AAPI Organizing in the South: Finding Your Home ft Alina Lee

AAPI Organizing in the South: Finding Your Home ft Alina Lee

In this episode, Alina Lee talks about growing up in a primarily white neighborhood and the importance that Buford Highway had in her formation of an Asian identity. She also shares more about her journey in finding "home" and how the Asian Law Student Association at Vanderbilt helped her start her journey in community involvement here in Atlanta. *TW: conversations about racial discrimination and sexual abuse are mentioned in this episode.


Alina Lee is the Founding Partner of her law firm, Your Ad Attorney, Inc. which provides top-notch transactional legal services to some of America's most beloved companies as well as small businesses in the marketing, tech, retail, and consulting industries. Her law firm provides full flexibility to all employees, who each choose the number of hours a weeks they want to work, days of the week they work, and when they work—all from their home on a fully-remote basis.

Alina is active in supporting her communities and has served as: Founding Board Chair of We Love Buford Highway for over 5 years, Founding Member of the Spring Board of Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta (4+ years), Fundraising Cp-Chair for the AAPI Crime Victims & Education Fund, Leadership Team Member of The A Pledge, Board Member of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Board Member of the Korean American Bar Association of Georgia, and Advisory Council Member of WABE (Atlanta's NPR Station).

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02: Feeding the Heart of Buford Highway

02: Feeding the Heart of Buford Highway

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01: Brewing Belonging Josh Owh, Postern Coffee

01: Brewing Belonging Josh Owh, Postern Coffee

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Identities and Belonging: Beyond Affordability ft. Delia Mendez-Valdez

Identities and Belonging: Beyond Affordability ft. Delia Mendez-Valdez

In this episode we hear Delia Mendez-Valdez, We Love Buford Highway’s Program and Communications Coordinator. She shares her dreams and hopes for Buford Highway’s future, especially through the lens o...

7 Des 20236min

Identities & Belonging: We Build What We Don't Have Yet ft. Jonathan Peraza Campos

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In this episode we bring back Jonathan Peraza, who has been a guest in this podcast before! Jonathan discusses his dreams for Buford Highway and how this vision is centered around building spaces that...

30 Nov 202314min

Identity & Belonging: Photography & Community ft. Victoria García

Identity & Belonging: Photography & Community ft. Victoria García

In this episode Victoria García shares her stories about belonging on Buford Highway through the artistic medium she practices, photography. As a designer, visual artist, and community lover living al...

22 Nov 202316min

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