AAPI Organizing in the South: Motherhood, Policy, and Belonging ft. Victoria Huynh

In this episode, Victoria Huynh talks to Jainey about her immigration family story, her background in organizing, and how motherhood influences her journey as an organizer today. Victoria shares her journey in discovering what home and belonging can mean, barriers her and her family experienced, and how all of this informs her work in policy and advocacy for immigrant and refugee communities. Victoria Huynh is a Community Organizer that actively advocates on the local and national level for equitable language access, meaningful civic engagement, protection of immigrant rights, and the enhancements of vital social safety net services and programs. She was also interviewed by us before on LOVE on Buford Highway! Click here to listen to this additional story (Apple Podcasts or Spotify). Mrs. Huynh’s experiences in her limited English proficient (LEP) Vietnamese Refugee household fuels her passion for community building, strategic planning, and policy work within the immigrant spaces. Huynh actively advocates on the local and national level for equitable language access, meaningful civic engagement, protections of immigrant rights, and the enhancements of vital social safety net services and programs. Most recently, Huynh fundraised more than $1,000,000 in 2021-2022 to support vital grassroots AAPI initiatives in Georgia. From 2013-2018, Huynh served as an appointed member of the National Regional Health Equity Council. In 2015, 2017, and 2022, the Georgia Asian Times recognized Huynh as an honoree of the 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia. In 2020, the Southeast U.S. Pan Asian Chamber of Commerce named her an outstanding AAPI in the Southeast and was named a sHERO by the Center for Asian Pacific American Women and OCA at a National AAPI Womxn’s Conference. Huynh recently ended her three-year federal appointment with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. Huynh currently serves as a federal appointee with the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (PACAANHPI).