By John Minnis
Legal News
There never will be justice for Vincent Chin, but a Michigan Legal Milestone plaque on Woodward at Nine Mile will make sure he is never forgotten.
In the early 1980s, the American economy was in a recession, and American automakers were especially hard hit. Japanese imports were making inroads into the American market. “It’s because of you … that we’re out of work,” Chin’s attackers said at the time.
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: "Did you eat means I love you" Deciphering our families at Christmas - AnnArbor.com
from American Citizens for Justice Advisory Board member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in AnnArbor.com:
A few days before Christmas last year, I cheekily signed off an email to family and friends, “I’ve got a date with Robert Downey, Jr. on Christmas day.”
My mother was pleased to hear that I was going to be with friends on Christmas day since I could not go home, and she asked my brother if he knew anything about my new friend, Robert Downey, Jr.
My brother told her that Robert Downey, Jr. was an actor.
My mother worried about the low income and job insecurity of actors.
My brother explained that Robert Downey, Jr. was not that kind of actor, and that his movie, Sherlock Holmes, was opening Christmas Day.
Oh.
Gotta love our parents.
click on link for more: "Did you eat means I love you" Deciphering our families at Christmas - AnnArbor.com
A few days before Christmas last year, I cheekily signed off an email to family and friends, “I’ve got a date with Robert Downey, Jr. on Christmas day.”
My mother was pleased to hear that I was going to be with friends on Christmas day since I could not go home, and she asked my brother if he knew anything about my new friend, Robert Downey, Jr.
My brother told her that Robert Downey, Jr. was an actor.
My mother worried about the low income and job insecurity of actors.
My brother explained that Robert Downey, Jr. was not that kind of actor, and that his movie, Sherlock Holmes, was opening Christmas Day.
Oh.
Gotta love our parents.
click on link for more: "Did you eat means I love you" Deciphering our families at Christmas - AnnArbor.com
Saturday, December 25, 2010
additional media coverage of vincent chin plaque installation
AngryAsianMan.com!
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/12/new-plaque-commemorates-vincent-chin.html
Chicago Tribune (AP)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-chinmemorial,0,581915.story
great thorough article that begins with quotes from Van Ong the nurse on duty that night and six photos:
A Rallying Cry: Vincent Chin's Death and the Birth of A Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/12/new-plaque-commemorates-vincent-chin.html
Chicago Tribune (AP)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-chinmemorial,0,581915.story
great thorough article that begins with quotes from Van Ong the nurse on duty that night and six photos:
A Rallying Cry: Vincent Chin's Death and the Birth of A Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Speeches from Vincent Chin case Legal Milestone Plaque Installation
Links to the speeches and content at the Vincent Chin case 34th Michigan Legal Milestone Plaque Installation Ceremony, December 22, 2010, Ferndale, Michigan
Covey's Corner: Full Text of the Mayor's Remarks, Vincent Chin Memorial:
Covey's Corner: Full Text of the Mayor's Remarks, Vincent Chin Memorial
Full Text of Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's Remarks: The facts of the Vincent Chin case and the activism that followed
link to content of Roland Hwang's remarks:
The legal changes that occured because of the Vincent Chin case
link to content of State Bar Association of Michigan Janet Welch's remarks: Michigan Legal Milestones
Full text of both plaques:
Milestone Plaque Wording
Covey's Corner: Full Text of the Mayor's Remarks, Vincent Chin Memorial:
Covey's Corner: Full Text of the Mayor's Remarks, Vincent Chin Memorial
Full Text of Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's Remarks: The facts of the Vincent Chin case and the activism that followed
link to content of Roland Hwang's remarks:
The legal changes that occured because of the Vincent Chin case
link to content of State Bar Association of Michigan Janet Welch's remarks: Michigan Legal Milestones
Full text of both plaques:
Milestone Plaque Wording
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Plaques honoring Vincent Chin case unveiled in Ferndale
Media coverage of installation of Vincent Chin case 34th Legal Milestone Plaque by State Bar of Michigan on December 22, 2010, Ferndale, Michigan
Channel 7 WXYZ tv: a great video story here, with interviews with two of Vincent Chin's friends and part of Frances' speech:
Plaque honoring murdered Asian man, Vincent Chin, unveiled in Ferndale
Detroit News article with video (with summary of case) by AAJA member Ankur Dholakia:
Vincent Chin memorial unveiled in Ferndale | detnews.com | The Detroit News
The AP! Fabulous photos:
Ferndale memorial unveiled to honor Vincent Chin - Times Union
Michigan Radio print article:
MICHIGAN RADIO: Michigan Asian Americans, lawyers honor Chin (2010-12-22)
Great summary with key quotes from Oakland County Daily Tribune and Macomb Daily:
Legal milestone in Ferndale marks Vincent Chin fatal beating case - dailytribune.com
same article as above:
Legal milestone in Ferndale marks Vincent Chin fatal beating case - macombdaily.com
Observer Eccentric Newspapers:
Ferndale roadside plaque honors memory of hate-crime victim | hometownlife.com | the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies
AngryAsianMan.com!
