All University of Waterloo students, faculty and staff of East Asian and South East Asian heritage are invited to this solidarity and healing space. We are offering this space in the aftermath of the Atlanta murders and through the rise of anti-Asian hate brought forth through COVID-19.
Racism against East Asian and South East Asian people is often unheard, unseen, and unaddressed. You are invited to share your experiences, grief, anger, and pain in a listening and supportive environment. We will talk about how we can set personal boundaries to care for ourselves and those around us. When the narrative of white supremacy and capitalism pit different racial and ethnic groups against each other, how can we build solidarity on campus that is rooted in antiracism that challenges white supremacy? We will go through some free writing activities which you can share anonymously on a group board. We will discuss what next steps we’d like to see on campus and how we can continue to stay in community. The last thirty minutes will be a performance by Janice Jo Lee, who will share songs and poems to decompress and close in a good way.
About the Faciliator
Janice Jo Lee, aka Sing Hey, is a contemporary folk artist of Korean ancestry. She is a folk-soul singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, actor, playwright, and educator from Kitchener, on Haldimand Tract treaty territory. On stage she creates looping landscapes with her voice, guitar, trumpet and Korean jangu drum. Lee is a hard femme, queer, radical, comedian, truth-teller, and satirist. She is interested in using art to build flourishing communities based in justice and joy. Lee's work explores gender justice, antiracism, friendship, community, ancestry, and the Earth.