Here are some images from our national Asian American Ministries staff conference “This is Our Story“.
I’m still thinking about the conference and the significance of what we heard and saw and spoke of, and I’m still wrapping my brain around InterVarsity’s AAM history that began with Gwen Wong being hired in 1948.
1948.
I’m still thinking about the amazing legacy of women like Gwen Wong, Ada Lum, Jeanette Yep, Donna Dong and Brenda Wong who did more than blaze a trail for someone like me to follow decades later. Their legacy is clear and points in the direction I long for my legacy to follow.
I’m still thinking about how we label ourselves – Asian. American. Asian American. Indirect. Model Minority. Shame-based. Female. Working mom. Called. Leader. – and see ourselves through a different lens in order to see ourselves clearly.
I’m still thinking about the hymn that comes to mind when I think of the conference theme – Fanny Crosby’s “Blessed Assurance”. I learned that hymn in parts in Korean. And I’m thinking about how changing the lyrics from “my story” to “our story” makes so much sense in the Asian American context.
What is your story?
"This is Our Story: InterVarsity’s National Asian American Ministries Staff Conference 2010" was written March 11th, 2010 by Kathy Khang, and filed under culture, ethnicity, faith, family, identity, leadership and tagged Asian American, Asian American Ministries, culture, faith, family, food, friendship, gender, identity, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, leadership, race, stereotypes, stories, traditions.
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