Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Meet the Philanthropist with Dr. Amanda Cho

She was a Korean Adoptee, raised by a white family since infancy. And Suddenly, when she was nearly 40 years old, she began to understand who she really was.

 

Interview Highlights

Spending time [...] showing up when you say you’re going to do something and following through is very important to me.
— Dr. Amanda Cho

On the state of inclusion at higher education

  • This depends on the institution you work and where your institution is located.

  • Research and data are key to pushing programs to support students of color.

  • Faculty of color are needed as well.

On being an adoptee

  • “The adoptee community is very complex. Everybody has different experiences and feelings about their adoption […] [and] talking about it.”

  • Adoptee advocacy is important because there are international adoptees who never received their citizenship. They’re now denied the rights, protections and even benefits.

 

Upcoming Event

 

Suggested Reading

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with Rhea Wong

Exploring the fundraising experience as an Asian woman

 

Resources

State of Philanthropy Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

By AAPIP

 
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