In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is a podcast that celebrates stories of everyday activism from Asian and Asian American women. Through these stories, In Plain Sight explores how social and political change are created everyday through those whose work is often portrayed as largely absent - Asian American women. By highlighting the ways our struggles are ongoing, never absent, and ever present, In Plain Sight aspires to make visible the work, strength and love of our communities, and how through many different actions and and in a wide array of arenas, we are indeed creating a world we wish to see. Visit the website at inplainsightradio.com, or email us at [email protected].
Episode 2 - The Work Of Love
Mia Mingus is a Bay Area activist and community organizer and educator with the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective. In this episode, Mia talks about the important work of love and transformative justice in order to foster community healing and accountability without the use of the criminal justice system. *This segment includes conversation around child sexual abuse and may be triggering, so please take the care that you need before, during and after listening. For more information on the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, and for a full transcript of Episode 2, visit the website at inplainsightradio.com. Producer: Geraldine Ah-Sue Advisor: Alice Wong Music by: Podington Bear – Chimera Podington Bear – Firefly Podington Bear – No Squirell Commotion Chris Zabriskie – We Always Thought the Future Would be Kind of Fun
Aug 10, 2015
12 min
Episode 1 - There's No Time to Waste
In this episode, meet Bobby Wong, a social worker in the Bay Area, California. Here, Bobby describes how, despite having to stop going to school at a young age, she found ways to pursue her dream and eventually get a degree - a graduate degree! - and how her journey has landed her in a unique position of offering hospice care services to Cantonese-, Mandarin- and English-speaking communities. Music by: Estoy Fuera by Dadalú No Squirell Commotion by Podington Bear Transformation of Pachelbel's "Canon" by Nanae Mimura Produced by: Geraldine Ah-Sue Advised by: Alice Wong
May 18, 2015
10 min