Introduction: Amber Chen

Hello everyone!!

My name is Amber Chen (she/they) and I'll be one of your vice chairs for Third World Liberation Front. I'm so excited to meet you all and excited to talk about an amazing piece of Bay Area history.

A little about me, I'm a third year studying Sociology and Ethnic Studies. My personal, professional, and academic interests include intersectional identity studies, anti-capitalism, abolition, contemporary social movements, and community-building. I'm currently doing research about political re-entry and private policing, examining how some formally incarcerated people engage in surveillance and carcerality in San Francisco. 

This is my third year in BMUN and I've been able to garner a wide array of experience during that time. What I'm most proud of is my work as a Head Chair for Fall Conference II and III, leading passion projects turned committees on the Salem Witch Trials and Indians of All Tribes: Occupation of Alcatraz. I hope to bring my crisis experience into our specialized committee and have a fun weekend with you all!

Outside of BMUN, I work at the Multicultural Community Center as a Cross Cultural Student Development Intern, engaging in curriculum and pedagogy development as well as continuing the legacies of the 1969 TWLF and 1999 twLF strikes. I'm also a volunteer at our college radio station, KALX 90.7, and will soon be an on-air DJ! I love live performances, Stardew Valley, and Pride and Prejudice (2005).

TWLF has a profound impact on my life, both as a student of Ethnic Studies and as a steward of the MCC, and I find myself in the vibrant, radical legacy it leaves behind. I hope you all are just as enthusiastic and honored to be engaging in this topic and I hope we create a textured, generative conversation this March. If you have any questions, comments, or jokes, please email me at achen@bmun.org!

Best wishes,

Amber Chen

me and my dumpling!




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