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Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

2013•22m
DocumentaryHistory

A social justice organization based in Oakland-Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-focused on building the collective leadership of limited-English speaking immigrants, and empowered women and youth to become powerful agents of social change.

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Asian American Women Advocates

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Stacy Kono

Helen Kim

Lan Fong Lau

George Lipsitz

Young Shin

Hai Yan Wu

Chi Mei Yeung

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