Panel Series: Asian Americans Asserting Visibility in Politics, The Arts, and Community Service/Activism
SAVE THESE DATES!!!
Asian Americans Asserting Visibility: Politics
Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, 6:30 PM in Harper 130
- Nancy Chen, US Dept. of Labor; Former Chief of Staff to Senator Paul Simon
- Curtis Chin, Director of DNC AAPI Outreach Program in DuPage County (Duckworth for Congress Campaign, 2006)
- Jerry Clarito, Skokie Park District Commissioner; National Federation of Filipino American Associations
- Ann Kalayil, past president, Indo-American Democratic Organization and founder, South Asian American Policy and Research Institute
Download the Panel Series: Politics flyer (PDF).
Asian Americans Asserting Visibility: The Arts
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 6:30 PM in Harper 130
- Eric Byler, filmmaker, Americanese and Charlotte, Sometimes; director, "My Life Disoriented"
- Quang Bao, Executive Director, Asian American Writers' Workshop
- Kwang Wu Kim, Dean, Herberger College of Fine Arts, Arizona State University
- Ray Yang, visual artist, Program Manager, rph4833 Resource Center, Hyde Park Art Center
- Nancy Tom, Founder and Director, Center for Asian Arts and Media, Columbia College
PLUS! A Mini-Arts festival with film screenings and readings by Asian American writers
Dates and Times TBA
Asian Americans Asserting Visibility: Community Service/Activism
Thursday, May 24, 2007, 6:30 PM in Harper 130 (Postponed until Fall)
- Tuyet Le, Executive Director, Asian American Institute
- Diana Lin, Attorney, hate crime workshop organizer
- Lisa Lee, Executive Director, Jane Adams Hull House Museum
- Eric Salcedo, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, former Northwestern University student activist [invited]
Event sponsored by The Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago. For more information email: tmah@uchicago.edu
