren
and
Brianna
I,
just
like
to
turn
it
over
to
you
just
wanted
to
hear
a
little
bit
about
you
know:
what
does
the
activism
and
community
building
look
like?
Was
an
AAPI
community
for
you
all,
you
know
on
campus
within
your
generation
generally
with
community.
More
broadly.
D
Even
American
students
or
Asian
student
at
Pittsburg
accounts
for
10%
of
undergrads
on
our
campus
and
as
a
student
leader
of
that
10%
of
students.
Our
organization
aims
to
empower
and
connect
to
that
10%
and
in
terms
of
our
community
building.
It's
really
built
on
inclusivity
diversity
and
a
lot
of
that
can
be
seen
in
our
annual
event.
That's
a
culture,
fair
and
fashion
should
learn.
D
Herself
led
the
inception
of
a
cultural
fashion,
show
that
included
culture
attire
from
all
over
aging
South,
South,
Asia,
East,
Asia,
Southeast
Asians
and
raised
over
$1,000
for
the
American
Asian
American,
Legal,
Defense,
Fund
and
also
culture.
Fair
is
another
annual
than
where
I
ran
at
my
my
year
and
I.
D
We
aim
to
do
a
lot
to
impact
our
community
as
a
whole.
Lauren
herself
is
head
of
a
PI
Senate,
our
outgoing
vice
president
external
affairs
aim
to
gain
more
recognition
from
the
community
in
terms
of
food
and
very
much
trial
blaze.
The
importance
of
food
recognition
in
portrayal
within
the
very
company
Sodexo
of
our
University,
and
also
we
aim
to
support
our
local
businesses.
D
I
saw
a
sudden,
a
local
restaurant
fundraisers,
where
we
purchased
physiologist
cards
from
multiple
different
restaurants
across
the
Pittsburgh
community,
and
last
year
we
held
our
own
costume
mini
summit,
where
memories
of
our
community
Teresa
wasn't
sure.
If
you're
watching
this
in
the
shadow
for
you,
she
was
a
path
AC
board
member
and
she,
along
with
seeing
you
a
si,
single-handedly
brought
econ
suit
into
Pittsburgh.
Knee
costume
stands
for
the
East
Coast
Asian
American,
Student
Union
and
last
year
they
went
they
attended.
D
Is
that,
like
I
said
from
the
shoe
box
office
that
he
experienced
is
time
to
AFA
to
still
a
slightly
smaller
larger
shoe
box
office,
but
to
see
a
natural
physical
evidence
of
a
larger
percentage
of
asian-american
gaining
actual
physical
space
and
therefore
importance
and
political
power?
Our
campus
is
really
really
special
and
more
I
can
talk
about
that.
More.
E
Yeah
so,
as
Cynthia
said,
the
API
community
comprises
I,
think
10%,
you
mentioned
of
our
entire
campus
community
and
so
10%.
It
might
not
seem
like
a
lot,
but
it's
definitely
not
an
ignore
anumber
and
I.
Think
going
into
my
fourth
year,
especially
I've
kind
of
had
the
privilege
of
seeing
this
evolution
of
the
API
community
on
our
campus
and
seeing
it
grow
both
in
numbers
and
also
in
solidarity,
and
that's
something
that's
really
inspiring
to
all
of
us
involved
in
it,
and
so
specifically
within
aasa
I
would
say.
E
E
I
think
Cindy
can
talk
with
speak
to
that
as
well,
but
especially
in
the
past
few
years,
we've
seen
a
huge
growth
in
advocacy,
work
and
people's
passions
for
furthering
the
API
community,
bringing
attention
to
API
identities
and
the
diversity
within
our
community,
and
this
comes
in
the
form
of
increased
amount
of
workshops
that
we
do.
Workshops
can
do
can
range
from
discussions
about
some
very
specific
topics
within
our
community
to
almost
like
breakout
activities.
E
At
these
events,
and
in
addition,
we
have
like
constant
conversations
about
how
we
can
better
our
community
how
we
can
move
forward,
how
we
can
help
our
our
brothers
and
sisters
and
other
marginalized
communities.
Things
like
that,
and
we've
also
done
a
lot
of
different
collaborations
with
other
organizations
on
campus,
especially
other
Asian
interest
groups
and
so
as
a
whole.
In
pitts
campus
I
think
the
API
community
has
grown
tremendously,
especially
in
terms
of
activism
and
advocacy
and
I.
E
Think
people
are
really
starting
to
fight
for
what
they
want
and
make
sure
that
their
voices
are
heard
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
that
happens,
especially
in
our
generation
through
social
media
and
especially
in
this
time,
Latino,
quarantine
and
isolation.
