Event Information
About this Event
Webinar Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1184097782032708
HOW CAN WE HELP?
- intervention strategies: what to do if you witness a hate incident/hate crime
- legal services for victims
- law enforcement responses; distinguishing between hate incident v. hate crime
- advocacy and messaging: making our voices heard
- workplace and school harassment: prevention strategies
- creating community: multi-ethnic, multi-generational, LGBTQ, faith-based
- mental health supportive services, including for children, elderly and AAPI women
Confirmed speakers:
Rose Gaw, Disability Services and Programs for Students Counselor, Rio Hondo College
Phil Lam, Deputy City Attorney, City of Los Angeles
Derek Li, Senior Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Trisha Murakawa, Principal, Murakawa Communications; Trustee, El Camino College District Governing Board
Shelley Gee-Ryan, Alhambra Unified School District; Trustee, San Marino Unified School District Board of Education
Peter J. Wong, Adjunct Professor, Asian American Studies, California State University Long Beach
Christina Yang, General Counsel and Pro Bono Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA
Leland Simpliciano, Professor, Los Angeles Harbor College, Group Lead for the Asian and Pacific Islander Staff Faculty Affinity Group for 9 colleges within the LA Community College District.
Special guest panelist: Representative from Atlanta AAPI community - BJay Pak, former United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
co-sponsors (as of 4/7):
Community Organizations
Ascend (Asian Pacific Islander Edison Employee Resource Group)
Asian Business League of Southern California (ABLSC)
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (APABA)
Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance (APAWLA)
Asian Pacific Heritage Occupational Therapy Association (APHOTA)
Asian Pacific Islanders at Medallia
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA)
Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence (ASPIRE)
California Disability-Senior Community Action Network (CDCAN)
Chinese American Citizen Alliance (CACA) Los Angeles
Go for Broke National Education Center
Japanese American Bar Association (JABA)
Korean American Special Education Center (KASEC)
Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA)
OCA Greater Los Angeles (OCAGLA)
South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABASC)
Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA)
Special Services for Groups (SSG)
Higher Education
American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Asian Pacific American Network (APAN)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Advisory Committee (Pasadena City College)
Asian Pacific Americans at Caltech (APACT)(California Institute of Technology)
California Association for Postsecondary Education and Disability (CAPED)
Center for Critical Study of Race & Ethnicity (CCSRE )(Connecticut College)
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Affinity Group
College Student Organizations
Asian Students in Action (ASIA) (Connecticut College)
Multicultural Student Union (MSU) (Mitchell College)
Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Asian American Student Association (AASA)(Vanderbilt University)
For more info, contact:
Jackie Dai
JackieDai@nlsla.org
Patricia Kinaga
PKinaga@kinagalawfirm.com
