Emilie & Zach Show Notes
On This Episode:
- This week in The SituAsian Room, Emilie, and Zach welcome Dr. Michelle Au who is running to be the first Asian American woman in the Georgia State Senate. Dr. Au discusses the need for public health in policy decisions, Asian American representation in government, and more. Dr. Au is an anesthesiologist and holds a Master’s in Public Health.
Introduction Topics:
- Sri Kulkarni running for the Texas 22nd District campaigning in 21 different languages
- A Sugar and Spice Holiday Movie
- House passes resolution to denounce Covid-19 racism toward Asian Americans
- Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign Report of 25% Asian American youth experiencing racist bullying
Key Topics of the Episode:
- Diversity misconceptions of Georgia
- Why Dr. Au wanted to focus more on community health and the importance of Public Health
- The growth of the Asian American voter block and it’s potential to make a key difference in swing states like Georgia
- Georgia’s citizen legislature and why it’s different from other state legislatures
- How her motivation to help her patients transfers to running for office
- Increasing AAPI turnout (introducing voting, language and translation work, cultural outreach, making it as easy as possible to do the right thing)
- Running for office as a woman
- Being told it’s not your turn to run for office
- The investment of diversity
- The importance of mentoring
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Produced and Hosted by Emilie Villaverde and Zach Ng
Edited by Kyle Hudson
Music by Eway Sounds
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