Please
stay
home
by
the
way.
I
have
seen
way
too
many
crowds
on
the
news
in
weeks,
so
bad,
but
using
social
media
to
make
our
voices
heard
and
to
get
our
messages
across
has
been
a
really
effective
method.
E
We've
actually
done
a
lot
of
collaborative
work
with
other
universities,
such
as
the
Drexel
University
Asian
Student
Association
we've
attended
their
advocacy
workshops,
they've
come
to
ours.
We've
had
really
awesome
conversations
about
our
identity,
work
that
we've
done
within
our
community
and
throughout
the
our
campuses
and
so
yeah.
That's
kind
of
what
building
an
AAPI
community
looks
like
on
an
Indus
and.
F
Of
course,
so
in
terms
of
community
building
for
Casa,
like
speaking
as
a
member
of
Casa
Casas
goal,
is
to
enable
members
of
our
community
or
of
our
university
through
community
building
mentorship
and
to
provide
more
leadership
and
involvement
opportunities
beyond
just
being
on
board.
In
the
past
few
years,
Casa
is
led
many
cultural
events
such
as
Lunar,
New,
Year
and
night
market,
as
well
as
a
variety
of
fundraisers.
F
Last
year
we
were
able
to
raise
over
$1,200
for
the
cost
of
fund
foundation
or
cff
towards
weave
villages
on
which
acts
to
provide
education
opportunities
for
children
in
rural
China,
and
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
we
were
able
to
organize
a
fundraiser
through
Instagram,
in
which
Cossack
the
goals
of
supporting
two
communities
that
were
impacted
by
the
current
pandemic,
one
small
local,
Asian,
American
businesses,
as
well
as
members
of
our
community.
That
may
have
trouble
getting
food.
F
During
this
time,
we
were
able
to
raise
on
four
hundred
fifty
five
dollars
in
a
span
of
five
days,
and
we
worked
with
Rosie
cafe
in
Squirrel
Hill
to
provide
meals
to
homebound
seniors
in
the
North
Burroughs
area
in
Pittsburgh
through
the
Meals
on
Wheels
program.
So
Casas
vision
for
this
year
is
to
expand
our
community
engagement
outside
of
our
University
and
to
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
area.
We
have
future
plans
to
collaborate
with
Carnegie,
Mellon's
asian-american
organizations,
as
well
as
to
work
with
the
Pittsburgh
Chinese
schools
and
to
engage
API
high
schoolers.
F
That
way
in
terms
of
activism
like
outside
of
Casa.
Again
going
back
to
you
Kazu,
it
was
probably
one
of
the
best
events
that
I've
ever
gone
to
and
I
was
just
really
struck
to
how
students,
just
like
you're
to
older
than
me,
we're
able
to
lead
and
run
this
event
from
ground
up,
and
it's
just
I
think
you
kasi
was
just
nearly
the
surface
of
what
our
younger
AAPI
community
can
do
with
activism
and
I'm
just
really
excited
to
see
what's
in
store
in
the
future.
F
A
Thank
You
Reena
and
just
to
sort
of
share
real
quick
elite
or,
from
my
own
experience,
I
remember
back
when
I
was
at
school
and
I
talked
about
like
forever
ago,
but
here's
ago,
five,
six
years
ago,
we
started
when
we
were
there.
We
were
starting
to
de-spawn
dreams
just
to
send
kids
to
go
there
well
when
I
went
recon,
so
it
was
a
tremendous
almost
like
a
new
experience
for
me
really,
you
know
got
me
asking
really
important.
A
What
I
was
doing
in
the
community?
What
I
should
be
doing,
and
it
was
just
you
know
we
were
planning
this
event.
It
was
just
wild
to
me
that
you
guys
have
brought
it
to
this
/.
You
know
it
was,
and
you
know
it's
really
hardening,
especially
for
some
of
the
older
folks
on
the
call
to
sort
of
you
know
see
the
work
that
you
guys
are
doing
and
see
where
you're
taking.
A
You
know
the
next
next
steps
for
our
community
really
briefly
I
when
I
had
first
started,
reaching
out
about
a
essay
I
actually
heard
from
one
of
our
governor
one
of
our
commissioners
on
governor
Wolf's,
Advisory
Commission
about
some
of
the
great
boards.
That
is
a
dead
about
talking
with
administration,
about
some
of
the
challenges
facing
the
community,
specifically
on
campus,
both
international.
A
D
This
is
a
forward
dismount
about
the
foreign
theme,
but
when
Kobe
risks
first
start
coming
around
the
university
didn't
really
say
much,
especially
how
it
impacts
asian-american
students
on
campus
and
it
just
didn't
very
fit
well
with
them
and
our
board.
