ReDiscovering Black and Asian Solidarity

<p>In this inaugural episode of ReDiscovering Black and Asian Solidarity, hosts Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Dr. Judy Yu sit down with scholar-activist Akemi Kochiyama. As the co-director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project and granddaughter of legendary human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, Akemi shares her deeply personal journey growing up at the crossroads of Black and Asian movement histories. The conversation reveals how grassroots organizing, family legacies, and cultural memory serve as powerful tools to interrupt divisive media narratives and build transformative movements today.</p><p>Highlights</p>Intergenerational Roots of Resistance: Akemi details her upbringing in Harlem and...