“[Dr. Terry K Park] was critical in facilitating the screening and Q&A for my show Sunnnyside at the University of Maryland. I especially appreciated his understanding of the intersection of art, commerce, and advocacy - it was such a great conversation and a very memorable event.”

— Kal Penn, Actor, Host, Writer, Former Associate Director, White House Office of Public Liaison to Young Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the Arts communities in America

Over twenty years of doctoral expertise, award-winning teaching, grassroots advocacy, and social change storytelling infuse our heart-centered services. We will work with you to carefully design and deliver a justice-equity-diversity-healing-inclusion (JEDHI) framed engagement that centers the invisibilized histories, lived experiences, diverse challenges, and transformative assets of Asian Americans, particularly its most impacted communities. Each engagement is rooted in Maum’s intersectional analysis of how we’re differently-shaped by systemic violence, inspired by radical movements for social change, and guided by a compass that points towards regenerative liberation for all.

 

Trainings

Our in-person and online trainings blend informative lectures, facilitated discussions, and interactive exercises to advance justice, equity, diversity, healing, and inclusion/belonging for your group’s Asian American employees/staff. Possible topics include:

  • Race as a Social Construction

  • Yellow Peril and Model Minority Myth: Two Sides of the Same Coin of Anti-Asian Violence

  • From Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling to Expanding the Bamboo Floor: Modeling a Politics of Downward Spaciousness

  • U.S. Empire and Asian America

  • Asian Americans in the media

  • Asian American masculinity

  • Asian American histories

  • Asian American social movements

  • Asian American performance

  • Science Fiction and Asian Americans

  • Sports and Asian Americans

  • Linsanity

  • Korean American activism

  • The Korean War and Korean American Culture

  • Understanding North Korea

  • Model Minority Mutiny: Black/Asian solidarity

  • …and more!

  • We can also design an engagement that suits the needs of your group.

“Terry Park gave a presentation on ‘Race as a Social Construct’ at my work’s staff development day last week. I have been a community activist for 30 years and his explanation on the topic was the best I have ever heard. Not only did he make it relatable and easy to understand, but he was able to connect the dots and show the LA Uprising in 1992 in a wider context of generations of institutional racism. He also gave inspiring examples of decades of Black and Asian solidarity. Afterwards, many of my coworkers also mentioned Dr. Park’s presentation being a highlight of the day. Highly recommend!”
— Jenni Kuida / Grants Manager, Koreatown Youth and Community Center

Dr. Park / Maum has offered trainings or facilitated discussions for the following organizations:

  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

  • Etsy

  • Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP)

  • Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)

  • Zeta Global

  • The Jackson Laboratory

  • Sisense

  • Arena Stage Theater (Washington, D.C.)

  • Friends of Korea

  • Harvard University

  • Joe’s Movement Emporium (Mount Rainier, Maryland)

  • Georgetown University

  • Northeastern University

  • Piedmont Hills High School (San Jose, CA)

  • San Francisco State University

  • Stanford University

  • Temple University

  • University of Kentucky

  • University of Maryland, College Park

  • University of Utah

  • Wellesley College

  • Vassar College

  • Clark University