“The Responsibility and Intervention of Asian American Scholars/Educators/Activists in This Moment” Webinar

Friday, June 26, 2020

10:00-11:00 a.m. (Hawai'i) / 1:00-2:00 p.m. (Pacific) / 4:00-5:00 p.m. (Eastern)

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DESCRIPTION: This webinar explores how we can and should think about the responsibility and intervention of Asian American scholar-educator-activists in this moment.  Asian Americans and our allies are invited to participate.  Panelists will address such topics as:

  • anti-Asian racism, racialized disease, and the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Sinophobia, red-baiting, and the upcoming election

  • Asian Americans and affirmative action

  • Asian American complicity with white supremacy and anti-Blackness

  • Asian-Black solidarity

  • Asian Americans and movement building

PANELISTS:

  • Wayne Au, University of Washington-Bothell

  • Sumi Cho, DePaul University College of Law

  • Leigh Patel, University of Pittsburgh

  • G. T. Reyes, California State University-East Bay

  • Moderated by Kevin Kumashiro

TO REGISTER FOR FREE: This webinar is free and open to the public (both Asian Americans and our allies), but registration is required and space is limited.  Donations are welcome to support this and future webinars.  Instructions for joining the webinar will be emailed to registered participants just before the start time.  We hope that you can join our conversation and look forward to seeing you there. Register for free here.

IF YOU WISH TO DONATE, please use the form below: We are able to offer this and other webinars to large numbers of educators, students, leaders, and advocates, many of whom may not at this time have the resources to pay a registration fee, because of donors like you! To support this and other webinars, please consider making a donation using the form below. Donations are not tax-deductible. Receipts will indicate “Webinar Registration.” Thank you very much!