Jouapag Lee, a passionate advocate for social justice, healing, and liberation, shares her personal journey and motivations. She reflects on pivotal experiences that shaped her activism, including a deeply personal incident of racial and gender-based harassment in college that drastically shifted her worldview and led her into activism and organizing for better campus conditions for marginalized students. Through her Healing Timelines Project, a platform aimed at providing trauma-informed healing resources with a justice lens for Hmong descendants, Jouapag addresses intergenerational trauma, forgiveness, and trust.
01:10 Welcome to Social Justice Origin Stories
02:18 Meet Jouapag Lee
03:55 Jouapag's Social Justice Journey Begins
04:05 Facing Harassment and Realizing Injustice
08:31 Organizing for Change on Campus
11:55 The Role of Anger in Activism
17:48 Graduate School and Continued Activism
23:25 Reflecting on Social Justice Movements
26:01 The Healing Timelines Project
26:42 The Path to Nonprofit Work
27:12 Experiencing Burnout and the Healing Journey