1 00:00:01,230 --> 00:00:02,650 Sandra P.: Hey y'all, I'm Sandra Pham. 2 00:00:02,990 --> 00:00:04,270 Minh V.: And I'm Minh Vu. 3 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:06,970 And this is Asian in Austin. 4 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:23,960 So for this month's episode, we decided to share a conversation that 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:29,689 we actually had earlier this in May at the Austin Asian Professionals Summit. 6 00:00:30,169 --> 00:00:35,080 We were really honored to be invited by the organizers of the summit, Y. 7 00:00:35,089 --> 00:00:35,320 J. 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,700 Lin and Rebecca Le, or at least those were the ones who did 9 00:00:38,709 --> 00:00:40,330 the initial outreach to us. 10 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:44,809 And we since then learned that it was a big collaborative effort 11 00:00:44,809 --> 00:00:47,549 with a whole slew of organizations. 12 00:00:47,789 --> 00:00:51,160 I think like the Asian American Resource Center, the Greater Austin Asian 13 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:56,359 Chamber of Commerce, there is support from the Austin Asian Film Festival, 14 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:01,959 Orchid Events, and North Shore Media, just a whole like collaboration of 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,829 AAPI folks wanting to really create an opportunity for professionals in 16 00:01:07,829 --> 00:01:12,149 the city to come together and learn more about different work that like 17 00:01:12,149 --> 00:01:14,649 nonprofits are doing for the community. 18 00:01:15,025 --> 00:01:19,055 So Sandra and I were able to join that summit and I was able to help 19 00:01:19,055 --> 00:01:24,034 moderate a specific conversation with some of our, our nonprofits. 20 00:01:24,325 --> 00:01:28,095 And we're really excited to kind of share this conversation with you all. 21 00:01:28,095 --> 00:01:30,755 I think it's really important to learn more about the different 22 00:01:31,245 --> 00:01:35,255 services that our brothers and sisters are doing in the nonprofit 23 00:01:35,255 --> 00:01:37,475 space and providing to our community. 24 00:01:37,625 --> 00:01:39,915 And even the event itself was a lot of fun. 25 00:01:40,065 --> 00:01:41,865 Sandra, what do you think of the, the event? 26 00:01:42,295 --> 00:01:46,885 Sandra P.: Yeah, I think it was really great to see the community 27 00:01:46,915 --> 00:01:51,335 and the city kind of mobilize around just creating more bridges between 28 00:01:51,335 --> 00:01:55,304 corporations that are either based or have a pretty large presence. 29 00:01:55,304 --> 00:01:59,385 And so, I mean, you name it, the Dells and the Samsungs and et cetera, indeed, 30 00:01:59,505 --> 00:02:04,395 and really kind of understand that there's importance in creating these 31 00:02:04,405 --> 00:02:08,345 ERGs or employee resource groups and make sure that there's representation 32 00:02:08,345 --> 00:02:14,230 and specifically the AAPI community and making sure that we also supporting 33 00:02:14,230 --> 00:02:15,799 these local organizations, right? 34 00:02:15,799 --> 00:02:20,059 We're thinking about fundraising and where employees can also 35 00:02:20,059 --> 00:02:21,299 give their time and money. 36 00:02:21,299 --> 00:02:25,689 So yeah, really great and positive to see the investment here. 37 00:02:25,689 --> 00:02:28,329 And I hope that we just continue to see more. 38 00:02:29,010 --> 00:02:34,810 Minh V.: Yeah, so in this episode, you'll hear from representatives at 39 00:02:34,830 --> 00:02:40,630 the Asian Family Support Services of Austin, Asian Texans for Justice, the 40 00:02:40,630 --> 00:02:45,599 Austin Asian American Film Festival, and the Austin Asian Community Health 41 00:02:45,629 --> 00:02:50,099 Initiative, who will share more about what they, what they do for the community. 42 00:02:50,260 --> 00:02:51,550 So let's get into it. 43 00:02:59,644 --> 00:03:00,334 All right. 44 00:03:00,364 --> 00:03:06,174 Thank you all for being here with us today on a Friday afternoon, 5 p. 45 00:03:06,214 --> 00:03:06,635 m. 46 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:07,285 We're here. 47 00:03:07,285 --> 00:03:08,174 We're doing it. 48 00:03:08,174 --> 00:03:09,795 We're trying to build community. 49 00:03:09,795 --> 00:03:10,665 I love it. 50 00:03:10,714 --> 00:03:13,154 I love seeing this room and everyone that's here. 51 00:03:13,154 --> 00:03:16,095 Thank you again for sharing your time with us. 52 00:03:16,255 --> 00:03:18,945 I'm super excited to have this. 53 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:25,309 Like diverse group of leaders here representing all different aspects of 54 00:03:25,319 --> 00:03:28,019 services that we offer our community. 55 00:03:28,359 --> 00:03:30,099 I'll do a quick introduction of myself. 56 00:03:30,099 --> 00:03:31,719 My name is Minh Vu. 57 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,469 I co founded and co host a monthly podcast that amplifies 58 00:03:36,519 --> 00:03:38,599 Asian American stories in Austin. 59 00:03:38,599 --> 00:03:44,730 So me and my co host Sandra over there interview a couple of folks every month 60 00:03:44,739 --> 00:03:50,515 to learn more about how their identity impacts their lives and what it means to 61 00:03:50,515 --> 00:03:53,935 kind of come into your own AAPI identity. 62 00:03:53,955 --> 00:03:57,625 And so I'm really excited to be able to help moderate this discussion 63 00:03:57,625 --> 00:04:00,894 today with our esteemed panelists. 64 00:04:01,395 --> 00:04:04,875 What I think we hope to get out of this discussion is really 65 00:04:04,875 --> 00:04:09,699 learning about ways that we can activate the places that we work at. 66 00:04:09,810 --> 00:04:16,010 to be able to support the work that these organizations, these leaders 67 00:04:16,019 --> 00:04:17,780 do for the community as well, too. 68 00:04:17,780 --> 00:04:20,749 So hopefully we'll get into a good little discussion about that. 69 00:04:20,790 --> 00:04:26,169 And I think to start, I'd love because we have such a breadth of services 70 00:04:26,169 --> 00:04:30,490 from, like I said, cultural arts, civic engagement, direct support services. 71 00:04:30,510 --> 00:04:33,880 I'd love to learn a little bit more about what each of your organization 72 00:04:33,890 --> 00:04:37,460 does and the types of programs and services you offer the community. 73 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:39,310 So Zahra, do you want to start us off? 74 00:04:39,655 --> 00:04:40,344 Zahra S.J.: Hi, everyone. 75 00:04:40,344 --> 00:04:41,065 Good evening. 76 00:04:41,305 --> 00:04:44,065 My name is Zahra Shakur Jamal, and I'm a director of outreach 77 00:04:44,065 --> 00:04:48,154 and education at the Asian Family Support Services of Austin or AFSA. 78 00:04:48,405 --> 00:04:51,924 AFSA has been serving the Central Texas Asian API and immigrant 79 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:54,155 community for the last 32 years. 80 00:04:54,174 --> 00:04:58,705 And we are Asian and immigrant facing, and we serve survivors of domestic violence, 81 00:04:58,705 --> 00:05:00,275 sexual violence, and trafficking. 