Listen "Ep 80 | JD Chang: Founder of Crushing the Myth"
Episode Synopsis
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Crushing The Myth (CTM) is an Asian American speaker series that shares Asian American stories and perspectives with a global audience. Established in January of 2019, CTM aims to connect Asian Americans and allies to each other. I spoke with the Founder of Crushing The Myth, JD Chang about why he created CTM, and its mission. Crushing The Myth is about showing that Asian America today is more than just the "Model Minority" label and telling Asian American stories that make people LISTEN, LEARN, and INSPIRED. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: JD's experience of the model minority myth What Crushing The Myth is about and what it represents What is the mission of Crushing The Myth (CTM) How JD started his career as a film line producer What JD thinks about TED Talks South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference What Crushing the Myth offers to its participants (prospective speakers) What's the biggest challenge JD has experienced with Crushing The Myth The highlights of working on Crushing The Myth How people can sign up to do a Crushing The Myth talk The training that Crushing The Myth provides to its speakers JD's tips for public speaking JD's tips for looking good on video Where you can watch the CTM talks Related Links: Crushing The Myth's website: https://www.crushingthemyth.com/ Crushing The Myth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crushingthemyth/ Crushing The Myth YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLyCJ6sOp72YB2iXJhd9DA JD Chang on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdchang360/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdchang360 APEX for Youth: https://www.apexforyouth.org/ Asia Society: https://asiasociety.org/new-york South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference: https://www.sxsw.com/ TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks
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