Japanese American Buddhist
Rev. Noriaki Ito & Duncan Ryūken Williams
About the video
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Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, Transformative Hope is a video series for Asian American elders to address the surge in racism that the broader community is experiencing. Although younger Asian Americans may experience hate incidents as racial trauma, Stop AAPI Hate researchers find that elders (60+) deal with racism, hate, and violence differently. Emerging from a collaborative partnership between APARRI and the Asian American Research Initiative, this video project offers a public storytelling collection featuring Asian American knowledge-bearers and religious practitioners.
Each Transformative Hope video features a different religious and ethnic perspective. From summer 2021 to spring 2022, Russell Jeung (SFSU) and Tammy Ho (UCR) interviewed elders and religious leaders in the United States who had experienced forms of everyday racism, such as stalking, name-calling, physical assault, and temple vandalism. Each video shares how Asian American elders interpret these kinds of events, cope with pain and hurt, and use their religious resources (teachings + practices) to move forward.
Guides
Discussion Guide in English
Discussion Guide in native language
Curriculum Guide
Team (Los Angeles, CA)
Camera: Kevin Castro
Sound: Vero Lopez
Sound: Benjamin Chan
Grip: Daryl Gilmore
Production Coordinator: Kristine Dueno
Production Assistant: Realyn Adelante
Production Assistant: Quan Nguyen
Production Assistant: Alexandra Ho
Special Thanks to
Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple; the Japanese American National Museum;
Duncan Williams for use of the “May We Gather” video and photographs by Tauran Woo; Tetsu Tokunaga and Jonathan Van Harmelen for their permission to use photograph of Rinban Kyoshiro Tokunaga.
Other Resources
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Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, Transformative Hope is a video series for Asian American elders to address the surge in racism that the broader community is experiencing. Although younger Asian Americans may experience hate incidents as racial trauma, Stop AAPI Hate researchers find that elders (60+) deal with racism, hate, and violence differently. Emerging from a collaborative partnership between APARRI and the Asian American Research Initiative, this video project offers a public storytelling collection featuring Asian American knowledge-bearers and religious practitioners.
Each Transformative Hope video features a different religious and ethnic perspective. From summer 2021 to spring 2022, Russell Jeung (SFSU) and Tammy Ho (UCR) interviewed elders and religious leaders in the United States who had experienced forms of everyday racism, such as stalking, name-calling, physical assault, and temple vandalism. Each video shares how Asian American elders interpret these kinds of events, cope with pain and hurt, and use their religious resources (teachings + practices) to move forward.