What defines you?  (my dreams; my passion; my music; my past and present; my future; my experiences.)  — Impact Fellows, writing about Kinetic.

This summer, five of our Impact Fellows began the work of building an infrastructure for a high school youth program at two local community-based organizations (CBOs), based on our Kinetic program.  While the project has been challenging, it feels particularly critical.  CBOs have long proven to be important places for young folks to engage in community building and identity development, and part of our mission at Advancing Justice—Chicago is to support capacity- building and leadership development within these organizations. (더 보기…)

A guest post from one of our 2013 Impact Fellows:

This past July 4th weekend, there was a horrible plane crash in San Francisco that frightened many. As many people tuned glued to the news to find out more, the focus changed from the victims and families to the inevitable racism that, for some odd reason, seems to always follow. (더 보기…)

I had an opportunity to lead a session for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago’s 2013 Impact Fellows Program today, and as always, it was great to hear how people react to terms and ideas that have been swimming around my head for a while. We talked about the term Asian American, and in broad strokes touched on a myriad of topics from immigration history, to media, to popular culture. More than anything I’m reminded of what a loaded term it is, and how much it encompasses, even within the literal context of the two words, Asian and American. (더 보기…)