Rooted in Poetics is a podcast centering diaspora stories from residents of Long Beach’s Cambodia Town, and from folks who have a deep connection to the neighborhood. This is a project that I have wanted to begin for awhile now, and choosing to incubate this...
Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 1: This is OUR Time Capsule: One Year in Review https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-1-this-is-our-time-capsule-one-year-in-review/s-gPGSOqw2mLM **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks before...
Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 2: What Do You Meme? - Breaking Down the UFL Experience https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-ep-2-what-do-you-meme-breaking-down-the-ufl-experience/s-WDgOSD40L9i **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few weeks...
Urban Futures Lab: Yearbook Edition - Ep 3: The Rose that Grew from Concrete/The Lotus Rising from the Mud https://soundcloud.com/publicmatters/urban-futures-lab-yearbook-edition-the-rose-that-grew-from-concretethe-lotus-rising-from-the-mud/s-VKJHeA2cmy6 **For some context, this podcast and its episodes were conceived during the beginning of our quarantine season, and recorded in late April and early May—just a few...
The day I heard the Urban Futures Lab Fellows would be giving an ABSTalk for the Public Matters family, deep, deep anxiety set in. What is an ABSTalk? Well, it’s a Public Matters spin on the popular TEDTalk series, but about half the time (10 minutes)....
Coming into the Urban Futures Lab Fellowship has been nothing but incredibly exhilarating, and mind blowing. When I first learned about Public Matters last summer when I was at a Sunday Jump open mic (which is held at the Pilipino Workers Center), I never would...