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STUDENT ADVOCACY GROUP
INAUGURAL CHAPTER
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ELLIOTT BAI
founder | director
student advocacy
Elliott is a proud member of the AAPI community and hopes to create change through his time at the Empathy Innovation Initiative. He is a junior at Harvard Westlake School in California. In his free time Elliott enjoys listening to music, watching sports, as well as socializing with friends. He is honored by the opportunity to participate in the Empathy Innovation Initiative and hopes to better his community no matter the size of his impact.
student advocacy
Elliott is a proud member of the AAPI community and hopes to create change through his time at the Empathy Innovation Initiative. He is a junior at Harvard Westlake School in California. In his free time Elliott enjoys listening to music, watching sports, as well as socializing with friends. He is honored by the opportunity to participate in the Empathy Innovation Initiative and hopes to better his community no matter the size of his impact.
TIFFANY LI
CCO - chief creative officer
student advocacy
Tiffany is a sophomore at Chadwick School in California. As an aspiring international human rights lawyer, she's the Founder and President of the Amnesty International chapter at her school and the driving force behind the Justice for Tomorrow Project which empowers underprivileged youth through legal education and mentorship. Upon discovering that over 900 children tragically drown each year in America, she founded a nonprofit organization that teaches underserved kids how to swim.
student advocacy
Tiffany is a sophomore at Chadwick School in California. As an aspiring international human rights lawyer, she's the Founder and President of the Amnesty International chapter at her school and the driving force behind the Justice for Tomorrow Project which empowers underprivileged youth through legal education and mentorship. Upon discovering that over 900 children tragically drown each year in America, she founded a nonprofit organization that teaches underserved kids how to swim.
ETHAN BAI
CSO - chief strategic officer
student advocacy
Ethan is a first year high school student at Harvard Westlake in California. He has been a member of his school's symphony since 2022. Additionally, he's involved in the school paper, "The Spectrum," where he participates in reporting and informing the student body and beyond. Outside of school, he's a student on ModernBrain's national mock trial team, driven by his aspiration to pursue pre-law studies.
student advocacy
Ethan is a first year high school student at Harvard Westlake in California. He has been a member of his school's symphony since 2022. Additionally, he's involved in the school paper, "The Spectrum," where he participates in reporting and informing the student body and beyond. Outside of school, he's a student on ModernBrain's national mock trial team, driven by his aspiration to pursue pre-law studies.
5 ACTION VERTICALS OF STUDENT ADVOCACY
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RESEARCH FOR STORY
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CREATING STORY: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
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AMPLIFYING STORY:
ADVOCATING FOR ADVOCATES
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ADDING STORY TO CHANGE-MAKING TOOLS
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FULL CIRCLE:
RESEARCH ON THE STORY WE TOLD
CURRENT DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS
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BOUND BY MYTH
Confronting Black-Asian Narratives in Mass Incarceration.
A short documentary film exposing how racially divisive myths targeted at AAPI and Black Americans are propping up the mass incarceration prison industrial complex: the Model Minority Myth, Anti-Black ideations of criminality (the impact of the historical effort to control Black people on the current definitions of crime), the weaponization of Black-Asian conflict to distract and divide. All as told through the eyes of a bi-racial quad of young scholars.
A short documentary film exposing how racially divisive myths targeted at AAPI and Black Americans are propping up the mass incarceration prison industrial complex: the Model Minority Myth, Anti-Black ideations of criminality (the impact of the historical effort to control Black people on the current definitions of crime), the weaponization of Black-Asian conflict to distract and divide. All as told through the eyes of a bi-racial quad of young scholars.
TWICE BARRED
Why Have We Been Erased From the School-to-Prison Narrative?
A participatory documentary short film by two young AAHNPI brothers, exploring the damage of invisibility, homogenization, and racial stereotypes on AAHNPI Youth in the school-to-prison pipeline/web.
A participatory documentary short film by two young AAHNPI brothers, exploring the damage of invisibility, homogenization, and racial stereotypes on AAHNPI Youth in the school-to-prison pipeline/web.
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