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/12/new-plaque-commemorates-vincent-chin.html
Chicago Tribune (AP)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-chinmemorial,0,581915.story
great thorough article that begins with quotes from Van Ong the nurse on duty that night and six photos:
A Rallying Cry: Vincent Chin's Death and the Birth of A Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
Legal News
www.legalnews.com/oakland/1004154/
Articles that ran before the ceremony:
Great Detroit Free Press article with quotes from Roland Hwang, Jim Shimoura, Mayor Craig Covey, and Van Ong who was the emergency room nurse-on-duty at the hospital when they brought in Vincent Chin that night, as well as a summary of the legal changes the occured:
Vincent Chin's beating death spurred changes in Michigan law | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Patch.com article with photo of workers installing the plaque:
Ferndale To Honor Vincent Chin, Asian Pacific American Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
more links to other articles coming soon.
Channel 7 WXYZ tv: a great video story here, with interviews with two of Vincent Chin's friends and part of Frances' speech:
Plaque honoring murdered Asian man, Vincent Chin, unveiled in Ferndale
Detroit News article with video (with summary of case) by AAJA member Ankur Dholakia:
Vincent Chin memorial unveiled in Ferndale | detnews.com | The Detroit News
The AP! Fabulous photos:
Ferndale memorial unveiled to honor Vincent Chin - Times Union
Michigan Radio print article:
MICHIGAN RADIO: Michigan Asian Americans, lawyers honor Chin (2010-12-22)
Great summary with key quotes from Oakland County Daily Tribune and Macomb Daily:
Legal milestone in Ferndale marks Vincent Chin fatal beating case - dailytribune.com
same article as above:
Legal milestone in Ferndale marks Vincent Chin fatal beating case - macombdaily.com
Observer Eccentric Newspapers:
Ferndale roadside plaque honors memory of hate-crime victim | hometownlife.com | the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies
AngryAsianMan.com!
http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/12/new-plaque-commemorates-vincent-chin.html
Chicago Tribune (AP)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-chinmemorial,0,581915.story
great thorough article that begins with quotes from Van Ong the nurse on duty that night and six photos:
A Rallying Cry: Vincent Chin's Death and the Birth of A Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
Legal News
www.legalnews.com/oakland/1004154/
Articles that ran before the ceremony:
Great Detroit Free Press article with quotes from Roland Hwang, Jim Shimoura, Mayor Craig Covey, and Van Ong who was the emergency room nurse-on-duty at the hospital when they brought in Vincent Chin that night, as well as a summary of the legal changes the occured:
Vincent Chin's beating death spurred changes in Michigan law | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Patch.com article with photo of workers installing the plaque:
Ferndale To Honor Vincent Chin, Asian Pacific American Movement - Ferndale, MI Patch
more links to other articles coming soon.
