Stories about what it means to be next-generation Korean and Black Angelenos, 30 years after the historic Civil Unrest.
Producer: Daniel Hahm
Guests: Activist, Haewon Asfaw and Therapist, Gonji Lee
Haewon Asfaw is a Black-Korean community organizer and a founding member of Black Lives Matter LA. Social activist and lifelong Angeleno, Haewon, was only two years old when the LA Unrest erupted. While she doesn’t have a memory of those six days in 1992, she shares her story of growing up with a Korean mother who was a reporter for the Korean Times during the Uprising and an Ethiopian father and how growing up in the shadow of the ‘92 Civil Uprising shaped the woman she became. Haewon has experienced firsthand the intricate dynamic between the two communities, and she has advocated for the betterment of both in the past decade.
Gonji (Jessica) Lee is a Korean therapist and community organizer.  Gonji grew up in Koreatown but their family was displaced by the 1992 riots and they and their family moved back to Korea for a time. Now as an adult living in Los Angeles, they have been working on intergenerational trauma and healing in the Korean community. Gonji says, "As a queer, femme Korean child of immigrants, I hope to provide a relevant healing space for folks to feel seen and heard. I am passionate about decolonizing healing practices and believe that there must be individual (psychotherapy), community (interdependent care systems), and systemic (community organizing & advocacy) change in order to set up the conditions for our communities to thrive.”

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