82 00:05:00,780 --> 00:05:04,409 And so we do that by offering a range of direct services, folks call our 83 00:05:04,409 --> 00:05:07,320 hotline or get connected through law enforcement or other service 84 00:05:07,330 --> 00:05:12,760 providers and can get services ranging from getting access to shelter or 85 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,269 safe housing to legal needs, right? 86 00:05:15,270 --> 00:05:18,699 We had a lot of folks that have family law needs or immigration law needs to 87 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:23,510 healing and really the whole gamut of services, including long term economic 88 00:05:23,510 --> 00:05:26,120 support and economic capacity building. 89 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:30,349 So how do we get folks on their feet after they've left an abusive relationship? 90 00:05:30,715 --> 00:05:34,765 So they're able to support themselves and their families and can really 91 00:05:34,795 --> 00:05:37,665 thrive and not just survive the abuse that's happening to them. 92 00:05:37,965 --> 00:05:42,644 We also want to make sure that we disrupt cycles of violence and we 93 00:05:42,715 --> 00:05:47,384 can't do that just by serving clients and folks that are experiencing abuse. 94 00:05:47,394 --> 00:05:53,065 So we take every opportunity in community to have conversations and normalize 95 00:05:53,094 --> 00:05:55,655 conversations about healthy relationships. 96 00:05:55,835 --> 00:06:00,545 And violence and access to mental health services within the community 97 00:06:00,785 --> 00:06:05,425 to prevent violence from happening and also offer opportunities for 98 00:06:05,425 --> 00:06:08,715 folks to connect with resources when they are experiencing violence. 99 00:06:08,894 --> 00:06:09,275 Minh V.: Thank you. 100 00:06:09,275 --> 00:06:10,475 I appreciate that. 101 00:06:10,475 --> 00:06:14,124 That sounds like really important and meaningful work. 102 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,710 Certainly some heavier topics. 103 00:06:16,950 --> 00:06:20,410 I'm curious, and I'll ask each of our leaders this too, but Zahra, if you 104 00:06:20,410 --> 00:06:25,310 can expand, why might it be important to focus specifically on the AANHPI 105 00:06:25,690 --> 00:06:27,840 community with those types of services? 106 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:28,490 Zahra S.J.: Absolutely. 107 00:06:28,490 --> 00:06:31,010 So I am a Pakistani American. 108 00:06:31,010 --> 00:06:35,490 I grew up in a Muslim household, and I know that In the work that I'm doing with 109 00:06:35,490 --> 00:06:40,390 a lot of communities, not a lot of us grew up having conversations around even just 110 00:06:40,390 --> 00:06:45,480 what a healthy relationship looks like, and what you can expect in a partner. 111 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:50,209 And so we find that there's so much stigma in talking about violence 112 00:06:50,210 --> 00:06:51,450 when violence is happening. 113 00:06:51,819 --> 00:06:55,600 We know that folks that speak other languages, well, I speak 114 00:06:55,850 --> 00:06:59,420 Urdu, and I think a lot about how difficult it is to identify 115 00:06:59,730 --> 00:07:02,470 vocabulary that is in everyday use. 116 00:07:02,935 --> 00:07:04,275 to talk about violence. 117 00:07:04,595 --> 00:07:08,835 So there's so many additional barriers that we know folks in our communities 118 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:11,205 face when they're experiencing violence. 119 00:07:11,895 --> 00:07:16,735 That's on top of not being super familiar in some cases with our legal systems and 120 00:07:16,735 --> 00:07:21,655 our educational systems here, learning English or speaking English with some 121 00:07:21,655 --> 00:07:23,984 proficiency, but not as a native speaker. 122 00:07:24,315 --> 00:07:29,414 And so we have complex systems here that can Be helpful as people are 123 00:07:29,414 --> 00:07:33,854 seeking supports and justice, but it's not easy to do that alone. 124 00:07:33,875 --> 00:07:37,865 It's not easy to do that while you're overcoming all the cultural 125 00:07:38,154 --> 00:07:43,005 barriers, whether it's shame or lack of accessible vocabulary to talk about 126 00:07:43,005 --> 00:07:44,585 violence and healthy relationships. 127 00:07:44,874 --> 00:07:48,475 So that's why we think that, It's so important for us to have these 128 00:07:48,475 --> 00:07:49,975 conversations in our community. 129 00:07:50,255 --> 00:07:54,645 In fact, we were founded 32 years ago by a group of volunteers that were 130 00:07:54,645 --> 00:07:59,794 volunteering at what's now SAFE, which was the local shelter in Travis County. 131 00:08:00,045 --> 00:08:03,795 And they found that a lot of people from Asian Pacific Islander communities were 132 00:08:03,795 --> 00:08:05,795 not coming forward to seek services. 133 00:08:06,105 --> 00:08:10,475 And that's not because the shelter isn't well intentioned and wants to reach out 134 00:08:10,475 --> 00:08:14,464 and support everybody that is experiencing violence, but they weren't set up. 135 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,150 To meet the needs of the communities that we serve. 136 00:08:18,870 --> 00:08:19,770 So that's how we started. 137 00:08:19,770 --> 00:08:23,960 And we hold that very close to our mission, the ability to serve in a 138 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,749 way that is culturally grounded and offer lots of professional training 139 00:08:27,749 --> 00:08:32,240 opportunities to law enforcement and judges and other providers so that people 140 00:08:32,270 --> 00:08:34,260 are able to serve our communities better. 141 00:08:34,550 --> 00:08:35,250 Minh V.: Thank you, Zahra. 142 00:08:35,669 --> 00:08:39,360 Hailey, I'd like to turn it over to you and ask a similar question. 143 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,209 Can you share a little bit more about what your organization provides 144 00:08:43,220 --> 00:08:46,330 to the community, the programs and services, and why might it be 145 00:08:46,380 --> 00:08:50,240 important to focus specifically on our community with those services? 146 00:08:50,329 --> 00:08:53,870 Hailey E.: Yeah, so I guess I'm wondering how many of you have been 147 00:08:53,870 --> 00:08:55,610 to the doctor in the past month? 148 00:08:56,310 --> 00:08:56,980 Minh V.: Doctor's visit? 149 00:08:57,030 --> 00:08:57,540 Anyone? 150 00:08:57,570 --> 00:08:59,630 Hailey E.: Yeah, so about half of you, maybe. 151 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:00,330 Was it fun? 152 00:09:01,699 --> 00:09:02,580 Was it easy? 153 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:04,510 No, it's not. 154 00:09:04,550 --> 00:09:07,650 And so, and I'm assuming since you're all here and I don't see any 155 00:09:07,650 --> 00:09:09,920 interpreters here, you all speak English. 156 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:16,870 And so, what AACHI does is we help folks navigate that whole process. 157 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:20,330 And the difference is though, We don't really think about the 158 00:09:20,340 --> 00:09:23,820 steps that it takes to go to the doctor to get your fix, right? 159 00:09:23,820 --> 00:09:27,809 So you don't just appear at the doctor's office, right? 160 00:09:27,910 --> 00:09:30,000 You have to call, make an appointment. 161 00:09:30,339 --> 00:09:33,350 You have to confirm your appointment or else they'll cancel it. 162 00:09:33,370 --> 00:09:34,410 That actually just happened to me. 163 00:09:34,419 --> 00:09:36,849 I even confirmed and they canceled it anyway. 