It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Alicia sought out five colleagues to ask them what it means to be Asian in America today. In this very special episode, we hear from Alex Tom, the Executive Director of the Center For Empowered Politics, Amanda Nguyen, the Founder and CEO of Rise, Jane Kim, Director for the CA Working Families Party, Rudy Valintino, Executive Director of United Playaz, and Supriya Lopez Pillai, the Executive Director of Hidden Leaf Foundation. Plus, all the news you can use with Alicia’s Weekly Roundup, and a new installment of Lady’s Love Notes!

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This pod is supported by the Black Futures Lab

Production by Phil Surkis

Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by Latyrx

Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. She is the co-founder of Supermajority, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia was recently named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside her BLM co-founders Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Penguin Random House),  and she warns you -- hashtags don’t start movements. People do.