17. A Conversation on Anti-Asian Hate and AAPI Activism – Connie Chung Joe, CEO of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles

On the 17th episode of Immigration Today! Angeline Chen interviews Connie Chung Joe, the Chief Executive Officer of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles. They are the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Connie received her BA in Spanish and International Relations from USC and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center. She has worked alongside immigrant communities for many years and is the daughter of South Korean immigrant parents. Throughout this podcast, she tells us about her own upbringing and the work she does at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA was founded in 1983 in the wake of the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American killed by two Caucasian auto workers who blamed the Japanese auto industry for the economic demise in Detroit at the time. There then became a rise in Asian American activism, which brought to light the need for organizations that focused on ethnically and culturally specific work. To this day, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. Through direct services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Advancing Justice – LA focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and AANHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice.

Connie has been honored for her work by the Asian Pacific Women’s Center and Asian American Drug Abuse Program. In 2016, she was appointed by California Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de Leon to the Domestic Violence Advisory Council. In 2017, Connie was named by CA Assembly member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas and LA County Board of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas a 40 Under 40 Emerging Civic Leader.
 
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