We’re so excited for the upcoming intergenerational dialogue with @ryanlwong, @jaileewong, and @loma_poetry taking place at @oxyarts on Thursday 11/17! Join us from 6-8pm for a special evening and meet our incredible participants in person 💗 ASL interpretation provided! 💗 Ryan Lee Wong Ryan Lee Wong is the author of the novel Which Side Are You On. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of a fifth-generation Chinese American father and a Korean immigrant mother. Ryan organized the exhibitions Serve the People at Interference Archive and Roots at Chinese American Museum, both focused on the Asian American movements of the 1970s. He has written on the intersections of arts, race, and social movements. He holds an MFA in Fiction from Rutgers-Newark and served on the Board of the Jerome Foundation. He lived for two years at Ancestral Heart Zen Temple and is based in Brooklyn, where he’s the Administrative Director of Brooklyn Zen Center. Jai Lee Wong Jai Lee Wong is a community organizer and activist. She is currently a consultant for the Women’s Foundation of California, and works with a statewidnetwork of women and girl leaders from low income communities. Jai previously worked at The California Endowment as a director of the Southern California Region and a Senior Program Officer. During the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest, she was a consultant at the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, and staffed the Black Korean Alliance. She was also an organizer of the “Free Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee,” a campaign that successfully freed a Korean American immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. Jai’s work has been recognized by the Liberty Hill Foundation, Women and Philanthropy, and the National Women’s Political Caucus. Jai received an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, attended UC Berkeley, and received her BA from California State University, Los Angeles. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Kent, and they are the proud parents of two adult sons, Ryan and Robin. [caption and bios continued in comments]