Connie Liu is a queer Chinese American who is a youth organizer for Youth MOJO at Chinese Progressive Action (CPA). As a youth organizer she builds up the youths’ leadership skills, teach them about issues such as immigration and disability justice, and supports the youths’ campaigns.

In this interview, Connie discusses what it means to be part of both the Chinese American and queer community. She also talks about the advantages and disadvantages that the pandemic brought upon starting her role at CPA.

Read the full interview transcript here.

Keywords: queer, Chinese American, wage theft

Index

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:17 Queer and Chinese American

00:03:05 Mission of the Chinese Progressive Association

00:05:43 Youth Mojo

00:09:06 Challenges leading Youth Mojo during pandemic

00:12:21 Creating spaces and dialogues on safety

00:15:29 Challenges of fostering connections

00:18:44 Maintaining health protocols during in person programming

00:22:19 Taking care of yourself

00:24:51 Do not wait for solutions