D
So
they
marched
up
to
the
staff
and
said:
can
you
please
give
us
some
time
to
talk
to
the
Dean,
so
it
demanded
a
better
response
and
later
that
week
had
the
being
released
own
statement
that
was
more
improved
to
what
we
thought
would
suit
our
community
better
and
a
lot
of
times
in
terms
of
our
administration.
It's
really
frustrating
because
you
so
much
bureaucracy
within
to
the
administration,
but
we
do
tend
to
take
things
just
pretty
slowly.
As
slowly
as
the
as
things
go,
progress
does
happen.
D
E
Now
the
university
has
an
Asian
Studies
certificate
and
we
have
a
bunch
of
classes
involving
Asian
culture
and
things
like
that.
But
the
Asian
experience
and
the
Asian
American
experience
is
arguably
very
different.
And
so
you
know
working
with
the
Asian
Study
Center
at
Pitt
and
trying
to
establish
the
certificate
is
another
way
that
we
can
like.
A
Thank
you
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
some
of
our
older
folks
on
the
call
here
we're
hearing
about
a
lot
of
great
work
that
that
Lauren
and
Karina
are
doing
on
campus,
but
you
know
I'd
love
to
hear
some
advice
that
you
have.
You
know
based
on
your
own
experience
about
how
the
folks
on
this
call
and
those
listening
at
home
can
stay
involved.
A
D
Okay,
so
locally
in
Pittsburgh,
appala
Pittsburgh
is
a
very,
very
new
chapter.
That's
only
one
year
issued
we're
a
very
small
group
of
volunteers,
so
you
can
really
just
be
a
part
of
us
and
shape
the
work
we
do
and
volunteer
without
coming
sending
text
messages
to
make
sure
people
are
feeling
all
senses
becoming
making
phone
calls
to
get
API
to
register
to
vote
so
that
our
voices
are
heard.
We
could
be
sharing
our
story.
D
We
have
stuff
like
if
you're
somebody
who
will
shine
behind
a
bullhorn,
we'll
get
you
a
bullhorn
and
get
you
on
the
street.
If
you
love
staying
behind
a
thing
we'll
have
stuff
for
you
to
do
whether
that's
communications,
we're
planning
if
a
logistics.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
work
we
could
be
doing
locally
nationally.
D
D
Paul
has
about
122
chapters
in
the
country,
and
the
fellowship
work
will
mostly
be
about
membership
development
and
civic
engagement
work,
so
that
ranges
from
voter
registration,
voter
turnout
to
canvassing
for
specific
issues
they
are
in
candidate
and
for
folks
who
are
I'm
just
thinking
about
what
to
get
involved
with
and
what
to
do
to
broaden
your
activism
work.
I
want
to
just
talk
about
this
real
quick
that
api's
in
the
united
states
had
a
long
history
of
standing
together
to
fight
for
better
lives.
A
C
F
A
C
Heard
the
two
organizations
that
I've
involved
with
earlier
I'm
just
to
say
it
again
and
actually
to
clarify
a
little
bit
to
racism
as
a
virus
is
meant.
You
know
it's
not
just
for
Asian
people
you
know
are
just
for
people
of
color.
It's
also
meant
for
allies.
If
you
are
somebody
in
the
audience
right
now,
who
wants
to
just
find
ways
to
be
a
great
ally,
that's
a
great
way
to
get
involved
through
racism
is
a
virus
and
then
unapologetically
Asian
is
cured
specifically
to
the
asian-american
community.
C
C
We're
always
looking
for
people
to
help
us
with
our
events.
Well,
when
we
can
all
be
together
again,
but
you
know
with
our
events
with
our
marketing
with
our
newsletter.
It's
an
all-volunteer
organization
because
it
is
a
community
group,
it's
not
for
profit.
You
know
people
to
teach
our
youth
group
things.
So
you
know
yes,
it's
Filipino
American,
but
you
know
it
doesn't.
C
People
that
aren't
Filipino
American
from
participating
and
I
will
say
the
foods
pretty
baller.
So
if
you
like
Filipino
food
or
want
to
try
it
I'm,
definitely
happy
to
to
feed
you
too,
and
then
another
way
to
get
involved.
Civically
speaking
I'm
kind
of
the
way
I
met.
Ernest
is
through
one
group
that
I
really
love
now
is
called
apex,
APA
ICS
or
the
Asian
Pacific
American
Institute
for
Congressional
Studies
lots
of
words,
but
it's
an
organization.
