Doing Social Justice Work As Students & Working Professionals: Some Practical Advice
A few weeks ago, Tatum and I gave a brown bag talk at the Boston College Lynch School of Education on the creation of ASHAAA and the Advocate Burnout Toolkit. We were excited about this opportunity to share our experiences doing social justice work as full-time students and working professionals.
In 2020, we envisioned ASHAAA to be a one-off project. Yet, two years later, we are busy planning our third project. One reason this work feels sustainable is that it never takes more than five hours a week. In our talk, we discussed how we reduce burnout and other advice on developing projects similar to ours when your schedule is packed.
A recording of the talk is now available below. We spent the first 25+ minutes talking about ASHAAA and the toolkit; see timestamps at the end or skip to 22:56 for practical tips!
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1:40 Project background - Raising awareness of anti-Asian racism
7:02 Social justice project #1 - Creating A Safe Haven for Asians and Asian Americans (ASHAAA)
16:15 Social justice project #2 - Creating the Advocate Burnout Toolkit
24:50 A 4-step project roadmap
30:13 How much work do I have to put in?
34:35 What skills do I have to start a project?
37:37 Summary - Key takeaways
40:45 Q&A