Installation of Vincent Chin case 34th Legal Milestone Plaque today
Vincent Chin Case State Bar of Michigan Legal Milestone installation is today, Wednesday, December 22, at Noon at the Post Bar (formerly Golden Star Restaurant where Vincent Chin once worked) in Ferndale, Michigan. The first meeting about the case was held at that location in March 1983.
Today's program is hosted by the City of Ferndale. Everyone is invited to attend. Ferndale Mayor Covey indicates that the place can hold 140 people. The Post Bar is located at 22828 Woodward, east side of Woodward, just north of 9 Mile Road in Ferndale.
The event is covered on page 1 of the Detroit Free Press today.
link to the Free Press article: http://www.freep.com/article/20101222/NEWS05/12220383/1001/NLETTER09/82-beating-death-spurred-changes-in-Michigan-law?source=nletter-news
link to Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey's press release:
http://coveys-corner.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-we-are-proud-to-host-vincent-chin.html
wording on the plaques here:
http://www.multiculturaltoolbox.com/American_Citizens_for_Justice/MilestonePlaque.html
link to Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's speech coming soon:
link to content of Roland Hwang's speech:
http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article1505.pdf
Today's program is hosted by the City of Ferndale. Everyone is invited to attend. Ferndale Mayor Covey indicates that the place can hold 140 people. The Post Bar is located at 22828 Woodward, east side of Woodward, just north of 9 Mile Road in Ferndale.
The event is covered on page 1 of the Detroit Free Press today.
link to the Free Press article: http://www.freep.com/article/20101222/NEWS05/12220383/1001/NLETTER09/82-beating-death-spurred-changes-in-Michigan-law?source=nletter-news
link to Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey's press release:
http://coveys-corner.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-we-are-proud-to-host-vincent-chin.html
wording on the plaques here:
http://www.multiculturaltoolbox.com/American_Citizens_for_Justice/MilestonePlaque.html
link to Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's speech coming soon:
link to content of Roland Hwang's speech:
http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article1505.pdf
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: The difference a cool voice of authority (like Santa) can make beyond Christmas - AnnArbor.com
from ACJ Advisory Board member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang:
Last week, I went on a first grade field trip to Kensington Metropark. The naturalist assigned to our small group, Manfred Schmidt, took a few extra moments to learn to pronounce the beautiful names emblazoned on the children’s nametags (Indian names, Korean names, Chinese names, Greek names). He said by way of explanation that he was from Germany.
When he showed us the bat house, he told the children that bats look like flying mice and were called fledermaus in German. He also told them about an opera of the same name. My six-year-old son, Little Brother, actually remembered that song from the University of Michigan Halloween concert.
As our little group marched back towards the nature center at the end of our hike, the naturalist taught the children how to count in German, and the children taught him how to count in all of their languages, too. Eine, zwei, drei, vier. Yi, er, san, si.
Not only did the children have chickadees eating out of their hands, they also got an inadvertent lesson in language, culture, and music. Nothing heavy-handed, it was just small talk; but it was small talk that made those cultural differences okay. Never mind that mom and dad probably say all those same things every day, but the naturalist was a teacher and a person in authority.
click on link for more: The difference a cool voice of authority (like Santa) can make beyond Christmas - AnnArbor.com
Last week, I went on a first grade field trip to Kensington Metropark. The naturalist assigned to our small group, Manfred Schmidt, took a few extra moments to learn to pronounce the beautiful names emblazoned on the children’s nametags (Indian names, Korean names, Chinese names, Greek names). He said by way of explanation that he was from Germany.
When he showed us the bat house, he told the children that bats look like flying mice and were called fledermaus in German. He also told them about an opera of the same name. My six-year-old son, Little Brother, actually remembered that song from the University of Michigan Halloween concert.
As our little group marched back towards the nature center at the end of our hike, the naturalist taught the children how to count in German, and the children taught him how to count in all of their languages, too. Eine, zwei, drei, vier. Yi, er, san, si.