C
Tell
you
there's
some
of
you
is,
but
in
terms
of
advice,
what
really
helped
me
and
I
wish
that
somebody
had
told
me
this
before
I
figured
it
out.
You
know
which
was
hard
because
I
had
a
mentor,
but
for
asian-americans
in
business
it's
hard.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
examples
that
we
can
follow,
and
so
the
piece
of
advice
is
always
ask
the
question.
C
If
you
have
a
question
that
you
want
to
ask
course
yours,
if
there's
something
you're
curious
about,
don't
be
afraid
to
ask,
because
the
worst
thing
that
could
happen
is
the
answer
is
no,
and
that
leaves
you
with
two
choices.
You
can
either
change
your
project
trajectory
to
do
something
else,
or
you
can
ask
another
person
who
might
say
yes,
and
that
applies
to
work,
to
organizations
new
ideas,
whichever
and
don't
be
afraid
of
that,
because
just
because
you
get
a
No
doesn't
mean
it's
a
failure.
A
B
Two
things
come
to
mind:
you
know:
give
sort
more
broader
advice
beyond
any
particular
organizations.
First,
this
would
be
very
intentional
about
working
with
the
community.
So
there's
a
reason
why
I'm
working
with
the
Asian
bar
and
not
the
general
Bar,
Association
or
I'm
volunteering
with
the
API
since
it's
committee,
no
broader
census,
work
and
I
think
it
could
be
very
easy
in
your
professional
and
you're,
not
in
spaces
better
often
API
majority,
to
lose
sight
of
those
launch
opportunities.
B
So
that's
why
I
personally,
when
I
do
volunteer,
seek
out
those
spaces
to
insert
myself
and
then
the
second
piece
of
place
I
have
is,
if
you're,
in
a
space
where
apartment
AAPI
folk,
for
example,
and
politics,
you
know,
artists
can
always
speak
to
us
as
well.
B
Networking
can
be
very
daunting,
but
I
think
it's
important
if
you're
in
one
of
those
spaces
where
API
people
often
historically
have
not
been
in-
and
you
do
see
some
else
that
shows
less
interest
and
don't
make
into
those
spaces
with
you
you,
if
you're
going
to
overcome
whatever
shyness
or
etc,
make
that
outreach
to
them
and
see
if
you
can
build
those
connections,
because
it's
really
I
mean
this
has
been
spoken
out
loud.
That's
a
constant
refrain
today.
It's
about
building
that
community
and
empowering
each
other.
Rather
than
sticking
any
sort
of
personal
advancement.
A
Absolutely
thank
you
Chris,
so
I
wanted
to
ask
each
one
to
each
speaker
this
question
and
give
you
a
little
time
to
really.
You
know,
talk
about
and
reflect
on
it,
but
I
wanted
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
reflect
on
your
Pittsburgh
API
experience.
I
want
to
hear
your
thoughts
about
the
space
for
folks
color
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
particularly
those
in
the
AAPI
community.
D
People
have
a
knowledge
and
professional
consultation
and
I
also
met
so
many
people
of
color
leaders
in
our
city,
who
are
very
committed
to
fill
up
other
people,
and
that
to
me
was
just
amazing
because
I
think
immigrant,
the
APS
identity
was
something
that
I
gradually
sort
of
learned
and
identify
with,
and
it
is
a
group
that
is
so
diverse
right.
So
this
solidarity,
I
witness
really
made
me,
feel
a
sense
of
belonging
and
a
sense
of
sort
of
family
and
house
with
the
future
if
future
hope
goals.
D
My
hope
is
that
we
can
truly
realize
that
when
we
say
that
we
should
rise
together
but
like
what
does
that
mean
right,
so
I
hope
that
the
AAPI
community
will
really
on
stand
back.
We
cannot
solve
the
problem
of
this
up,
take
up
into
anti-asian
racism
and
violence.
D
If
we
do
not
speak
up
to
demand
justice
for
George
Floyd
and
demand
that
black
lives
matter,
and
then
we
should
always
remember
that
this
API
identity,
that
it
really
came
out
from
the
civil
rights
movement
and
the
black
liberation
movement
and
I,
also
hope
that
folks
in
our
AAPI
community
can
also
unpack
our
own
individual
privileges
and
look
within
our
community,
our
API
community
and
think
who
are
the
most
visible.
Who
are
the
most
marginalized
people,
because
I
think.
D
A
B
I'll
start
with
this
one
of
my
favorite
little
factoids.
'my
favorite
saw
the
right
word.
