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How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians | MIT Technology Review

Lam Thuy Vo
March 13, 2023

How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians | MIT Technology Review

Lam Thuy Vo
March 13, 2023

“While the idea of Citizen is brilliant … I do come to this with a healthy dose of skepticism because of the uniqueness of our community,” says OCA’s Kosai. “One of the things that I’m always thinking about is, how accessible is it to members who are most vulnerable?”

He notes that the Asian community in the US encompasses “50 different ethnicities and 100 different languages spoken” and that “different communities interact differently with local law enforcement around these kinds of public safety issues.”

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