UC Irvine’s VOICE project amplifies AAPI voices
The store owner alters hanbok, traditional Korean clothing worn for celebrations, in her shop which is one a few in Orange County. (Courtesy Ivy Duong)
Workers at the hair salon plastic wrapped chairs and created plastic barriers that they can move around the stations. The barriers are made from plastic, hair clips, and moveable stands in order to create an extra source of protection. (Courtesy Ivy Duong)
Rhea Jandu’s grandmother makes and explains her step-by-step recipe for homemade samosas, passing down traditions and bonding between generations. (Courtesy Rhea Jandu)
While working at Target as a cashier, Sidra Ali encountered an Asian mother who told her how difficult it was to find supplies that she needed like baby wipes because people kept buying them for general cleaning purposes. (Courtesy Sidra Ali)
Grace Choe captures her mother point of view as she eats lunch by the sink in between her busy schedule that shifted during the pandemic. (Courtesy Grace Choe)
UCI student housing residents, like Grace Choe, are prohibited from using the common room in the dorms while they share the same restrooms, kitchens and laundry facilities. Furniture from the common room was wrapped in the middle of the space. (Courtesy Grace Choe)
Inside the temple where Sikhs gather to worship, microphone and instruments are not being used anymore because the temple switched from live music to pre-recorded music. (Courtesy Hemsley Micherlange)
The South Asian food truck became very popular during pre-COVID circumstances, but business gradually decreased until the food truck was unable to stay open any longer because of economic insecurity and customer safety. (Courtesy Soniya Manju)
Emma Hong Nguyen’s cat, Leo Candy Nguyen, acting like a classmate sitting next to her. Her companion made her feel less lonely during a distance learning year when it was difficult to make new friends. (Courtesy Emma Hong Nguyen)
In Annie Phan’s church, many elders believed rubbing garlic on their bodies or eating garlic would protect them from COVID-19. The traditional remedy ingredients bring up some of the issues in some communities about trusting sources of misinformation. (Courtesy Annie Phan)