If
you
look
at
who's
sponsored
expansion
of
a
Chinese
Exclusion
acts,
one
of
the
leading
politicians
most
senator
from
Pittsburgh,
and
now
here
we
are
today
talking
about
API
phone
in
the
city,
so
and
progress
is
definitely
possible
when
I
was
growing
up
and
I
went
to
mr.
public
schools.
My
entire
life
I
was
the
only
Asian
kid
in
elementary
school
one
of
three
middle
school
when
a
five
in
high
school,
so
I
guess
are
increasing
I.
B
Remember
Brookings
did
a
study
of
200
major
metropolitan
areas
in
the
country
and
basically
2010
census.
I.
Think
Pittsburgh
was
at
least
five
third
place,
diverse
city
in
America,
and
today
experience
of
those
are
living.
There
is
so
much
better
than
what
I
had
growing
up
and
it's
really
inspiring.
B
It
seems
like
wow,
it's
slow,
but
they're
safely,
moving
me,
but
when
I
was
that
kid,
it
really
wasn't
a
lot
of
visible
API
groups
on
campus
and
then
from
earnest
to
the
students.
Today,
it's
amazing
to
see
how
quickly
a
movement
has
grown.
You
know
sobrino
mentioned
I
think
quite
rightly,
a
lot
of
right
for
our
own
civil
rights
and
social
justice.
It's
embedded
in
fighting
with
other
marginalized
groups
as
well.
B
One
thing
I
like
to
often
remind
those
that
might
not
be
aware
of
our
history
is
a
lot
of
the
racial
animus
that
is
cement
in
our
legal
system
is
actually
based
on
the
racism,
those
directed
towards
asian-americans
in
the
past.
So
they
look
at
like
Trump's
travel
ban
legal
president,
for
that
was
the
Chinese
bans
and
if
you
look
at
many
of
the
civil
rights
laws
and
custody
decisions,
those
are
all
directed
towards
what
affected
Asian
Americans.
B
A
C
C
Speaking
of
school,
like
just
like
Chris
I
was
you
know
the
only
Filipino
in
my
entire
K,
through
12
City
campus,
with
the
with
the
addition
of
one
other
student
who
was
like
a
fourth
grader,
and
we
knew
each
other
because
they
were
like.
Oh
my
god,
you're
also
Phillip,
you
know,
and
so,
but
you
know
we
didn't
hang
out,
because
the
age
difference
was
so
big
but
I.
Think
now
Pittsburgh
is
becoming
more
diverse
and
you
know
I.
B
C
Available
you
know
we
I
think
we
have
a
very
special
position
in
the
community
in
the
fact
that
now
the
city
is
even
more
willing
to
listen.
There
are
people
that
are
willing
to
work
with
us
and
there
are
people
that
don't
want
to
know
more
and
I
think
it's
also
encouraging
in
terms
of
hopes
for
the
future
that
you
know
the
youth.
You
know
not
only
young
people
on
this
call,
but
young
people
in
general,
you
know
are
excited
they're
excited
to
get
involved.
C
They're
excited
to
make
change,
you
know
not
just
politically
also
in
their
communities,
and
you
know,
and
people
are
doing
it
in
all
industries
in
all
realms.
You
know,
speaking
of
the
Arts
of
where
I'm
from
I
mean
I
mentioned
it
earlier.
It's
not
just
the
quarantine,
that's
encouraging
new
art
I
mean
you
look
at
things
like
Hamilton
and
you
look
at
shows
like
allegiance
about
Japanese
internment
camps
and
here
lies
love,
which
was
about
President
Marcos
in
the
Philippines.
C
You
know
there
is
more
of
a
want
to
understand
our
culture
to
understand
intercultural
as
a
multiculturalism,
breaking
the
barriers
between
different
ethnicities
and
races
and
countries,
and
so
I
think
the
future
lies
in
in
what
we
do
to
break
stereotypes
and
I.
Think
it
Epson
flows
in
terms
of
I
mean
it's
always
important,
but
it's
urgency.
C
You
know
we
can
sit
here
20
years
from
now
and
look
back
at
Pittsburgh
and
be
like
wow
like
you
know,
look
at
all
the
changes
happen
in
that
time,
because
it's
very
easy
to,
and
especially
for
people
of
color,
it's
very
easy
to
lose
hope.
You
know
it
gets
your
space
can
be
very
dark
very
fast,
and
so
it's
just
that
constant
communication
and
constant
want
to
get
involved
even
in
the
worst
times
that
will
really
help
and
I
think
it's
our
our
younger
generation
and
their
motivation
to
to
get
involved
into
that.
A
Thank
You
DOM
Mike
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
our
College
students,
starting
with
Cynthia
fall
by
Lauren
and
then
Rina.
