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miseducAsian PodcastLIVE Recording at The Broad Center's Forum 2025 with Akemi KochiyamaIn this episode, we are live and in-person at The Broad Center at Yale School of Management Forum 2025, with special guest, Akemi Kochiyama. Akemi is a scholar-activist, community builder, and Co-Director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, whose mission is to carry on the work and legacy of her grandmother, Yuri Kochiyama. We soak in the moment of doing our first recording in front of a live audience and for a community that is near and dear to us (0:50)Akemi shares her thoughts on Yuri's work, approach to solidarity and community building, and this idea about radical hospitality (4:50)H...2025-03-1151 min
KiskadeeAkemi KochiyamaIn this episode we speak to Akemi Kochiyama, granddaughter of American civil rights activist, Yuri Kochiyama, the lifelong champion of civil rights causes in the black, Latino, Native American and Asian-American communities Influenced by her Japanese-American family's experience in an American internment camp, her association with Malcolm X, and her Maoist beliefs, she advocated for many causes, including black separatism, the anti-war movement, reparations for Japanese-American internees, and the rights of political prisoners.2022-02-2643 min
The Bánh Mì ChroniclesSeason 6 Finale & Going On Extended Hiatus!!!Season 6 Finale!!!!
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We reached the conclusion of Season 6, "Unfinished Business", and with that said, I am taking a hiatus from recording new episodes until next summer. After 80+ episodes in two years, it will be great to finally take a step back and give myself some time to pause and reflect on my work. What an amazing run it has been for me thus far, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. For Season 6, I am honored to hear so many incredible stories from my guests, and so thankful to all of them who were a pa...2021-10-311h 36
The Bánh Mì ChroniclesWhat Yuri Taught Me w/ Akemi Kochiyama(S6, EP 3) Akemi Kochiyama joined in for this week's episode. Akemi is the granddaughter of late Japanese-American activist icon Yuri Kochiyama. In this interview, we talk about Yuri's activism that began when she and her family were forcibly sent to the Japanese incarceration camps during WWII. In her activism work, Yuri connected with Malcolm X, Assata Shakur, and other Black activists to support the Black liberation movement while also speaking out against the Vietnam War, the US military industrial complex, and western imperialism. Akemi speaks about her grandma's legacy along with her family's long rich history with Black and A...2021-09-121h 03