164 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:41,290 You have to get into your car or call a lift, go on the bus. 165 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,220 Then you have to go to the doctor. 166 00:09:43,220 --> 00:09:44,570 You have to fill out your paperwork. 167 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,310 You go to the doctor's, into the doctor. 168 00:09:46,310 --> 00:09:48,160 You have to listen to the thing, do the visit. 169 00:09:48,489 --> 00:09:49,290 Then you leave. 170 00:09:50,045 --> 00:09:52,125 Drive back home or get your ride back home. 171 00:09:52,515 --> 00:09:56,025 A week or two later, you get a bill that looks like it says that you're 172 00:09:56,035 --> 00:09:58,895 being charged like 5, 000, but it's actually your insurance saying that 173 00:09:58,895 --> 00:10:00,814 like, this is how much we paid. 174 00:10:01,135 --> 00:10:02,175 But it kind of looks like a bill. 175 00:10:02,204 --> 00:10:06,134 And also, your doctor's office then sends you a bill for the same amount. 176 00:10:06,635 --> 00:10:07,484 And you have to deal with that. 177 00:10:08,084 --> 00:10:13,464 I want you to imagine doing that process entirely alone with no access to the 178 00:10:13,464 --> 00:10:15,285 language skills that are needed for that. 179 00:10:15,295 --> 00:10:18,244 So, try to get a Lyft in Korean. 180 00:10:18,244 --> 00:10:23,020 Learn Go to the bus stop and read the sign in English, if you don't speak English. 181 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,260 Even whenever you go to the doctor's office. 182 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,830 So, there are laws that say that federally qualified health centers have 183 00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:33,579 to provide translation interpretation, but it's really at that one spot. 184 00:10:33,589 --> 00:10:36,680 So they can, you can go to the doctor, you'll get your translation, but when 185 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:41,029 you get home and you get that 5, 000 bill, all you see are those 5, 000. 186 00:10:41,030 --> 00:10:43,650 If you don't read English, You're freaked out, right? 187 00:10:43,890 --> 00:10:47,200 And you need someone to help you, or you might actually owe that money, and 188 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,690 then you get called to collections. 189 00:10:49,110 --> 00:10:54,660 So, what AACHI does is we help everyone through that whole process, even before 190 00:10:54,660 --> 00:10:56,329 that, like, trying to get health coverage. 191 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:01,639 Most of these services really only have language access at one part. 192 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:02,630 of the process. 193 00:11:02,949 --> 00:11:06,949 So we're here to fill in the gaps to make sure that the process 194 00:11:06,949 --> 00:11:09,600 is entirely accessible so people can get the care they need. 195 00:11:09,980 --> 00:11:13,009 So what we do is we have these really special positions called 196 00:11:13,029 --> 00:11:14,069 community health workers. 197 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:17,639 Community health workers are people who represent the community they 198 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,469 serve, speak their languages. 199 00:11:19,509 --> 00:11:20,710 They come from those communities. 200 00:11:20,710 --> 00:11:23,800 Most of the time they've been doing this job pro bono for free 201 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,480 and their free time for years. 202 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,600 So we have our community health workers who go and provide 203 00:11:28,610 --> 00:11:30,310 one on one health navigation. 204 00:11:30,310 --> 00:11:34,329 They also do health education classes for lots of different folks. 205 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,090 I forgot to mention, there's some stats that I've been looking at lately. 206 00:11:38,509 --> 00:11:42,729 30 percent of folks who speak Asian languages in the Cedar 207 00:11:43,019 --> 00:11:45,769 Round Rock Georgetown area speak English less than very well. 208 00:11:45,770 --> 00:11:50,189 That means they have limited English proficiency and 60 percent of our 209 00:11:50,189 --> 00:11:51,910 Asian community are foreign born. 210 00:11:52,460 --> 00:11:56,860 Even though our stats show that Asian Americans have, like, really great 211 00:11:56,860 --> 00:12:00,430 rates of health insurance and stuff, they're not thinking about all of 212 00:12:00,430 --> 00:12:03,870 the different complex identities that are within this community. 213 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:06,890 So, that's what we're here for, is to address those things. 214 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:07,890 Minh V.: Thank you. 215 00:12:07,890 --> 00:12:12,229 Yeah, and I think for a lot of us who might be able to relate, like, 216 00:12:12,239 --> 00:12:16,285 growing up in multi generational homes, It becomes a family project 217 00:12:16,344 --> 00:12:19,004 to navigate the health system. 218 00:12:19,104 --> 00:12:23,474 It's like, I laugh, but it's traumatizing as well too, because especially if 219 00:12:23,484 --> 00:12:28,124 you're a young adult in the family, having to help your elders, it can be a 220 00:12:28,124 --> 00:12:30,094 lot to take on as a, as a young adult. 221 00:12:30,114 --> 00:12:30,774 And so it's great. 222 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,730 That you have resources through your organization. 223 00:12:34,050 --> 00:12:36,970 Sabrina, I'll turn it over to you to talk a little bit more about Asian 224 00:12:36,970 --> 00:12:40,049 Texans for Justice and what y'all do and why it's important to focus on 225 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,680 the community with y'all's services. 226 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:42,260 Sabrina S.: Yeah. 227 00:12:42,260 --> 00:12:46,279 So I'm the operations and development manager here at Asian Texans for Justice 228 00:12:46,670 --> 00:12:50,860 so we are an advocacy organization dedicated to connecting the 1. 229 00:12:50,860 --> 00:12:54,900 9 million AAPI Texans to their civic powers. 230 00:12:54,910 --> 00:12:57,030 So what does civic power look like? 231 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:02,640 It means everything from voting to testifying to even learning about 232 00:13:02,649 --> 00:13:06,940 Asian American studies in school to developing the next future 233 00:13:06,940 --> 00:13:09,580 generation of our community's leaders. 234 00:13:09,900 --> 00:13:14,620 So we work to do that to ultimately create a Texas where all can 235 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:16,279 feel bold in their belonging. 236 00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:19,340 A little bit of, about the programs that, like I said, 237 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:22,320 is we invest from communities. 238 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:28,609 We invest in communities to be able to access language, culturally competent and 239 00:13:28,750 --> 00:13:32,180 linguistically accessible voter materials. 240 00:13:32,189 --> 00:13:34,109 So voting is kind of difficult. 