Ignite Young Asian People Power
[MUSIC] Abi Ilavarasan: I’m Abi Ilavarasan. I use she/her pronouns. I’m 22 years old. I was a Organizing Fellow at Asian American Organizing Project. I’m from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. I’m a graduate student at University of Iowa. I study
Episode 5: In this episode of New Narratives, we’re talking about heritage languages. We’re going to discuss why people lose their heritage languages, how that feels, and why language revitalization is so important. This episode is part 2 of a
Episode 4: In this episode of New Narratives, we’re talking about heritage languages. We’re going to learn a little bit about the Asian languages people speak, what it means to them to speak their heritage language, and their journey to
Episode 13: In celebration of May (APAHM), this episode is decided to our names. You’ll hear from four guests about their cultural and personal connections to their names, the meaning behind their names, and the pride they have in them.
Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31st. To celebrate this day we’re going to hear from Chuefeng Yang, a local transgender queer Asian American musician. We’ll also get to hear an exclusive sneak peek of her song “Me Nyuam HMoob”
Episode 11: March 16th marked the one-year anniversary of the Acworth-Atlanta shooting where eight people died, six of them being Asian American women. In this episode, we hear from Anthea Yur about the solidarity march she organized last year and
We’re starting a special series here at New Narratives! In May 2020, the presence of Tou Thao, a Hmong police officer, at George Floyd’s murder raised important questions for the AAPI community. Now, almost a year later, as the trial
What does it mean that a Hmong police officer stood by as an accomplice to the murder of George Floyd? We talk to Vayong Moua (he/him), the Director of Racial and Health Equity at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Episode 7: We’ll be continuing our deep dive into the U.S. war in Vietnam, but this time through the music of No-No Boy! We’re going to explore what life was like in Vietnam during the war, what it was like