Not only did the children have chickadees eating out of their hands, they also got an inadvertent lesson in language, culture, and music. Nothing heavy-handed, it was just small talk; but it was small talk that made those cultural differences okay. Never mind that mom and dad probably say all those same things every day, but the naturalist was a teacher and a person in authority.
click on link for more: The difference a cool voice of authority (like Santa) can make beyond Christmas - AnnArbor.com
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Sharing lunches, friendships, and leftovers after Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang in AnnArbor.com:
Six-year-old Little Brother and I have been reading “Sandwich Swap” over and over again these past few weeks. Ten-year-old Niu Niu leans over to read with us after discovering that this book is written by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. They are amazed that this true story told by a real queen is one they have lived as well.
From the book jacket:
"Lily and Salma are best friends. They like doing all the same things — jumping rope, drawing pictures, playing on swings. And they always eat lunch together.
Sure, they don’t eat the same lunch, Lily eats peanut butter and Salma eats hummus—but what’s that between friends?
It turns out, a lot. And before they know it, it’s a food fight."
Of course, the friends in the picture book eventually make up and become best friends again once they stop feeling hurt and angry and actually taste each other’s sandwiches — together on the count of three. They discover that what each had thought looked so gross and disgusting, “that icky chickpea paste” and “that gooey peanut paste” that each feels so sorry her friend “had to eat,” actually tastes delicious, heavenly. However, first they have to trust the other’s point of view and risk trying it themselves.
click on link for more Sharing lunches, friendships, and leftovers after Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
Six-year-old Little Brother and I have been reading “Sandwich Swap” over and over again these past few weeks. Ten-year-old Niu Niu leans over to read with us after discovering that this book is written by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan. They are amazed that this true story told by a real queen is one they have lived as well.
From the book jacket:
"Lily and Salma are best friends. They like doing all the same things — jumping rope, drawing pictures, playing on swings. And they always eat lunch together.
Sure, they don’t eat the same lunch, Lily eats peanut butter and Salma eats hummus—but what’s that between friends?
It turns out, a lot. And before they know it, it’s a food fight."
Of course, the friends in the picture book eventually make up and become best friends again once they stop feeling hurt and angry and actually taste each other’s sandwiches — together on the count of three. They discover that what each had thought looked so gross and disgusting, “that icky chickpea paste” and “that gooey peanut paste” that each feels so sorry her friend “had to eat,” actually tastes delicious, heavenly. However, first they have to trust the other’s point of view and risk trying it themselves.
click on link for more Sharing lunches, friendships, and leftovers after Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Distant relatives versus nearby friends on Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's column, Adventures in Multicultural Living, in annarbor.com:
My parents say that there is a Chinese saying (there is always a Chinese saying) about how distant relatives are not as good as nearby friends. To illustrate, they recall the time our car broke down on the winding and treacherous Pacheco Pass after midnight and how our neighbor, Mr. Shigematsu, came to rescue us and did not get home until after 2 am. Our relatives in distant Los Angeles or San Francisco could not have done anything to help because they were too far away.
Thanksgiving is a time of feasting and family, and people are traveling, cooking, and cleaning like mad, trying to get to their families for four brief days. Because many of my children’s friends are from international families and do not have extended family close by, I like to gather up all our friends and celebrate “Thanksgiving Eve” the night before with a big potluck of what turns out to be the most amazing spread of foods from around the world—teriyaki turkey, sticky rice stuffing, butternut squash Thai curry, chicken biriyani, babaganoush, tabbouli, lasagna, shrimp and broccoli, mangoes and black sticky rice, Thai pumpkin custard, and more.
So although everyone typically writes and thinks about family this time of year, I have been thinking about friends and connection—meeting someone with whom you click, who understands your humor, who appreciates your meager talents and suspect beauty, who sees you and accepts you, who challenges you to become more yourself. It is always such a relief to finally find someone who gets you, such a loss when they slip away. (click on link for more)
Distant relatives versus nearby friends on Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
My parents say that there is a Chinese saying (there is always a Chinese saying) about how distant relatives are not as good as nearby friends. To illustrate, they recall the time our car broke down on the winding and treacherous Pacheco Pass after midnight and how our neighbor, Mr. Shigematsu, came to rescue us and did not get home until after 2 am. Our relatives in distant Los Angeles or San Francisco could not have done anything to help because they were too far away.