241 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:35,939 You have so many different polling locations. 242 00:13:35,939 --> 00:13:39,210 You have so many different candidates to look from, things like that. 243 00:13:39,210 --> 00:13:43,400 So we are nonpartisan, which means we just provide them information. 244 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,170 We let them know these are the voting dates. 245 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:46,500 These are the steps that they need to take. 246 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,420 To be able to vote and then provide help to translations, election 247 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,000 protections, and things like that. 248 00:13:53,220 --> 00:13:58,479 And then similarly, once the elections are over at the Capitol in Texas, 249 00:13:58,729 --> 00:14:00,910 legislative session is every other year. 250 00:14:01,130 --> 00:14:06,250 We connect our community to what's going on at the Capitol. 251 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:10,240 Every law, every legislation impacts our community directly. 252 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:15,605 And most often times, our voices in our communities are not represented at 253 00:14:15,605 --> 00:14:19,205 the halls of the Capitol or not being heard when they're hearing bills that 254 00:14:19,205 --> 00:14:21,325 could potentially impact our community. 255 00:14:21,685 --> 00:14:26,944 And so our goal is to help connect our community to that power to be 256 00:14:26,954 --> 00:14:31,714 able to testify, whether in person or submitting a written testimony, um, 257 00:14:31,714 --> 00:14:36,295 being able to connect them with that and again, training our future generation 258 00:14:36,305 --> 00:14:41,225 to be able to learn that and be able to become the future leaders in their 259 00:14:41,225 --> 00:14:45,335 community, training them the tools of advocacy, what advocacy looks like. 260 00:14:45,675 --> 00:14:47,995 Similarly, we are statewide, right? 261 00:14:48,005 --> 00:14:49,355 Texas is a big state. 262 00:14:49,705 --> 00:14:54,655 Prior to ATJ's founding, there was no dedicated AAPI advocacy 263 00:14:54,655 --> 00:14:56,605 organization that serves statewide. 264 00:14:56,795 --> 00:15:01,005 And so what we do is we help build the coalition and build the infrastructure 265 00:15:01,005 --> 00:15:06,200 for Asians everywhere across Texas to be able to have access to that 266 00:15:06,230 --> 00:15:12,040 ability through sub granting, training, through helping uplift their work. 267 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:16,220 We create kind of that baseline infrastructure for 268 00:15:16,510 --> 00:15:18,159 our community's advocacy. 269 00:15:18,449 --> 00:15:18,900 And yeah. 270 00:15:19,490 --> 00:15:20,040 Minh V.: That was great. 271 00:15:20,070 --> 00:15:20,899 Thank you, Sabrina. 272 00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:25,460 What I'm hearing too is like, so often these systems that we have to operate 273 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:30,495 in aren't built for all of us, you know, and it's really important to 274 00:15:30,495 --> 00:15:34,665 have organizations such as y'alls be able to help the community navigate 275 00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:38,405 these systems that, like I said, often aren't built for people like us. 276 00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:41,605 So I really appreciate all the, the work that y'all are doing. 277 00:15:41,605 --> 00:15:44,184 And Hannah, I want to learn a little bit more. 278 00:15:44,195 --> 00:15:48,460 I mean, storytelling is, My favorite, but with the Austin Asian American 279 00:15:48,470 --> 00:15:52,310 Film Festival, tell us more about that and what y'all offer the community. 280 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:52,699 I'm back on stage 281 00:15:52,699 --> 00:15:53,050 Hanna H.: again. 282 00:15:53,069 --> 00:15:53,490 Welcome back. 283 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,459 Um, the first panel, my commission position is actually 284 00:15:57,460 --> 00:15:59,140 just what I do for fun. 285 00:16:00,410 --> 00:16:02,160 So this is actually my work. 286 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,109 It's Austin Asian American Film Festival. 287 00:16:04,150 --> 00:16:06,010 I'm the executive director for it. 288 00:16:06,020 --> 00:16:08,240 We've been around for 20 years. 289 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:08,999 We're going into the spring. 290 00:16:09,170 --> 00:16:12,140 Sweet 16 of our actual film festival program. 291 00:16:12,610 --> 00:16:16,870 But our organization has been doing an organizing grassroots wise for 292 00:16:16,870 --> 00:16:18,850 20 years in the city of Austin. 293 00:16:19,219 --> 00:16:23,179 We actually have a history exhibit about our organization at the history 294 00:16:23,179 --> 00:16:25,190 center that will be up until July 2nd. 295 00:16:25,549 --> 00:16:28,949 So if you're ever downtown and want to swing in and take a look, we have 296 00:16:28,949 --> 00:16:31,530 an exhibit about our long legacy. 297 00:16:31,849 --> 00:16:35,459 But a little bit more about what seems like just one festival in 298 00:16:35,459 --> 00:16:36,519 our name is we're actually a. 299 00:16:36,589 --> 00:16:38,030 Full-fledged nonprofit. 300 00:16:38,389 --> 00:16:42,680 We used to be a volunteer run and we've expanded from just doing a 301 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,609 few days a year festival program to, we're doing things year round. 302 00:16:46,969 --> 00:16:50,899 You might've seen our logo or our name around for film screenings at 303 00:16:50,899 --> 00:16:55,069 the AARC or maybe in partnership with some of our friends over here. 304 00:16:55,489 --> 00:16:58,579 And we also provide a lot of services. 305 00:16:58,579 --> 00:17:03,185 to local Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Highlander filmmakers. 306 00:17:03,555 --> 00:17:08,494 So we're really, uh, behind crafting more of like a grassroots led identity 307 00:17:08,504 --> 00:17:13,474 and group and network for those as well, who are aspiring filmmakers, 308 00:17:13,474 --> 00:17:18,734 but also established filmmakers, who here has watched an Asian or Asian 309 00:17:18,734 --> 00:17:21,635 American film in the last like two days. 310 00:17:22,099 --> 00:17:23,099 It's like probably almost everyone. 311 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:23,819 Maybe on YouTube. 312 00:17:23,819 --> 00:17:24,160 Raise your hands. 313 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,060 Y'all watch TV. 314 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:25,960 Y'all watch movies. 315 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,240 And if you haven't, go turn on your Netflix or whatever 316 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:30,250 streaming platform you want. 317 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,379 There's plenty to watch. 318 00:17:31,799 --> 00:17:35,240 What we're doing with the festival program, which this year it'll be 319 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:40,740 June 26th to 30th at AFS Cinema, is we're bringing new independent films. 