Soya Jung

Soya Jung

Soya Jung has been active in the progressive movement for the last 20 years. During the ‘90s she worked as a reporter at the International Examiner, communications and policy staff for the WA State House Democratic Caucus, and executive director of the Washington Alliance for Immigrant and Refugee Justice. She was the founding chair of the Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition, which formed in 1996 to restore food and cash assistance for low-income immigrants and refugees in Washington State. During the 2000s Soya was the Director of Grantmaking at the Social Justice Fund, a public foundation supporting progressive organizations in the Northwest, and consulted for various institutions including the Western States Center, the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity, the Nonprofit Assistance Center, the City of Seattle, the Washington State Budget & Policy Center, and the Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition. In her volunteer time, she serves as the board chair of Grassroots International, which funds resource rights in the Global South.

Lives in Seattle, Washington. In a relationship with Brandon Wong.

CHANGELAB

CHANGELAB leaders are;

• Soya Jung - Senior Partner
• Scot Nakagawa - Senior Partner

Strategy team

LeftRoots strategy team, October 2017.

Back left Toussaint Losier, Milena Velis, Soya Jung, Steve Meacham, Rapheal Randall, Front left Maria Poblet, Hannah Jones, N’Tanya Lee, Merle Ratner, Steve Williams

LeftRoots Strategy Lab Advance Team

LeftRoots Strategy Lab Advance Team, 2019.

• “The Germinator”
• M “Iron Chef”
• Merle “The Marxist Personal Trainer” Ratner
• Milena “The Architect” Velis
• Rapheal “The Warrior Heart” Randall
• Steve “The Bard” and “The Mechanic” Meacham
• S “The Bat with the Bad Knees”
• Steve “Lighter of Paths” Williams
• Toussaint “The Revolutionary Excavator” Losier

Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit

This toolkit is a project of love from the grassroots, from and by Asian American communities.

As Asian Americans, we believe that our liberation is tied to Black liberation and we continue to dream about a world where all of our people will be free. The toolkit would not have been possible without the following organizations and individuals:

Project Coordinators

• Lucia Lin and Timmy Lu

Writing Consultants

• Janelle Ishida and Soya Jung

We thank Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Rosenberg Foundation, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy for their generous support of this project.

Special thanks to the Friends Doing Good giving circle, National CAPACD and Cathy Cha.

Thank you to the following racial justice organizers and fighters at the grassroots who have made this toolkit possible:

Alex T. Tom, Aiden Pham, Alvina Wong, Ashley Uyeda, Cathy Dang, Chhaya Chhoum, Christopher Cara, Dae Joong Yoon, Fahd Ahmed, InHe Choi, Joshua Fisher Lee, Kabzuag Vaj, Khamarin Nhann, Lai Wa Wu, Lillian Galedo, Mia-lia Kiernan, Minh Thanh Nguyen, Nancy Nguyen, Naved Husain, Rachel Aceberos, Rishi Singh, Sarath Suong, Steven Dy, Naroen Chhin, Sandy Saeteurn.