Interview with Na Choih

An interview with Na Choih, a Korean non-binary activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, they worked as the Youth Leadership Mentor for Climate Generation, a Twin Cities-based environmental justice organization. In this oral history interview, Choih discusses their upbringing and initial forays into trans politics, environmental activism, and anti-violence work in the Twin Cities, the events in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, and their experiences within those events. Specifically, they discuss the protests that occurred in the days immediately after Floyd's murder, the establishment and development of George Floyd Square/Floyd Town, the threats and realitites of white supremacist violence in South Minneapolis, their experience working overnight security at George Floyd Square, and their visions for racial justice, trans liberation, and a better future.

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Identifier: s7526c76q
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
Creator(s): Choih, Na
Contributor(s): Beam, Myrl
Billund-Phibbs, Myra
Publisher: University of Minnesota Minneapolis Libraries
Date Created: Oct. 9, 2020
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Climate Generation
Korean people
Places: Minnesota > Hennepin County > City of Minneapolis > Minneapolis
Topic(s): Asian American transgender people
Environmental justice
Non-binary people
Transgender political activists
Resource Type: Moving image
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Language: English
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