320 00:17:40,750 --> 00:17:42,354 So stuff you cannot find anywhere else. 321 00:17:42,525 --> 00:17:43,535 on streamers yet. 322 00:17:43,825 --> 00:17:45,455 This is stuff that's just made. 323 00:17:45,465 --> 00:17:47,195 It's doing the film festival circuit. 324 00:17:47,195 --> 00:17:48,595 It's gathering awards. 325 00:17:48,955 --> 00:17:53,935 We are deep in the planning for the one coming up, and we have some fantastic 326 00:17:53,935 --> 00:17:57,314 news to share in the next week about our films that we're confirming 327 00:17:57,315 --> 00:17:58,695 and guests that we plan to bring. 328 00:17:59,095 --> 00:18:00,754 I'll tell them in privately later, so. 329 00:18:01,225 --> 00:18:01,815 Come find us. 330 00:18:01,975 --> 00:18:06,445 You might hear some of it, but our opening night film will be quite fantastic. 331 00:18:06,465 --> 00:18:09,935 And I hope y'all can come out to, to that night on the 26th. 332 00:18:10,355 --> 00:18:14,035 The work that we're doing is really championing Asian American stories. 333 00:18:14,074 --> 00:18:15,995 That's like the simplest way to put it. 334 00:18:16,475 --> 00:18:21,435 And not just on like the screen and like in front of you, but behind the 335 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:23,905 camera, that stuff doesn't get made. 336 00:18:24,335 --> 00:18:28,185 By the people that are on the screen, like they're working certainly, but 337 00:18:28,185 --> 00:18:31,815 it's really all those that are involved in the creative process of getting 338 00:18:31,815 --> 00:18:35,975 film together and making and creating and iterating and approving it. 339 00:18:36,305 --> 00:18:38,134 That is so important, right? 340 00:18:38,455 --> 00:18:42,134 And there's a statistic that always sticks to me that I want to share, which 341 00:18:42,134 --> 00:18:48,525 is, it's from USC Annenberg school, a school of media, and they have a statistic 342 00:18:48,525 --> 00:18:54,440 that 75 percent of the leading roles for AAPI in the last, I think, like, 10 or 343 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,120 20 years is, it's pretty much the rock. 344 00:18:57,910 --> 00:19:00,080 That's like the leading Asian American, yeah. 345 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,360 So it's the rock. 346 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:04,300 So that's not enough, right? 347 00:19:04,330 --> 00:19:08,500 That's not enough representation for one male person in our community 348 00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:11,230 to be the main Asian American lead. 349 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:14,670 So that means there's not enough roles going to other Asian American leads. 350 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,650 And we need to change that. 351 00:19:16,660 --> 00:19:19,760 And I really, truly believe it starts with audience building 352 00:19:19,770 --> 00:19:21,554 and with Artist development. 353 00:19:21,965 --> 00:19:24,745 So these two areas are where you'll see us focus on. 354 00:19:25,399 --> 00:19:28,280 Some of our other year round programs you'll see is we curate 355 00:19:28,290 --> 00:19:29,889 in Asian American Video Club. 356 00:19:30,389 --> 00:19:33,480 And so we'll get a few suggested films that are playing at AFS 357 00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:37,559 Cinema or other cinemas around town, and we'll get you a discount. 358 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:41,530 The AFS Cinema discount's always 4 off the ticket for the 359 00:19:41,530 --> 00:19:42,720 films that we're suggesting. 360 00:19:42,940 --> 00:19:45,450 So that's the same as if you had an AFS membership. 361 00:19:45,580 --> 00:19:48,040 And AFS is Austin Film Society. 362 00:19:48,330 --> 00:19:51,020 They run a art house cinema in the Highland area. 363 00:19:51,429 --> 00:19:53,280 That's also where we host our film festival. 364 00:19:53,660 --> 00:19:58,530 And In terms of why it's important, I mean, I think most of us here 365 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:03,949 can attest to the very, very few faces that looked like ours on 366 00:20:03,949 --> 00:20:05,570 the TV screens growing up, right? 367 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,399 Like, the fact that The one Hey Arnold episode, Christmas 368 00:20:09,430 --> 00:20:12,440 episode from 20 years ago now. 369 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:12,569 Minh V.: For when? 370 00:20:12,570 --> 00:20:13,050 Yeah. 371 00:20:13,140 --> 00:20:13,630 Cowboy. 372 00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:14,260 He's a country artist. 373 00:20:14,260 --> 00:20:15,370 It's like taking its way back 374 00:20:15,370 --> 00:20:16,479 Hanna H.: and we all talk about it. 375 00:20:16,479 --> 00:20:19,640 That's like a core memory for a lot of Asian, young Asian Americans 376 00:20:19,650 --> 00:20:20,859 now, or millennial Asian Americans. 377 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,349 So there should be more, right? 378 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:27,590 And then even just Joy Luck Club, when that came out, and then the distance 379 00:20:27,590 --> 00:20:29,320 between when Crazy Rich Asians came out. 380 00:20:29,330 --> 00:20:30,490 That was 20 years. 381 00:20:31,095 --> 00:20:32,615 That's crazy. 382 00:20:32,635 --> 00:20:34,345 So we want to shorten that. 383 00:20:34,345 --> 00:20:35,175 And we've seen that. 384 00:20:35,535 --> 00:20:39,095 We've really seen that activeness in on the national sphere, but on 385 00:20:39,095 --> 00:20:43,315 the local scale, we are very aware that will probably be the first 386 00:20:43,315 --> 00:20:44,595 film festival you come out to. 387 00:20:44,945 --> 00:20:48,375 Maybe you've gone to a screening here or there, but most people will not have 388 00:20:48,375 --> 00:20:51,684 attended a film festival when they come out to ours, and we kind of teach you 389 00:20:51,684 --> 00:20:53,644 the process, but on a more local scale. 390 00:20:53,945 --> 00:20:57,755 We're also providing a, a really intimate chance for you to sit 391 00:20:57,755 --> 00:20:59,285 in the audience with your peers. 392 00:20:59,635 --> 00:21:03,015 And with a filmmaker, that's more than likely from your community, too. 393 00:21:11,275 --> 00:21:15,904 Minh V.: Alright, so a lot of us in the crowd are likely part of employee resource 394 00:21:15,904 --> 00:21:17,834 groups at the companies that we work with. 395 00:21:18,095 --> 00:21:23,024 And as we think more about finding ways to kind of build those inroads between 396 00:21:23,194 --> 00:21:26,915 the private and public sector, The nonprofit sector, the work that y'all do. 397 00:21:27,225 --> 00:21:30,545 There's a question of like, how, how can we collaborate further together? 398 00:21:30,875 --> 00:21:36,055 Could one of y'all maybe share an example of like an intentional type of partnership 399 00:21:36,065 --> 00:21:40,334 that y'all entered into with a local company and what did that look like? 400 00:21:40,334 --> 00:21:41,384 How did it come about? 401 00:21:41,655 --> 00:21:43,564 I'm just going to pass it to the panel. 402 00:21:43,565 --> 00:21:47,554 So anyone who wants to chime in there and y'all listen, cause we 403 00:21:47,554 --> 00:21:50,754 need to be hearing this so we can advocate for them at our companies 404 00:21:50,804 --> 00:21:53,725 and come up with these ideas too, to support the work that they're doing. 