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Diversifying US-Asia Relations

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Why I Joined NABEA – Brandy Darling

Why I Joined NABEA – Brandy Darling

The Black girl that speaks Chinese. That was the way people identified me in my small, predominantly-white college in Connecticut. At first, it really bothered me because what did race have to do with my intellectual ability? Nothing. Little did

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Why I Joined NABEA – Payge Jennings

Why I Joined NABEA – Payge Jennings

Being Black and studying in Asia never seemed weird to me until other people told me it was. Growing up in Maryland, I had a lot of classmates who were of Asian descent. More specifically, I had a lot of

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Why I Joined NABEA – Obio Ntia

Why I Joined NABEA – Obio Ntia

All views expressed are Obio’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of State. My introduction to formal Mandarin language learning was during my first days as a college freshman in 2000.  My Chinese professor founded the

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Why I Joined NABEA – Shahn Savino

Why I Joined NABEA – Shahn Savino

I never wanted to learn Mandarin. It was my school’s first year offering the language and I had no interest in it. As a proud Haitian-American, I wanted to learn French. It would help me with Creole and I could

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Why I Joined NABEA – Jordan Brunner

Why I Joined NABEA – Jordan Brunner

I’m what you might call an analyst. Actually you would be more likely to call me by the title on my law license. But I like to think of myself as an analyst because my entire job—and indeed, the job

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The National Association for Black Engagement with Asia

NABEA connects Black Asia specialists in both the public and private sectors and seeks to increase the representation of Black Americans engaging with Asia. Through our programming, we work towards building a mutually beneficial economic, political, social and cultural relationship between Black America and the Indo-Pacific.

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