Thanksgiving is a time of feasting and family, and people are traveling, cooking, and cleaning like mad, trying to get to their families for four brief days. Because many of my children’s friends are from international families and do not have extended family close by, I like to gather up all our friends and celebrate “Thanksgiving Eve” the night before with a big potluck of what turns out to be the most amazing spread of foods from around the world—teriyaki turkey, sticky rice stuffing, butternut squash Thai curry, chicken biriyani, babaganoush, tabbouli, lasagna, shrimp and broccoli, mangoes and black sticky rice, Thai pumpkin custard, and more.
So although everyone typically writes and thinks about family this time of year, I have been thinking about friends and connection—meeting someone with whom you click, who understands your humor, who appreciates your meager talents and suspect beauty, who sees you and accepts you, who challenges you to become more yourself. It is always such a relief to finally find someone who gets you, such a loss when they slip away. (click on link for more)
Distant relatives versus nearby friends on Thanksgiving - AnnArbor.com
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Emil "Amok" Guillermo to blog for AALDEF
On November 5, Asian Pacific American writer, Emil Guillermo, formerly of Asian Week, started blogging for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) as only he can. Check out the Emil Amok take on APA politics and issues.
http://www.amok.com/blog/emil-guillermo-check-out-my-new-blog-on-the-aaldef-site/
http://www.amok.com/blog/emil-guillermo-check-out-my-new-blog-on-the-aaldef-site/
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Viva! Hallelujah! Access to the Arts bringing cultures in and Culture out - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's column, Adventures in Multicultural Living, in annarbor.com:
The wonderful University Musical Society people, walkie-talkies in hand, meet us as we step off our yellow school bus outside Hill Auditorium on a beautifully crisp Friday morning. We feel like honored VIPs as they lead our four busloads of elementary students, teachers, and parent chaperones in through the side door, down and around a long and winding handicapped ramp and onto the main floor of the auditorium. I do not know how they do it: getting 3,500 children from buses to seats in 20 minutes flat.
I gasp as I spy our usher’s seating chart. Across the very front section of the auditorium, in four big letters, is written the name of our school. They are giving us the whole front section, the orchestra section, on the main floor. As we snake into our seats, row by row, grade by grade, I feel like I have won at musical chairs to finally take my seat in the very center of the sixth row, and next to a very handsome (6-year-old) boy.
I could never afford such good seats for my family.
These UMS youth performances offer amazing access. Plus no one will shush us. (click on link for more)
Viva! Hallelujah! Access to the Arts bringing cultures in and Culture out - AnnArbor.com
The wonderful University Musical Society people, walkie-talkies in hand, meet us as we step off our yellow school bus outside Hill Auditorium on a beautifully crisp Friday morning. We feel like honored VIPs as they lead our four busloads of elementary students, teachers, and parent chaperones in through the side door, down and around a long and winding handicapped ramp and onto the main floor of the auditorium. I do not know how they do it: getting 3,500 children from buses to seats in 20 minutes flat.
I gasp as I spy our usher’s seating chart. Across the very front section of the auditorium, in four big letters, is written the name of our school. They are giving us the whole front section, the orchestra section, on the main floor. As we snake into our seats, row by row, grade by grade, I feel like I have won at musical chairs to finally take my seat in the very center of the sixth row, and next to a very handsome (6-year-old) boy.
I could never afford such good seats for my family.
