Homegrown Heroes
Race & Ethnicity
Deborah Wong
Dr. Wong is an ethnomusicologist and professor in Southeast Asian Studies and Asian American Studies at UCR. She is active in the preservation of Riverside’s Chinatown and a leader of the movement to establish the Community Police Review Commission after Tyisha Miller’s murder.
Homegrown Heroes
“[I think of] what it means to do The Work—capital T, capital W—it is done at an individual level but it is always about creating connections . . . creating something bigger than the self.”
– Deborah Wong
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Deborah Wong
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Deborah Wong
Full Oral History
Deborah Wong
Full Oral History
Deborah Wong