5 AAPI Women Changing the World
From electeds to activists, AAPI women are powerful changemakers in all corners of politics.
Edited by Fola Onifade
To kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re re-upping five episodes featuring inspiring AAPI women across the country who are stepping up to the fight to defend our rights and our democracy.
If you like what you hear, you can find all of our podcast episodes here.
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How to Win with Georgia’s Bee Nguyen
Bee Nguyen, Candidate for Georgia Secretary of State
Bee Nguyen is a Georgia State House representative who took over Stacey Abrams’ seat in 2017, becoming the first Vietnamese-American elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. She is currently running for Georgia Secretary of State.
Listen to the full episode with Bee below or wherever you get your podcasts.
Tram Nguyen on How Virginia Turned Blue
Tram Nguyen, Co-Director of New Virginia Majority
Tram Nguyen is the co-director of New Virginia Majority, an organization she helped build into one of the premier civic engagement groups in the country. Under her leadership, New Virginia Majority now serves as the hub for a powerful voter mobilization network that includes nine chapters and hubs, an annual budget of $3 million and has the ability to turn out 200,000 progressive voters of color.
Listen to the full episode with Tram below or wherever you get your podcasts.
Bold Asian American Activism and Its Roots with Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu is currently a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine and director of the Humanities Center. She received her Ph.D. in U.S. History from Stanford and previously taught at Ohio State University.
Her first book, Dr. Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: the Life of a Wartime Celebrity was a biography of Margaret Jessie Chung, the first American-born Chinese woman doctor.
She is also the co-editor of Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000 and editor for Amerasia Journal.
Listen to the full episode with Judy below or wherever you get your podcasts.
Who is the Next Stacey Abrams? (Vanita Gupta)
Vanita Gupta is the 19th United States Associate Attorney General, and the third-ranking official at the Department of Justice. Prior to her role in the Justice Department, Vanita was the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, an organization that has worked extensively through litigation and activism to protect low-income voters and voters of color.
Listen to the full episode where we discuss Vanita below or wherever you get your podcasts.
The Kamala Harris We Know
Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Black, Asian American and woman to serve as Vice President of the United States. In 2010, she became the first Black and Indian American to serve as Attorney General in California.
Listen to the full episode where we discuss our relationship with VP Harris below or wherever you get your podcasts.