405 00:21:54,215 --> 00:21:55,545 Sabrina S.: So I'll start off. 406 00:21:55,625 --> 00:22:01,015 One thing that everyone can do at their employer is to do 407 00:22:01,025 --> 00:22:03,035 like the employer match system. 408 00:22:03,145 --> 00:22:05,935 So I'm going to answer from the development perspective 409 00:22:05,955 --> 00:22:06,645 because that's what I do. 410 00:22:06,645 --> 00:22:08,244 So development is fundraising. 411 00:22:08,565 --> 00:22:13,534 And so one thing that y'all have the option to do, um, Assuming everyone works 412 00:22:13,534 --> 00:22:17,975 at like a bigger company is they'll always do an employer or they usually do an 413 00:22:17,975 --> 00:22:24,034 employer match where if you donate 50 from your paycheck to whatever organization, 414 00:22:24,155 --> 00:22:26,465 usually it has to be a 501 c three. 415 00:22:26,674 --> 00:22:31,345 But if you do like 50, a paycheck that goes to us and then your 416 00:22:31,345 --> 00:22:35,305 employer will actually match it so that donation becomes doubled. 417 00:22:35,545 --> 00:22:40,420 And that's a Really, really amazing thing for a lot of us as non profit 418 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:45,430 organizations, because that's a consistent source of funding to 419 00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,410 keep the programs that we do going. 420 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,580 And that's something that everyone can ask their employer 421 00:22:50,590 --> 00:22:52,279 about, about the employer match. 422 00:22:52,655 --> 00:22:54,014 Minh V.: Yeah, that's a, that's a great point. 423 00:22:54,024 --> 00:22:58,004 I know at my company, we definitely have like an annual budget that they 424 00:22:58,004 --> 00:23:01,725 give their employees up to a certain amount that will, they'll match 425 00:23:01,735 --> 00:23:04,055 your donations to the nonprofit. 426 00:23:04,055 --> 00:23:07,855 So definitely, if you haven't done that at your company, or if your company 427 00:23:07,855 --> 00:23:12,245 doesn't offer that, it might be worth suggesting that as a employee perk. 428 00:23:12,745 --> 00:23:14,715 Hailey E.: We're all 501c3's here. 429 00:23:14,805 --> 00:23:15,075 So 430 00:23:15,335 --> 00:23:19,244 Minh V.: they all are on that list that you can donate to. 431 00:23:19,245 --> 00:23:19,355 And 432 00:23:19,355 --> 00:23:21,544 Sabrina S.: it's like a set it and forget it kind of thing. 433 00:23:21,545 --> 00:23:22,705 Like you just do it once. 434 00:23:23,090 --> 00:23:28,020 And you don't have to think about it and it's really easy and we love it. 435 00:23:28,030 --> 00:23:28,290 So 436 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:32,320 Minh V.: any other examples that y'all would want to, 437 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:33,120 Zahra S.J.: I can chime in. 438 00:23:33,180 --> 00:23:35,650 So I think that there's a couple of different ways that I think about it. 439 00:23:35,650 --> 00:23:39,839 I think that a lot of us that are, if you're curious about any of our 440 00:23:39,839 --> 00:23:44,230 nonprofits, follow us on socials, attend some programming, I'll say. 441 00:23:44,550 --> 00:23:48,600 A lot of the partnerships that we've had with corporations were really 442 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:53,289 driven by that one person that was like, I would like my company to be 443 00:23:53,289 --> 00:23:57,499 a more responsible participant in this community that I am part of. 444 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,579 And so a lot of folks will. 445 00:23:59,649 --> 00:24:03,669 Take the time to learn a little bit about the work that the nonprofit is doing. 446 00:24:03,989 --> 00:24:06,610 And we do a lot of ERG events. 447 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:09,879 So like we'll come talk about our work, talk about something 448 00:24:09,879 --> 00:24:11,340 that's relevant to you. 449 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:15,020 So for example, a lot of folks will have a share, something about the model 450 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:19,270 minority myth and how to work against it, or how to be more aware of it in the 451 00:24:19,270 --> 00:24:24,400 spaces that we're occupying as highly educated, in some cases, doing pretty 452 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,860 well, Asian folks that are in this space. 453 00:24:27,220 --> 00:24:28,290 Corporate setting, right? 454 00:24:28,290 --> 00:24:31,830 So I think that really thinking about what are relevant ways of hosting 455 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:36,109 these conversations in the spaces you occupy and introducing any one 456 00:24:36,110 --> 00:24:40,620 of our nonprofits in those settings, because people are looking to connect 457 00:24:40,620 --> 00:24:42,559 and give back and have community. 458 00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:44,319 And so I think that's a nice way to do it. 459 00:24:44,739 --> 00:24:47,120 We also find that individuals will step forward, right? 460 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:47,140 So. 461 00:24:47,290 --> 00:24:51,160 So we have client facing work, and if someone's interested in supporting 462 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,130 a client one on one, there are some high training requirements. 463 00:24:55,130 --> 00:24:57,850 I know Hailey will probably share that, some of those. 464 00:24:58,170 --> 00:25:02,139 But there are opportunities for you to work directly with survivors of violence. 465 00:25:02,389 --> 00:25:04,270 We also run a school based program. 466 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:08,395 So, Serving as a mentor to a young person from a newly arrived 467 00:25:08,415 --> 00:25:10,505 immigrant or refugee family. 468 00:25:10,525 --> 00:25:12,855 That's within attending a public school system. 469 00:25:12,855 --> 00:25:16,615 Usually a Title I school in our case in AISD. 470 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:19,035 So there are opportunities like that as well. 471 00:25:19,355 --> 00:25:21,495 Again, we have a gala every year. 472 00:25:21,654 --> 00:25:24,185 So if you're a gala goer, sponsor a table. 473 00:25:24,225 --> 00:25:25,435 Let's go dress up. 474 00:25:26,695 --> 00:25:28,515 It's on November 2nd this year. 475 00:25:28,795 --> 00:25:30,855 So get a table, bring some friends. 476 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:36,040 There are many ways to support us and your time is as important as the 477 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,690 dollars, but we also need the dollars. 478 00:25:38,050 --> 00:25:43,160 And the last thing I'll say is that I think that we, all of us, are connected 479 00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:47,620 to folks that, when we think about interpersonal violence, we often think 480 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:51,300 that it's this thing that happens very far away from where I am, right? 481 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:56,350 And I Went to law school and I, you know, I'm educated and I'm doing well 482 00:25:56,350 --> 00:25:59,660 and we think that those are protective factors and one would hope that they 483 00:25:59,660 --> 00:26:03,550 are, but they unfortunately are not so a lot of spaces that we occupy. 484 00:26:03,559 --> 00:26:07,969 We have to be brave and normalize these conversations, right? 