Featuring David Woo
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We’re delighted to welcome David as our second speaker of the 3-speaker series on Asian Americans and Asian Pacific Islander Americans. The intention of this series is to counter the marginalization, erasure, and stereotyping of Asian American Buddhists by celebrating the diversity of this group as indispensable stewards and shapers of American Buddhism.
David Woo works as a care specialist at Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit that serves high risk, recently incarcerated and formerly gang-involved youth as well as adults. He has also served as a counselor and mentor at NaNoom, a faith-based, addiction treatment center located in Koreatown, and as a mindfulness meditation group facilitator for youth serving sentences at juvenile incarceration facilities. Woo is currently in his final semester of Buddhist seminary, pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at the University of the West and was the recipient of the 2020 Semester of Justice social justice grant by the Kaleidoscope Institute, an award recognizing rising faith leaders of color.
Join us to hear from David, where he will speak on the causes and conditions of why so many Asian Americans have been made invisible. He will address issues facing Asian gangs, many who suffer from a kind of violence that is also invisible. The stigmatization of this violence makes it less likely to be seen or recognized.
David will talk about the history of Asian Americana and how it intersects with justice. He will also cover inner justice, narrative recovery, Buddhist chaplaincy, BIPOC Buddhism, and living the koan.
Homeboy Industries thought for the day
Inside the largest gang rehab in the world
Perspectives on Anti-Asian American Racism, Faith and Identity
You can reach David by emailing him at:
woo@alumni.usc.edu
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