Episode 129: PAVE NC with Christie Soper and Tina Firesheets
In this episode, Alisha is talking with Christie Soper and Tina Firesheets about their upcoming Project PAVE NC.
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Episode 129: In this episode, Alisha is talking with Christie Soper and Tina Firesheets about their upcoming Project PAVE NC.
Notes on Episode 129 with Tina Fire Sheets and Christie Soper
Pan Asian Voices and Experiences in NC: PAVE NC
Tina Firesheets has moved to Pace Communications
Christie Soper closed down Suncierge, took a Soulbatical, and regrouped, and is back with a new project.
Christie was soul searching in Hawaii.
There was violence happening around Asian Americans in the US because of covid.
Christie and Tina Share a similar background of growing up Asian American in the south.
Wanted to embark on this project because it felt like an important time to share these stories.
Tina had always tried to intentionally make herself visible because she knew that their were not a lot of people like her and felt like it was important to be visible.
The first month of May is Asian American pacific Islander month.
Christie and Tina wanted to counter balance the violence and hate coming at the Asian American Community.
Christie and Tina wanted to share the real stories of Asian Americans living their lives day to day through their own lens.
Asian Community is more than restaurants, and nail salons
A breadth of voices
So much connection is happening as people are meeting each other.
Seeing so much intersection bringing lots of fascinating people together
Interviews launch May 1st
You can find the interviews starting May 1st at the website https://pavenc.org (The website goes May 1st so stay tuned)
@PaveNC You can Reach Tina and Christie here.
outreach@pavenc.org
There are other aspects of this project that Tina and Christie are envisioning like a database of Asian American-owned businesses, and to identify organizations that offer support services to the Asian American Community, these things will be coming eventually.
Volunteers are welcome too.
Photo Credit for Tina and Christie’s Headshot: Perfecta Visuals
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