Interview with Nancy Xiong: Advancing Social Justice at HIP

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About the interviewee: Nancy is a Hmong-American from Merced with a B.A. in Public Health from the University of Californa, Berkeley. She has been an organizer for Hmong Innovating Politics, also known as HIP, for over seven years and is now serving as the Executive Director.

In this interview, Nancy discusses the mission of HIP and how they have adapted to the sudden change in their work with the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: civic engagement, community organization, narrative work, mental health

Index:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:04:33 - HIP’s development

00:08:43 - Being Executive Director at HIP

00:14:22 - Mental health during pandemic

00:17:48 - Being a female leader at HIP

00:22:57 - Tackling challenges during COVID

00:37:32 - Digital translated resources

00:39:04 - Digital-literacy accommodation

00:41:56 - Closing remarks