“The program was started in response to questions being raised at the 20-year anniversary of the Vincent Chin incident,” said Detroit Asian Youth (DAY) Project co-founder and coordinator Soh Suzuki, referring to the beating death of a Chinese American man in a Detroit suburb in 1982. “Where has the Asian American community in Detroit gone? What does it mean to organize Asian Americans in Detroit today?”Detroit Asian Youth Project Celebrates 10 years of Mentorship - NBC News.com
Showing posts with label advocacy. Show all posts
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Detroit Asian Youth Project Celebrates 10 years of Mentorship - NBC News.com
Congratulations DAY (Detroit Asian Youth) Project on your 10 Year Anniversary Celebration today!
Friday, August 15, 2014
Camp Aims to Connect Youth with Radical South Asian History - NBC News.com
My article in NBCNews.com Asian America re BASS, ECSS, CDYR:
“We’re creating the camp we wish we had had when we were their age,” said California-based organizer and writer Tanzila Ahmed, “with access to all the South Asian American history we wish we had known.”
“We’re creating the camp we wish we had had when we were their age,” said California-based organizer and writer Tanzila Ahmed, “with access to all the South Asian American history we wish we had known.”
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Stephanie Chang Is Poised to Make Political History in Michigan - NBC News.com
Congratulations Stephanie Chang on winning the primary! My article on NBCNews
“Our campaign was really focused on connecting with residents individually," said Chang. "I personally knocked on all the primary voters' doors twice! One resident joked with me that I had been over to his house more than his family members and another even jokingly referenced during her sermon at church that I had been by her house too many times!”
“Our campaign was really focused on connecting with residents individually," said Chang. "I personally knocked on all the primary voters' doors twice! One resident joked with me that I had been over to his house more than his family members and another even jokingly referenced during her sermon at church that I had been by her house too many times!”
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