Sam Seung Jung
Sam Seung Jung (born February 8, 1988) is the assistant director at NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives.[1] Jung is an urban planner, program manager, campaign strategist, artist, and community organizer who aims to create a more equitable economy through scaling up employee-ownership initiatives and increasing MWBE (minority or women-owned business enterprise) procurement at the city scale.
Early life[edit]
Jung was born in Southern California to South Korean parents in the late 1980s. He worked for a while as a community organizer with young Asian Americans, the queer community, and low-income people[2] after his undergraduate studies before returning to school for urban planning.
Education[edit]
In 2011, Jung graduated from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with a major in Ethnic and International Studies and minor in Critical Gender Studies and Visual Arts. While at UCSD, Jung also organized around education justice and queer Asian Pacific Islanders (API) and Korean issues.
In 2017, Jung graduated with a master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[3]
Career[edit]
Before his official life as an urban planner with the City of New York, from 2014 to 2015, Jung was an Emerging Arts Fellow.[2] Jung also co-founded two collectives, Half-house and the Super Futures Haunt Qolletive (SFHQ).[3]
Projects[edit]
2016 Toojeng and Tongil: (Re)defining the Reunification of Korea(ns)
As a student, Jung participated in the CoLab Radio series Narratives of Self-determination, producing a podcast episode raising awareness around the experiences of individuals and families in the Korean diaspora (colonialism, war and division of the Korean peninsula).[4]
2018 AFTER LIFE (what remains)
Visual and performance art exhibition at The Alice gallery as part of the Super Futures haunt Qollective[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tomorrow's Changemakers | MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning". dusp.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sam Seung Jung". Emerging Arts Professionals SFBA. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "collaborations". Eve Tuck. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ↑ "CoLab Radio » Blog Archive » Toojeng and Tongil: (Re)defining the Reunification of Korea(ns)". Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ Almino, Elisa Wouk (2018-07-16). "Haunting Oppressors as a Decolonial Strategy of Resistance". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ "AFTER LIFE (what remains)". The Alice. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
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