If
you
could
each
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
Pittsburgh
AAPI
experience
for
api's
here
in
Pittsburgh,
your
experience
as
an
API
in
Pittsburgh
has
shaped
your
identity,
make
time
more
broadly
and
your
hooks
for
the
AAPI
community
here
in
Pittsburgh.
D
D
That
kind
of
me
and
what
I
hope
for
in
the
future
in
terms
of
university
stake,
speaking
of
the
college,
is
I
want
the
university
pictures
to
recognize,
Asians
and
empower
us
outside
of
our
small
orgs
I
think
the
university
gives
si
and
other
student
orgs
got
a
lot
of
power
and
a
lot
of
the
Asian
offices
like
the
Asian
Study
Center
a
lot
of
power,
but
they
themselves
don't
really
acknowledge
us.
Lady
I,
don't
see
an
email
from
Chancellor
Gallagher,
acknowledging
API
Month
at
all.
D
It
was
sort
of
just
put
up
to
us,
which
is
great
but
I,
think
it's
time
for
the
university
since
I'm
squaring
us
away,
and
our
own
little
bubble
acknowledge
our
presence
on
campus
in
a
larger
scale.
In
terms
of
just
acknowledgment
monetarily,
but
also
in
terms
of
outside
the
university
everyone
here
on,
this
call
has
mentioned
how
leaders
college
students
has
inspired
you
all
and
really
motivates
in
part
one
view
and
I
would
say
the
vice
versa.
D
D
There
are
very
much
stuck
within
the
model
minority
more
so
than
other
units,
like
my
friends
at
other
universities,
and
because,
if
we
very
much
as
an
inherent
nature
of
our
university
and
I,
understand
that
but
I
see
too
many
young
confused,
Asian
students
to
say
they
want
to
be
pre-med
and
they
don't
exactly
know
why.
And
it
is
because
his
model
minority
is
just
festered,
but
to
see
adults
infer
in
one
of
AAC.
D
That's
what
I
want
to
AAS
a
to
continue
to
do
prisons,
a
Greater
Pittsburgh
community
to
reach
out
to
mid
successful,
to
successful
Asian,
American
adults
in
our
community
and
showed
them
the
possibilities
and
the
end
result,
and
it's
that's
really
really
inspiring
I.
Think
for
us,
as
college
students,
so
say
that
same
sentiment
is
very
much
retained.
E
Yeah
I
agree
100%
the
work
that
you
all
have
done
in
paving
the
way
for
us.
You
know
undergrads
babies.
If
you
will
it's,
it's
been
really
inspiring
and
even
just
hearing
more
about
it.
Right
now
has
made
me
and
I'm
sure
the
rest
of
us
very
motivated
to
get
in
contact
with
you
and
to
speak
more
with
you
about
like
other
opportunities
and
things
that
you've
done,
and
so
thank
you
very
much
for
inspiring
us.
As
far
as
my
API
identity,
I
also
have
a
very
similar
story
to
Cynthia.
E
I
grew
up
in
a
predominantly
white,
suburban
town,
and
so
the
the
Asian
side
of
my
identity
wasn't
really
developed,
I
kind
of
got
involved
in
activism
a
little
early,
but
it
wasn't
revolving
around
age,
my
specific
Asian
identity
and
then,
when
I
came
to
Pitt
I
was
like.
Oh
my
gosh.
There
are
a
bunch
of
different
people
here.
E
This
is
really
diverse
compared
to
my
old
town,
but
obviously,
as
I
became
accustomed
to
it,
I
kind
of
realized
that
it
was
still
kind
of
lacking
in
a
way
and
that
we
do
have
a
large
AAPI
presence
within
our
universities
and
the
university
towns
and
whatnot,
but
I
think
within
the
Greater
Pittsburgh
area.
We
we
don't
see
as
much
representation
and
I've
kind
of
seen
that
as
I,
when
I
can
leave
campus,
which
is
unfortunately
kind
of
rarely
I,
have
seen
that
we
don't
have
as
much
representation
outside
of
universities.
E
But
what
I
do
notice
when
I
leave
campus
are
definitely
like
gentrification
and
like
large
physical
separation
of
socioeconomic
statuses
and
barriers,
and
things
like
that,
and
so
that's
also
something
that
kind
of
jars
me
and
it's
something
that
I
think
we
all
within
our
API
community.
You
need
to
be
aware
of,
because
it's
it's
even
more
reason
for
us
to
ally
with
our
fellow
of
communities
of
color
and
especially
those
who
are
unable
to
access
resources
and
within
those
lower
socioeconomic
standing
communities.