485 00:26:07,969 --> 00:26:10,810 And the statistics are so high, right? 486 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,810 One in four folks will experience interpersonal violence. 487 00:26:14,959 --> 00:26:18,310 The numbers for sexual violence are also pretty high, and those 488 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,550 numbers are underreported. 489 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:23,449 And we know that the numbers are even further underreported 490 00:26:23,469 --> 00:26:24,590 in Asian communities. 491 00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:29,439 So really just normalizing the conversation, putting yourself out there. 492 00:26:29,699 --> 00:26:32,560 And if you need help in having those conversations, then 493 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:33,569 that's what we're here for. 494 00:26:33,879 --> 00:26:37,239 Reach out and host those conversations in all the spaces that you're in. 495 00:26:37,745 --> 00:26:39,154 Minh V.: Yeah, thanks for those answers. 496 00:26:39,174 --> 00:26:45,014 And I think one thing that I hear is being creative about how you partner 497 00:26:45,014 --> 00:26:48,745 with these organizations and that all of them are open to that type 498 00:26:48,745 --> 00:26:50,455 of creativity and that partnership. 499 00:26:50,865 --> 00:26:55,114 Think about your company OKRs, your company goals, see how it can intersect. 500 00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:59,840 I work in corporate clearly, honestly, like you can advocate for these 501 00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:04,810 nonprofits that way and make it an easier self or the employer to invest and to 502 00:27:04,930 --> 00:27:06,690 cough over open their purse strings. 503 00:27:06,690 --> 00:27:10,529 You know, I know one last example that I'll share is I know 504 00:27:10,570 --> 00:27:11,930 another company that I've seen. 505 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,990 seen do like a field day where they split into two teams, they 506 00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:19,460 nominate, they participate on behalf of one of the organizations 507 00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,590 to help raise money for them. 508 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,230 So employee engagement is a big buzzword in corporate too. 509 00:27:25,259 --> 00:27:26,270 So yeah, I was 510 00:27:26,270 --> 00:27:29,679 Hailey E.: going to say, I think ERGs could run fundraisers within themselves. 511 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,080 I think that's a really great idea. 512 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,620 Another thing is that some of us have products that we sell, like 513 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:38,620 they have, uh, Asian Texas for justice have really cool t shirts. 514 00:27:39,159 --> 00:27:39,510 Deal? 515 00:27:39,629 --> 00:27:39,960 Sabrina S.: Yes. 516 00:27:42,030 --> 00:27:45,379 Hailey E.: And so you can buy some for your whole ERG and then that's 517 00:27:45,409 --> 00:27:48,710 going to go to their work, or we have the family style passport. 518 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,290 You can buy one for your whole ERG and then go eat out together. 519 00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:56,029 And then I think one more thing is just volunteering. 520 00:27:56,339 --> 00:28:01,205 So, Just keep in mind, volunteering, especially for these folks who we're 521 00:28:01,205 --> 00:28:05,134 helping is a little challenging, a little complicated because there's a 522 00:28:05,134 --> 00:28:08,864 lot of shame involved with receiving help and it's just complicated. 523 00:28:08,864 --> 00:28:09,354 So. 524 00:28:09,815 --> 00:28:13,015 I think something to keep in mind is that we actually need 525 00:28:13,015 --> 00:28:17,135 your expertise in the fields that you're in and even the resources. 526 00:28:17,145 --> 00:28:20,644 So like we actually reached out to Waymo and we were like, Hey, do you 527 00:28:20,644 --> 00:28:21,705 want to give us some free rides? 528 00:28:21,705 --> 00:28:22,955 Cause our clients need rides. 529 00:28:23,175 --> 00:28:28,464 So maybe you could advocate for services or resources that you 530 00:28:28,464 --> 00:28:31,569 could share with nonprofits that we wouldn't normally have access to. 531 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:33,690 Minh V.: That's great. 532 00:28:33,730 --> 00:28:33,940 Yeah. 533 00:28:33,950 --> 00:28:34,440 Thank you. 534 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:34,780 All right. 535 00:28:34,780 --> 00:28:37,270 We've got a couple minutes for Q and A. 536 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:41,129 I think all of y'all have tables in the back or most of y'all. 537 00:28:41,130 --> 00:28:44,780 So if you have, if you want to learn more, please go learn more over there. 538 00:28:44,780 --> 00:28:45,560 But yeah. 539 00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:46,940 Any questions? 540 00:28:46,990 --> 00:28:47,700 What y'all got? 541 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:48,680 Y'all got something. 542 00:28:48,730 --> 00:28:48,770 Audience Member: Hello? 543 00:28:49,325 --> 00:28:49,635 Hello? 544 00:28:49,885 --> 00:28:50,165 Hi. 545 00:28:50,514 --> 00:28:54,445 First, I just want to say thanks everybody for making this event happen. 546 00:28:54,535 --> 00:28:56,004 I'm a huge supporter of AARC. 547 00:28:56,045 --> 00:28:59,605 I come here as often as I can and I thank you for being you and 548 00:28:59,605 --> 00:29:01,435 what you do for the community. 549 00:29:01,934 --> 00:29:03,054 I have a selfish question. 550 00:29:04,385 --> 00:29:09,014 I'm half Vietnamese and Hannah mentioned earlier, the statistic 551 00:29:09,014 --> 00:29:14,495 is that Austin is like 8 percent Asian, but mixed race doesn't count. 552 00:29:14,915 --> 00:29:17,444 Hanna H.: Yeah, it's just the way the census is set up. 553 00:29:17,475 --> 00:29:19,990 So when they Pull out the numbers. 554 00:29:20,030 --> 00:29:24,139 They don't include people who are checking off boxes for like multiple, 555 00:29:24,500 --> 00:29:28,370 or if you're writing in, you can get those counted individually and like 556 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,090 pull that category individually. 557 00:29:30,110 --> 00:29:33,769 But unfortunately, when you start to pull together a group, like a, 558 00:29:33,850 --> 00:29:36,459 a NHPI, it gets real complicated. 559 00:29:36,820 --> 00:29:41,190 So whenever you see demographic reports, you can ask and see if it includes 560 00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:43,610 anyone that's like selected multiple. 561 00:29:43,910 --> 00:29:46,360 So we know that any count of our. 562 00:29:46,455 --> 00:29:48,835 Community is always some sort of undercount. 563 00:29:49,825 --> 00:29:50,335 Audience Member: Right, right. 564 00:29:50,365 --> 00:29:51,265 No, I, I imagine. 565 00:29:51,285 --> 00:29:53,625 I was just kind of curious, like, you know, so where does my number go? 566 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:54,585 It just, like, disappears. 567 00:29:55,115 --> 00:29:59,025 Hanna H.: You might be in, like, a greater number or, like, more singular category. 