Our presenters Danae Gibson and Chris Wheeldon from The Swing talk [Dr Sam Han](https://www.uwa.edu.au/profile/sam-han), senior lecturer of Anthropology and Sociology at UWA, and a native New Yorker.Dr Sam sat down to discuss September 11 attacks and where he was at the time, the experiences of members of the [Asian American and Pacific Islander](https://aapifund.org/program/research-and-tools/)communities during COVID-19 and the growing influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities in US politics.