Episode 820: Hope is Here with Eileen Dong
Street Cop Podcast
Street Cop Training
4.9 ⢠967 Ratings
đď¸ 28 April 2023
âąď¸ 41 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Dennis speaks with TEDx speaker, lived-experience consultant, author and sexual abuse survivor, Eileen Dong.
Eileen Dong is a lived-experience consultant, TEDx speaker and author on gender-based violence, its intersections, gender equality, as well as culturally & linguistically responsive care and diversity & inclusion. She is the Executive Director of Hope Pyx Global, a non-profit organization dedicated to victims of human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Eileen is also a linguist & expert witness for HSI, ICE, DOJ, FBI, US Attorneyâs Office, USCIS. Dong endured polyvictimization while her family was 8,000 miles away in China. Because of the honor-and-shame stigma, it took a lot of courage to break the silence. Eileen has become a bridge among culturally specific communities, victim service providers, and law enforcement. Being on the Texas Human Trafficking Survivor Leader Council and United Nations Board, her long-term vision is to build shelters and to change the culture for a world free from violence, exploitation, and slavery. Ms. Dongâs merits have been recognized by various government officials, such as the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, the United States Congress Special Congressional Recognition, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, and the Atlanta City Council. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, proclaimed January 19th as Eileen Dong Day.
Hope Pyx Global is a survivor-led 501(c)3 dedicated to victims/survivors (and their families) of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and any other gender-based violence. We serve people from all backgrounds including BIPOC/AAPI, MMIP/W, veterans, men/boys, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, immigrants/refugees & marginalized communities.
Today, Dennis and Eileen discuss her impactful story of coming from China to the U.S, how she survived and escaped sexual abuse, her mission to be a resource for people being sex trafficked and how there is still hope to be free.
Find out more about Eileen dong and Hope Pyx Global here: â www.EileenDong.comâ â | â www.HopePyxGlobal.orgâ â
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| 0:00.0 | very unfortunately I somehow stumbled into victimization and |
| 0:05.0 | poly victimization that I become a victim of gender-based violence. |
| 0:09.8 | And so I have become very passionate today, being an advocate and being a voice for the voiceless. I'm going to bring. You're trying to be a hot-up. |
| 0:24.0 | You trying to be a street cop. |
| 0:28.0 | Hey guys, welcome this episode of the Street cop training pocket |
| 0:31.0 | as founder and CEO Street cop training, my name is Dennis Bino. |
| 0:34.8 | And today we have with us a very interesting guest with the mission at hand, a noble |
| 0:39.7 | one at that, Miss Eileen Dong, and thanks for being on the show. |
| 0:44.0 | Thank you so much Dennis for having me on the show. |
| 0:47.0 | It's my honor to be here. |
| 0:49.0 | Eileen, tell us about you. |
| 0:51.0 | Well, I am from Shanghai, China and I always tell people have you watched Mission Impossible |
| 0:58.0 | Three? That's the building, Tom Cruise jump from like one high rise to another. That's my hometown. And I live, I used to live there about 15 miles from there. So that's me. I was born and raised there, but now I'm a Texan, so I speak y'all. That's how I talk hi y'all. |
| 1:18.4 | So yeah, I really take the pride to understand the culture from both backgrounds having been born and raised in Shanghai, China and lived here for a very long time. |
| 1:30.0 | They want to give away my age, but a long time. So I understand both of the culture now. |
| 1:36.0 | Very unfortunately, I somehow stumbled into victimization and wholly victimization |
| 1:42.4 | that I become a victim of gender-based violence. |
| 1:46.2 | And so I have become very passionate today being an advocate and being a voice for the voiceless. |
| 1:54.0 | And I have started the nonprofit organization, Hope Picks Global. |
| 1:59.0 | It is an organization that helps victims and survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual assault. |
| 2:06.0 | And I also am on various boards including the United Nations Board, Southwest Louisiana Human Trafficking Task Force, Nevada Policy Council on |
| 2:17.1 | trafficking amongst many other different organizations. |
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