VIVIAN MABUNI
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A podcast created for Asian American & Pacific Islander women on leadership and culture. I’ve wanted to carve out a space for AAPI women to explore and validate living in both Eastern and Western worlds. Each week we will celebrate our heritage and highlight our history as we explore our AAPI journeys, parts that we are proud of and those of pain.

 
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CATCH UP ON SEASON 1,2 & 3

Loved this conversation with @brandi_ebersole ! Go check out Episode 3 of our adoption series! This Someday is Here series is sponsored by Denver Seminary. To learn more about Denver Seminary’s programs and community, visit DenverSeminary
🎉EPISODE ALERT🎉 Go check out this conversation with @brandi_ebersole ! Brandi gives us a wonderful perspective of the life of a transracial adoptee AND as a mom of adoptees! Go listen to episode 3 of our Adoption Series and take our listener’
Go check out Episode 2 of our Adoption Series! You will not want to miss this conversation with @shannanwrites !
New episode alert! 🎉 Want to hear a vulnerable and open conversation about adoption from the perspective of an adoptive parent? Then you will not want to miss this conversation with @shannanwrites !
Amazing conversation with @sandhyaoaks ! Be sure to check it out!
Go check out episode 1 of the May Adoption series with @sandhyaoaks !
The May Adoption Series has officially launched!! We’re kicking off the series with @sandhyaoaks ! Make sure to check out this episode and subscribe to Someday is Here! 🎉
🎉 Someday is Here Adoption Series starts TOMORROW- this Tuesday! Make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss the first episode with @sandhyaoaks ! 🎉
So much wisdom from @thebonniegray on this week’s episode!

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Episode 27 - Grace Cho

 

Episode 27 w/ Grace Cho

Today’s guest is the fabulous @gracepcho. I’ve loved everything I’ve ever read written by Grace. Her words, both written and spoken, move me to tears. We have such a great conversation about her writing process, her unique experience growing up overseas speaking Russian, the strength and beauty of women linking arms rather and so much more. Grace is an articulate communicator, a deep thinker, and a woman of substance and integrity. Can’t wait for you to listen to our conversation.

LEARN MORE ABOUT GRACE

Instagram: @gracepcho
Facebook: @GracepCho
Twitter: @gracepcho
www.gracepcho.com

Read Grace’s blog post on Ann Voskamps site ‘When Life is in the Midst of a Fallow Season’ here

Grace P. Cho is a writer and the Editorial Manager at (in)courage. In the middle of her years in church ministry, she sensed God moving her toward writing, to use her words to lead others in a broader context. She coaches writers, mentors leaders, and believes that telling our stories can change the world. Find her online at @gracepcho and gracepcho.com.

FAVORITE ASIAN COMFORT FOOD

  • Jook (rice porridge)

  • Kalbi (Korean BBQ short rib)

LEADERSHIP LESSON

“What does it look like when, one, women come together to lead. Also when we fully bring ourselves as Asian- American women and say that we don’t need to be tokens in a setting. We can link arms and be communal and we’re actually stronger that way.”

DID YOU KNOW?

Clay Walls and the Korean American Experience

Did you know Gloria Hahn published a book in the 80s about the Korean American experience in Los Angeles? Under her pen name Kim Ronyoung, Hahn wrote Clay Walls, which explores the complexities of growing up in Koreatown, Los Angeles with immigrant parents who had fled Japanese-occupied Korea. She explores the complexities and the tension of growing up second generation and having both strong eastern and western influences and how these two, at times, clash. Her book also powerfully displays the overarching yet intimate ways in which the violence caused by Japanese colonialism, imperialism, and expansionism affect not only a large group of people, in this case Korean immigrant communities and families, but also the psyche of generations to come. Scholars also suggest that through her exploration of reconciliation and restoration amidst the family, these themes are also inherently intertwined and reflective of history. Clay Walls was the first published book to speak into the Korean American experience and was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Resources

25 Amazing Books by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors You Need to Read

Consider Buying From Eastwind Books of Berkeley

Works Cited

Oh, Sae-a. ‘"Precious Possessions Hidden": A Cultural Background to Ronyoung Kim's Clay.’ MELUS 26, no. 3 (2001): 31-49. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3185556.

 
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