These UMS youth performances offer amazing access. Plus no one will shush us. (click on link for more)
Viva! Hallelujah! Access to the Arts bringing cultures in and Culture out - AnnArbor.com
Thursday, November 11, 2010
AML: "Untold Triumph" documentary film about WWII 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments of U.S. Army at library - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's column, Adventures in Multicultural Living in AnnArbor.com:
This Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11,from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Ann Arbor District Library, the University of Michigan Michigan Community Scholars Program, the University of Michigan Program in Asian/Pacific Islander Affairs Program in the Department of American Culture and the Filipino American National Historical Society Michigan Chapter will be sponsoring a film and discussion, “An Untold Triumph: The Story of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army,” the acclaimed documentary film which documents and honors the 7,000 men of the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments of the U.S. Army who fought in WWII. Panelists include Jason Gavilan, Josephine Sirineo , Joseph Galura , Adelwisa Weller and Quirico Samonte.
More information about the film is available at the California State University Sacramento Asian American Studies website, including a Viewers Guide, a timeline of Filipino American History, and lesson plans and handouts for educators. (click on link for more)
"Untold Triumph" documentary film about WWII 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments of U.S. Army at library - AnnArbor.com
This Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11,from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the Ann Arbor District Library, the University of Michigan Michigan Community Scholars Program, the University of Michigan Program in Asian/Pacific Islander Affairs Program in the Department of American Culture and the Filipino American National Historical Society Michigan Chapter will be sponsoring a film and discussion, “An Untold Triumph: The Story of the 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army,” the acclaimed documentary film which documents and honors the 7,000 men of the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments of the U.S. Army who fought in WWII. Panelists include Jason Gavilan, Josephine Sirineo , Joseph Galura , Adelwisa Weller and Quirico Samonte.
More information about the film is available at the California State University Sacramento Asian American Studies website, including a Viewers Guide, a timeline of Filipino American History, and lesson plans and handouts for educators. (click on link for more)
"Untold Triumph" documentary film about WWII 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments of U.S. Army at library - AnnArbor.com
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Sharing the Light of Diwali - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's column, Adventures in Multicultural Living:
My neighbor Leah is amazing with her leaves. Every Tuesday morning, she fills up her two big brown compost bins with leaves, then she fills two other big brown compost bins she has borrowed from her neighbors, then she stands on the sidewalk with her rake to wait for the city compost truck to come. As soon as they take her leaves, she quickly refills the four containers and pushes them across the street for when the truck comes back down the other side of the street. She is utterly amazing, she is so on top of her leaves.
I do not get leaves.
This year, I am even more confused about what to do with my leaves. The city will not pick them up. I cannot afford a compost bin. I see people mulching their leaves with their lawn mowers, but I only have a push mower. (click on link for more)
Sharing the Light of Diwali - AnnArbor.com
My neighbor Leah is amazing with her leaves. Every Tuesday morning, she fills up her two big brown compost bins with leaves, then she fills two other big brown compost bins she has borrowed from her neighbors, then she stands on the sidewalk with her rake to wait for the city compost truck to come. As soon as they take her leaves, she quickly refills the four containers and pushes them across the street for when the truck comes back down the other side of the street. She is utterly amazing, she is so on top of her leaves.
I do not get leaves.
This year, I am even more confused about what to do with my leaves. The city will not pick them up. I cannot afford a compost bin. I see people mulching their leaves with their lawn mowers, but I only have a push mower. (click on link for more)
Sharing the Light of Diwali - AnnArbor.com
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Minorities pummeled by ethnic stereotypes at Halloween and election time - AnnArbor.com
From Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's column, Adventures in Multicultural Living:
My neighbor was cleaning out her college-aged daughter’s room and gave me a large sombrero for the kids. Maybe for Halloween, she suggested, if they do not already have a costume.
Six-year-old Little Brother already had a costume, but he was thrilled to discover his new sombrero when he came home from school, so stately and grand, with its sweeping green brim, pink accents, and fancy blue stitching, that he immediately put it on and ran outside to “show the guys.”
The older neighbor boys good-naturedly teased him: “Where’s your horse? Where’s your guitar?”
He came home puzzled and embarrassed that he had thought it was a cool sombrero when, by their comments, it must have been some sort of cowboy hat. But it did not look like what he thought a cowboy hat looked like. So what did they mean exactly?
