Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Race, Gender, and Social Justice

Talking Combatting Anti Asian Racism and More w/ Activist & Organizer Grace Pai 

Season 3 Episode 8

Grace Pai

In this episode organizer and activist Grace Pai and I discuss the divisions between Blacks and Asian Americans, how Coronavirus is impacting the Asian American community, and the potential that lives in cross racial collaborations. 

Grace is the Director of Organizing at Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago. Her years of community organizing have given Grace a perspective that is especially important in this fraught time.

This conversation opened my eyes to elements of the struggle for freedom for all of us that I hadn't been aware of. I think you'll find it as important, engaging, and informative as I did.

Grace Pai is the Director of Organizing at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago. She has spent the last six years organizing in Chicago and training hundreds of organizers and community leaders across the country. Building political power is one of her passions — Grace recently led the effort to launch Asian American Midwest Progressives, a political organization that endorses progressive candidates for elected office.

For information about their upcoming bystander training program send an email to antihate@advancingjustice-chicago.org asking to be notified when the training goes live.

For a written transcript of this conversation click here.

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Harmonica music courtesy of a friend