S1 EP2: Supporting immigrants and students during COVID-19 with Jamie Lee, Rickey Hall, and Joaquin Uy

In our inaugural podcast we invited three guests to come create bonds and share projects they are working on. Our hope is to create bonding between guests and between guests and the audience. Our first guests were Rickey Hall of the University of Washington's Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, Jamie Lee of Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) and Joaquin Uy of the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs at the City of Seattle.

We discover shared Midwestern roots, learn about each other's personal stories, and bond over the work we all do. We discuss topics such as integration versus assimilation, how to care for International District residents most impacted by COVID-19, education access, and the importance of deeper community outreach to immigrants and refugees.

We are thankful for the insights shared by our guests and hope this helps create the conditions for true belonging in our region. To support the work of SCIDpda please contact Jamie Lee at jamiel@scidpda.org. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Rickey Hall's introduction
03:21 - Joaquin Uy's introduction
8:30 - Jamie Lee's introduction
13:20 - Transition to Current Needs/Projects
14:06 - Joaquin's project
27:48 - Jamie's project
37:28 - Rickey's project
54:52 - Thanks and closing