EPISODE · Feb 26, 2021 · 51 MIN
02 | Growing Up Asian in New Zealand and Finding a Community w/ Jehoon Mun
from Sparking Sparks · host Magdeline Huang
In this episode of Sparking Sparks, Jehoon shares about his advocacy journey, finding a community outside his own, and how all you need is a little bit of audacity. We also discuss our different experiences of growing up Asian in New Zealand. ⏰ Timestamps ⏰ - Joining Model United Nations (01:11) - The benefit of trying something new even if you're afraid (04:18) - From participant to becoming the Otago Regional President of UN Youth (05:48) - Leading the Overseas Christian Fellowship (12:50) - The importance of the people around you (15:27) - Chancing upon the Malaysian community and finding a sense of belonging in it despite being Korean (16:11) - Being the Music Director in Malam Malaysia (an annual production by the Malaysian Students' Association) (19:15) - Jehoon's story of growing up Asian in NZ (26:40) - Struggling to connect to his own community (33:47) - Being too Korean in Western settings, and too White in Korean settings (36:18) - Magdeline's story of growing up Asian in NZ (37:37) - Finding a community in K-POP (40:51) - Learning to embrace my own Malaysian Chinese heritage (43:39) - What is identity to us? (46:39) - Jehoon's life advice (49:38) 🙋🏻♀️ Connect with me! 🙋🏻♀️ - Instagram: @magdelinehuang - YouTube: Magdeline Huang - Medium: Magdeline Huang - More info: https://mylinks.ai/magdelinehuang 🎵 Music 🎵 Aerosol of My Love Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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