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This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
Today’s conversation is with Aamina Ahmed is the executive director of APIA Vote Michigan and has a long spree of working towards inclusion in the region, across race, ethnicity, and religion.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
Today’s conversation is with Curtis Chin. Curtis is a filmmaker from Detroit, currently living in Los Angeles.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
Today’s conversation is with Frank H. Wu, a Distinguished Professor at University of California Hastings College of the Law and Chair of the Committee of 100. He is writing a book about the Vincent Chin case.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin's tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin's case.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
Today’s conversation is with Roland Hwang, the Vice President of Asian American Center for Justice/American Citizens for Justice and Chapter President of OCA Detroit.
This week marks the 35th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s tragic beating and subsequent death. Asian Americans Advancing Justice commemorates this anniversary by sharing conversations with people who were involved with or were affected by Vincent Chin’s case.
Today’s conversation is with Helen Zia who is a writer, a journalist, and activist. She is one of the founders of American Citizens for Justice and was very involved in the Vincent Chin case.
Thirty-five years ago, on June 19, Vincent Chin was out at a local bar for his bachelor party. While he was enjoying himself with his friends, two men, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, confronted Chin. The two men were Chrysler workers and they confused Chin for being Japanese. During the confrontation, they were heard shouting racial slurs and saying, "It's because of you little motherf--ers that we're out of work."
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) hosted its 8th annual Family Empowerment Festival at California State University, Los Angeles on May 13th, drawing over 800 families. The festival celebrated innovative end-of-year capstone projects by students from 13 Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley high schools – a true representation of the rich and diverse tapestry of communities and neighborhoods Advancing Justice-LA serves.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - California, a project of Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, is sponsoring and strongly supporting a set of bills to promote inclusion, protect vulnerable communities and address the diverse needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
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