MINDY TSONAS CHOI
Creativity, Identity, Belonging, and Social Justice
In this episode, I talk with activist, bridge builder, and the founder of The Be Seen Project, Mindy Tsonas Choi. Our conversation focuses on identity-led creative work, the somatic experience of real belonging, and what happens to the potency of our work when we step outside of capitalistic structures. Mindy says, “Now that I’m heading into 50, right in the mid-point of my life, I’m looking at and thinking about belonging in new ways. If you had asked me at the beginning of my creative journey about belonging, I would have described it as being accepted and being welcomed by a community. And now, especially as an activist, as an edge dweller, as someone who has skin in the game, belonging is really about self-reclamation and claiming spaces and naming them for ourselves.”
Our conversation happened during Beltane season of 2021.
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GUEST INFO
Mindy Tsonas Choi (she/her) works at the intersection of creativity, identity, belonging and social justice. She is an artist, activist, bridge builder, and the founder of the Be Seen Project — a grassroots mutual aid initiative resourcing and amplifying BIPOC artists and makers who are using their work to center marginalized voices and create social justice and cultural change. Mindy believes in using our unique superpowers for collective good and aim to bring more liberation and love to the world. A Korean American adoptee, queer intersectional feminist and modern day bohemian, Mindy is also a life-long devotee to the underdog. She uses her lived experiences and creative voice to challenge normative culture and oppressive systems, and fight for human rights and structural change.
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Toi Marie & Jen Lemen, facilitators for The Spell of Capitolism
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