568 00:29:59,045 --> 00:30:03,265 So, it really depends on how, when people are pulling reports, they're just pulling 569 00:30:03,265 --> 00:30:05,465 raw data and making those findings. 570 00:30:05,865 --> 00:30:09,495 So you can ask questions of the report generator, like, what did you 571 00:30:09,495 --> 00:30:11,175 include when you made this category? 572 00:30:11,445 --> 00:30:12,485 It might depend on that. 573 00:30:12,495 --> 00:30:16,665 So the recent demographer report, I asked her specifically, like, Oh, 574 00:30:16,665 --> 00:30:18,345 does this include mixed race Asians? 575 00:30:18,345 --> 00:30:21,465 Like if they check more than one box and she said, no, this number does not. 576 00:30:21,585 --> 00:30:21,845 Well, 577 00:30:22,515 --> 00:30:22,825 Audience Member: thank you. 578 00:30:22,885 --> 00:30:23,615 I was just curious. 579 00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:24,505 I 580 00:30:24,505 --> 00:30:26,425 Minh V.: think that, thank you for bringing that up. 581 00:30:26,525 --> 00:30:30,355 I mean, I think that just exemplifies the theme here about systems that 582 00:30:30,355 --> 00:30:34,515 are created in our communities aren't always being inclusive. 583 00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:38,230 Thinking about the different nuances of challenges that our community might face. 584 00:30:38,230 --> 00:30:41,720 And so just really highlights even more the important work that 585 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:43,050 these organizations are doing. 586 00:30:43,050 --> 00:30:45,920 And I want to ask everyone to give them a round of applause, please, 587 00:30:45,930 --> 00:30:46,980 for all the work that they've done. 588 00:30:46,980 --> 00:30:48,100 And thank you for joining us. 589 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:49,440 Thank you all for being here. 590 00:30:49,570 --> 00:30:50,590 Really appreciate it. 591 00:30:58,355 --> 00:30:59,945 Sandra P.: Hey, just want to give a shout out to you. 592 00:30:59,975 --> 00:31:00,635 Great job. 593 00:31:00,655 --> 00:31:02,915 I know that was really fun. 594 00:31:02,975 --> 00:31:04,695 And I'm biased. 595 00:31:04,705 --> 00:31:08,685 You're an amazing moderator, but just such a good conversation to 596 00:31:08,685 --> 00:31:13,395 have with such key community leaders, which was just really nice to hear. 597 00:31:13,425 --> 00:31:16,695 And honestly, I learned so much about some of the key services 598 00:31:16,695 --> 00:31:19,555 and things that that exists that I didn't even know about myself. 599 00:31:20,075 --> 00:31:21,605 Minh V.: Yeah, I appreciate that. 600 00:31:21,605 --> 00:31:27,555 Yeah, I think one that really stood out to me was when Hailey was talking about the 601 00:31:27,565 --> 00:31:31,435 health navigators that they have at the Austin Asian Community Health Initiative 602 00:31:31,865 --> 00:31:34,225 and just thinking about Growing up. 603 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:37,535 I don't know about you But like there was a lot of things that me and my brother 604 00:31:37,535 --> 00:31:42,015 would have to help our parents with sometimes government related things like 605 00:31:42,015 --> 00:31:48,580 documents or just like Things that felt like me as maybe a 10 year old shouldn't 606 00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:53,110 necessarily have to know about just yet, but the reality was, you know, me and 607 00:31:53,110 --> 00:31:57,380 my brother knew potentially could help fill in the gaps, at least in terms of 608 00:31:57,380 --> 00:32:01,600 like language proficiency and what some of these documents were asking for. 609 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,720 And we had to use context clues too. 610 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:08,695 But I just think about how Helpful it would have been to know that a resource 611 00:32:08,695 --> 00:32:13,095 like this existed and to have our family be able to like benefit from that. 612 00:32:13,095 --> 00:32:15,135 So I'm really glad that they have something like this. 613 00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:17,260 Sandra P.: Yeah, me too, for sure. 614 00:32:17,340 --> 00:32:19,640 And I'm even just thinking about in the future. 615 00:32:19,650 --> 00:32:22,010 I mean, there's some really big things that are happening, right? 616 00:32:22,010 --> 00:32:25,920 The election in November and thinking about how I know this, 617 00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:29,080 these groups are going to rally and figure out how to support them. 618 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,650 So I know a few of them talked about resourcing, how they can even get 619 00:32:33,115 --> 00:32:37,155 On the bus to polling stations and how we can communicate how they can 620 00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:40,735 get lists and all these things just to make it easier and barriers that 621 00:32:40,735 --> 00:32:43,775 are in place that may prevent this community from being able to vote. 622 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,675 And it is important that they have access. 623 00:32:45,685 --> 00:32:51,205 So yeah, really just big applause and go out and support these organizations. 624 00:32:51,205 --> 00:32:56,079 If you have not already, I know really big things that are coming up and you know, 625 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,740 I'm sure they could use time resourcing and volunteers and things like that. 626 00:33:00,190 --> 00:33:00,710 Minh V.: Yeah. 627 00:33:00,890 --> 00:33:05,980 And I just really appreciate to the wide range of like services that 628 00:33:05,990 --> 00:33:09,580 we heard from, like you're talking about just civic engagement, Asian 629 00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:13,830 Texans for justice, and even the film festival, which just recently passed 630 00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:15,340 the Austin Asian American Film Festival. 631 00:33:15,380 --> 00:33:20,400 I went this year, saw the opening night of the new wave documentary 632 00:33:20,780 --> 00:33:22,560 and had a lot of, a lot of fun. 633 00:33:22,590 --> 00:33:23,290 And I think. 634 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:28,080 A lot of these different organizations provide really important aspects of 635 00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:33,230 community, either through direct services or through art and entertainment and 636 00:33:33,260 --> 00:33:35,160 representation, like the film festival. 637 00:33:35,170 --> 00:33:40,510 So you can check out more of their stuff and resources in the episode description. 638 00:33:40,510 --> 00:33:42,645 We'll have links there, but Yeah. 639 00:33:42,655 --> 00:33:47,215 Appreciate you listening in with us and definitely also we have 640 00:33:47,215 --> 00:33:53,265 a list of AAPI led organizations in our bio and on our website. 641 00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:56,705 So if you're interested in learning more about different organizations in the 642 00:33:56,705 --> 00:33:58,355 community, definitely check that out. 643 00:33:58,375 --> 00:34:02,135 And yeah, just encourage you all to get involved. 644 00:34:02,345 --> 00:34:03,095 Thanks for listening. 645 00:34:03,665 --> 00:34:04,165 Sandra P.: Bye all. 646 00:34:04,575 --> 00:34:04,885 Minh V.: Bye.