@iris_kim7

Storyteller reporter @NBCUAcademy | 2022 @pen_ev Fellow | words @NYTStyles, @Salon, @Slate, @TIME, @HarpersBazaarUS, @ElectricLit | @USC '19 | (she/her)

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📥 Check out our special edition Storytellers newsletter: shorturl.at/YMkjH Don't miss these inspiring stories about people and organizations who make a difference in their communities, reported by @iris_kim7, @OfficialJValle & @mayaabrown10. ✔️ Make sure you subscribe!
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Indigenous representation in tech remains strikingly low, but organizations are stepping up—training Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian computer science students to preserve their culture and language. tinyurl.com/y6mj3j5p via @iris_kim7 in @NBCUAcademy

How AI Can Help Preserve Indigenous Languages

Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing. With the help of Native engineers, AI could ensure they stick around.

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From Indigenous language apps to art, learn how Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture, in @iris_kim7's latest #Storytellers article: nbcuacademy.com/how-indigeno…

How AI Can Help Preserve Indigenous Languages

Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing. With the help of Native engineers, AI could ensure they stick around.

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Yesterday in Seoul: 100,000 Koreans for democracy, sovereignty and peace on the Korean Peninsula: resign the far-right dictator Yoon, down with the repressive republic of prosecutors, stop US-led war games, defend democracy. 윤석열 퇴진, 대한민국 국민 주권, 평화 수호!
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The Montana tribal lands that the Blackfeet were forced to sell in 1895 are now part of @GlacierNPS. See how a Blackfeet-owned tour company is sharing their history with park visitors, in @iris_kim7's latest article for @NBCUAcademy #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com//glacier-nat… #NAHM
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orchestras mostly play music by dead European men!!! read about how @lunacomplab is supporting young female and gender-nonconforming teen composers 🎶
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@NBCUAcademy29 Oct 2024
Last year, 93% of the music played by the world’s top orchestras was composed by men. Find out how @lunacomplab is addressing this gender disparity and supporting young female composers, in @iris_kim7's latest article for @NBCUAcademy #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/classical-co…

Luna Composition Lab Wants To Close the Gender Gap in Classical Music

Luna Composition Lab, founded by the composers Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid, is designed to help close the gender gap in classical composition.

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Traveled to Arkansas for my first on-camera @NBCUAcademy story about a mobile opioid treatment clinic!
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@NBCUAcademy8 Oct 2024
A bright purple truck is bringing opioid addiction treatment and medical care to residents in rural Arkansas. Check out @iris_kim7’s video on the Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery Unit for @NBCUAcademy’s #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/opioid-treat…

Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery Unit

A bright purple truck is bringing opioid addiction treatment and medical care to residents in rural Arkansas.

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🔔 We're back! In our 3rd Intergen Learning and Healing gathering, author @GraceMCho and writer @iris_kim7 will discuss how memoir can act as a vessel for unpacking and healing intergenerational trauma, especially for the Korean diaspora. RSVP at bit.ly/intergenmth
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Tree equity, coming to a city near you!
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@NBCUAcademy17 Sep 2024
How are low-income neighborhoods preparing for heatwaves? By planting trees. Learn how @AmericanForests measures “tree inequity” and is influencing cities to take action, in @iris_kim7 latest article for @NBCUAcademy’s #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/tree-equity

Low-Income Neighborhoods Plant Trees to Prep for Heatwaves

Communities of color are on average 13 degrees hotter than predominately white areas. A data tool is influencing city officials to take action.

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8 million teens are aging into the electorate this fall! Read the full article here on what issues they care about: nbcuacademy.com/young-voters…

Meet the Teens Setting Up School Drives to Motivate Young Voters

41 million Gen Zers can vote this November. New Voters high schoolers have registered over 80,000 of their classmates at school.

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@NBCUAcademy13 Aug 2024
41 million new Gen Z voters will be eligible to vote this November. The youth-led organization @newvotersorg is going through high schools to get people to register. @iris_kim7 reports for @NBCUAcademy’s #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/young-voters…

8 Million Teens Are Newly Eligible to Vote This Year

The nonpartisan nonprofit New Voters uses lunch drives and free donuts to motivate young voters to head the polls.

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Did you know fashion production makes up 10% of global carbon emissions? The global organization @RemakeOurWorld is fighting for policies addressing climate justice and labor rights. Read @iris_kim7's latest article for @NBCUAcademy's #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/fighting-fas…

The Fight for Fair Wages in Fast Fashion

Remake has helped workers get billions of dollars in lost wages from companies like Zara and Victoria’s Secret.

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thank you to @briarpatchmag for awarding me the 2023 Writing in the Margins CNF prize and for publishing my first print essay, "Are You North or South Korean?" briarpatchmagazine.com/artic…
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“Are You North or South Korean?” is about a question that diasporic Koreans are inevitably asked at some point in our lives. For a long time the question made me feel frustration, shame, and confusion. This is my attempt to explore how imperialism has shaped history and memory.
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Many congrats to @iris_kim7 for this beautiful essay on the pains of a divided Korea. It won the Creative Nonfiction Prize from @briarpatchmag. briarpatchmagazine.com/artic…
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The Eldest Daughter Club is bringing first-gen daughters together to feel less alone 🤗
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@NBCUAcademy9 Jul 2024
Eldest daughters, especially in immigrant families, often feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility. @eldestdaughterclub is breaking the mold of what a “good daughter” should be like. Read @iris_kim7’s article for @nbcuacademy’s #storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/eldest-daugh…
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I'll always be grateful to the Rumpus ❣️
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Did you know that natural lighting, lofted ceilings and cool colors can calm the nervous system? For @NBCUAcademy's #Storytellers, @iris_kim7 reports on @Designs4Dignity, which designs spaces for domestic violence survivors and unhoused youth: nbcuacademy.com/inclusive-de…
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.@sk8afterschool in Phoenix, AZ is one of the few free after-school skateboarding programs in the country, offering mentorship, community and exercise. Read @iris_kim7's article for @NBCUAcademy’s #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/skateboardin…

How Lower-Income Kids in Phoenix Are Thriving Through Skateboarding

Skate After School is one of the few free after-school skateboarding programs in the country, offering mentorship, community and exercise.

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I'm so excited about the work these @SDSU alumni are doing through Girl Gains. They have inspired so many women to get involved in weightlifting through empowerment and community building.
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@NBCUAcademy7 May 2024
Through women's weightlifting, the club Girl Gains has over 100 chapters in the US, Canada and Vietnam empowering young women to take up space both inside the gym and out. Read @iris_kim7's article for @NBCUAcademy's #Storytellers: nbcuacademy.com/womens-weigh…

Building a Women’s Weightlifting Movement, One Campus at a Time

Girl Gains is empowering young women to take up space inside the gym and out.

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