E
I
think
we
are
all
aware
that
the
coronavirus
impacts
and
targets
communities
of
color
significantly
more
than
other
kin,
and
that's
even
more
reason,
for
you
know
black
communities,
brown
communities,
the
API
community
to
band
together
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
progressing
forward
and
have
a
common
goal,
and
so
as
a
whole.
Being
in
Pittsburgh
has
really
shown
me
that
both
this
allies
ship
aspect
of
our
identities,
as
well
as
like
the
Asian
specific,
the
specific
Asian
identity
to
me,
is
really
important
and
developing.
That
is
really
important.
F
Yeah
so
I
also
grew
up
in
a
predominantly
white
community,
as
many
of
our
speakers
on
our
panel
I
grew
up
near
Scranton
Pennsylvania
and
though
I
didn't
like
being
explicit.
Racism
in
any
sense
I
feel
definitely
see.
There's
differences
between,
like
my
family,
my
friends,
family,
like
stereotypical,
taking
off
your
shoes
before
entering
the
house
or
like
having
like
the
quote/unquote
lunchbox
moment
when
you
see
the
cultural
differences
between
the
Asian
food
that
your
mom
talked
for.
You
compared
to
your
friends
punches,
so
I
definitely
felt
like
I
didn't
completely
fit
in.
F
It
wasn't
until
I
heard
other
Asian
American
stories
coming
to
college
through,
like
cultural
organizations
like
a
si
casa,
we're
going
to
a
costume
that
I
realized
that
I
actually
had
a
very
typical
Asian
American
upbringing,
and
not
my
cultural
background,
isn't
something
that
I
have
to
hide,
but
rather
something
that
I
can
in
Greece.
I
also
realized
that
I
don't
have
to
like
face
these
things
alone,
because
they're,
like
stories
and
voices
I,
saw
and
heard
through
places
like
subtle
agent
traits
and
within
my
friend
group.
That
was
very.
F
F
One
thing
that
inspired
me
during
this
pandemic
was
seeing
different
communities
of
color
coming
together
there
to
the
fight
against
racism
and
to
advocate
together
because
definitely
see
that
there's
a
lot
that
you
can
do
when
a
bunch
of
communities
groups
of
individuals
come
together
that
have
similar
goals
and
interests
and
they
like
fight
for
the
same
cause.
So
I
have
really
big
hopes
for
the
variety
of
cultural
and
racial
communities
of
Pittsburgh,
to
form
connections
now
and
in
the
future.
A
Thank
You
Reena
so,
as
we
start
to
wrap
up,
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
either
cow.
Who
was
on
obviously
on
this
call?
At
the
beginning,
the
months
we
sort
of
came
together
and
wanted
to
find
a
way
for
the
city
to
meaningfully,
you
know
reach
out
to
our
AAPI
community,
especially
the
chemicals
in
19
and
endemic
and
different
types
of
troubles
that
the
community
is
facing
during
these
times,
and
you.
C
A
G
Earnest,
thank
you
all
panelists.
It's
been
so
inspiring
to
hear
your
stories,
especially
from
the
younger
folk
making
me
feel
very
old,
but
I
am
very
inspired
by
the
work
that
you're
doing
at
pit.
So
like
earnest
mentioned,
I
am
from
Central
PA
and
often
times.
I
was
the
only
person
of
any
color
in
a
room,
so
I
think
moving
to
Pittsburgh
was
very
eye-opening
for
me
because
it
was
the
first
time
I'd
ever
been
in
a
city.
You
know
with
high-rises
big
buildings.
G
You
know
more
people
than
cows,
I
like
to
joke,
but
I
think
you
know
really.
My
AAPI
experience
has
been
shaped
in
Pittsburgh,
especially
when
I
was
in
grad
school
I
guess
via
you
know,
I
got
involved
with
the
international
student
group
about
being
an
Asian
American.
You
know
I
think
Lauren
and
Cynthia
spoken
to
it.
G
You
know
the
identity
of
being
who
we
are
in
this
country,
as
Americans
for
sure
I
think
definitely
working
in
the
mayor's
office
for
a
couple
of
years
really
opened
my
eyes
to
you
know
the
racial
issues
and
inequities
in
Pittsburgh
and
honestly
as
a
person
who
was
working,
often
in
historically
black
communities
and
white
communities,
people
were
confused
by
me.
You
know
it
was
the
the
usual
you
know
like.
Do
you
speak
English?
You
know
like
do
you
understand
me?
You
know.
Why
are
you
here
right?
G
Why
are
you
in
my
neighborhood
and
why
do
you
care
specifically
so
I
think
you
know
growing
up
in
Central
PA?
It's
it's
always
been.
The
Solidarity
piece
is
oldest
in
a
line
chef,
so
I
think
you
know
it
is.
It
is
really
challenging
because
you
do
kind
of
have
to
prove
yourself
with
every
single
new
person
that
you
need,
but
I
think
that
has
really
had
shaped
my
identity
in
Pittsburgh,
as
well
as
reaching
out
to
mentors
I,
have
to
shout
out
to
Miriam
yen.
G
She
actually
reached
out
to
me
and
made
time
I
think
it's.
It's
also
important
now,
as
we
see
ourselves
getting
a
little
bit
older
to
reach
back
out
to
other
folks
on
offer
our
time
right,
I
think
we
never
have
to
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
you
know
we've
been
there
and
I
think,
especially
something
that
I
try
to
do
now,
especially
now
that
I'm
kind
of
more
entrenched
in
the
Asian
professional
scene
is
to
listen,
is
to
learn
constantly
about.
G
You
know
I
think
in
Pittsburgh,
in
the
past
seven
years
I've
been
here,
I've
been
able
to
really
see
you.
The
restaurant
business
flourish
I
mean
I'm,
definitely
biased,
because
you
know
growing
up.
I
didn't
get
the
opportunity
to
see
many
role
models
on
television
and
it's
it's
pretty
cool
now
to
see
people
who
look
like
me
on
TV,
but
you
know
like
as
a
person
who
honestly
was
not
a
strong
student
ever
and
will
never
be.
You
know.
G
I
didn't
really
see
a
career
for
myself
in
pre-med
and
you
know
the
engineering
the
stem,
but
what
I
did
see
it
was
Bruce
Lee,
Jackie,
Chan
and
I
also
saw
a
chef,
Martin
Yan
right,
so
I
was
like
okay,
maybe
I
could
choose
these
career
paths
instead.
So
I
did
the
college
thing
right
struggled
got
through
it
and
I.
You
know
started
to
be
a
cook.
So
I
was
a
chef
in
a
restaurant
and
I
taught
martial
arts
in
the
evening.
G
G
Having
that
background
in
martial
arts,
but
also
food
and
moving
to
Pittsburgh
I
could
see
the
impact
that
I
could
have
I,
sometimes
the
only
a
person
of
color
or
the
person
who
is
of
API
descent
in
the
room
to
make
an
impact,
because
there
is
power
to
and
being
the
big
fish
in
the
little
pond.
So
I
had
the
opportunity,
in
addition
to
working
in
the
mayor's
office,
she's
starting
my
own
food
business,
a
hungry
cow,
because
my
last
name
is
cow
that
was
Facebook
source.
G
So
all
you
younger
people
can
have
fun
with
that,
but
really
I
saw
a
power
to
in
terms
of
education,
because
food
often
is
racialized
and
used
as
a
weapon
against
people
right.
If
you
put
down
people's
food,
you
know
straight
meat,
dog,
etc.
That
automatically
transfers
to
this
group.
People
is
also
bad
they're,
dirty
right,
etcetera.
G
So
you
know
definitely
thinking
about
efforts
like
the
Antwone
Rose
unfortunate
incident
that
happened
to
Apollo
the
Sabrina
hosted
the
Lunar
New
Year
event
last
year
now
I
guess
but
I
think
especially
being
a
small
business
owner
where
the
food
that
I
cook
is
not
my
sole
income.
I.
Have
that
privilege
I'm
going
to
have
that
opportunity
to
put
my
money
in
my
time
where
I
think
it
matters,
but
yeah
I
think
you
know
shaping
my
identity
for
soared.
G
G
You
know
the
singing
and
the
dancing,
but
also
you
know
thinking
about
how
that
can
be
some
sort
of
a
civil
rights
movement
so
to
speak,
but
also
yeah
I
think
it's
very
important
to
be
civically
engaged
and
it
is
really
cool
to
see
interns
of
mine
who
are
at
API
descent
pursue
careers
that
are
not.
You
know,
traditionally
the
model
minority
stereotypes,
careers
because
I
think
representation.
Absolutely
matters
I.
G
Think
all
of
us
have
been
saying
that
over
and
over
again,
but
having
lived
that
experience,
it's
absolutely
true
and
also
I
think
ways
to
be
engaged.
You
know
like
join
nonprofit
boards,
often
times
you
know,
I
am
the
only
Asian
or
East
Asian
person
in
the
room
and
I
say
it
and
I
don't
think
it
needs
to
be
accusatory,
but
it
is
a
fact
and
I
think
also
honestly
pressuring
some
of
my
other
Asian
friends
too
so
join
me.
That's
the
way
that
we
can
impact
change.