How to explain this? How to protect him? Little Brother knows some (real) Hispanic Americans, but none who wear that kind of garb. (Hey NPR’s Juan Williams! Check out Muslims Wearing Things at Tumblr.com.)
click on link for more: Minorities pummeled by ethnic stereotypes at Halloween and election time - AnnArbor.com
My neighbor was cleaning out her college-aged daughter’s room and gave me a large sombrero for the kids. Maybe for Halloween, she suggested, if they do not already have a costume.
Six-year-old Little Brother already had a costume, but he was thrilled to discover his new sombrero when he came home from school, so stately and grand, with its sweeping green brim, pink accents, and fancy blue stitching, that he immediately put it on and ran outside to “show the guys.”
The older neighbor boys good-naturedly teased him: “Where’s your horse? Where’s your guitar?”
He came home puzzled and embarrassed that he had thought it was a cool sombrero when, by their comments, it must have been some sort of cowboy hat. But it did not look like what he thought a cowboy hat looked like. So what did they mean exactly?
How to explain this? How to protect him? Little Brother knows some (real) Hispanic Americans, but none who wear that kind of garb. (Hey NPR’s Juan Williams! Check out Muslims Wearing Things at Tumblr.com.)
click on link for more: Minorities pummeled by ethnic stereotypes at Halloween and election time - AnnArbor.com
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Vincent Who at MAPABA conference
Showing the movie Vincent Who today at Michigan Asian Pacific American Bar Association (MAPABA) conference in Detroit with Curtis Chin and Roland Hwang and Frances Kai-Hwa Wang.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Vincent Who? at USSF Today
Join us today for
Vincent Who?
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
10:00 am | AFSCME Building, Detroit
A Documentary film directed by Tony Lam and Karin Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Producer Curtis Chin
Introduction by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice former Executive Director and current Advisory Board Member
for more info http://organize.ussf2010.org/film-festival
Vincent Who?
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
10:00 am | AFSCME Building, Detroit
A Documentary film directed by Tony Lam and Karin Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Producer Curtis Chin
Introduction by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice former Executive Director and current Advisory Board Member
for more info http://organize.ussf2010.org/film-festival
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Who Killed Vincent Chin? at USSF Today
Join us for
“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award Nominee(1987) and Detroit A/PIA Discussion with ACJ co-founder Roland Hwang and ACJ Board Member Prasanna Vengadam
Tuesday, June 22
11:00AM-1:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
http://www.ussf2010.org/
“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award Nominee(1987) and Detroit A/PIA Discussion with ACJ co-founder Roland Hwang and ACJ Board Member Prasanna Vengadam
Tuesday, June 22
11:00AM-1:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
http://www.ussf2010.org/
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Adventures in Multicultural Living: Remembering Vincent Chin 28 years later - AnnArbor.com
Posted: Jun 20, 2010 at 12:51 PM AnnArbor.com
by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Before I came to Michigan for graduate school, the only thing I knew about Michigan was that it was where Vincent Chin was killed. My parents’ Japanese-American neighbors warned me to sell my father’s Toyota 4-Runner and buy a Ford Bronco. I asked about safety as much as I did about academics before I decided to come.
Saturday was the 28th anniversary of the baseball bat beating that caused the death of Vincent Chin. Unfortunately, with the recession and rise in anti-immigrant sentiment, the case is even more relevant than ever. (click on link for more)
Remembering Vincent Chin 28 years later - AnnArbor.com
by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Before I came to Michigan for graduate school, the only thing I knew about Michigan was that it was where Vincent Chin was killed. My parents’ Japanese-American neighbors warned me to sell my father’s Toyota 4-Runner and buy a Ford Bronco. I asked about safety as much as I did about academics before I decided to come.
Saturday was the 28th anniversary of the baseball bat beating that caused the death of Vincent Chin. Unfortunately, with the recession and rise in anti-immigrant sentiment, the case is even more relevant than ever. (click on link for more)
Remembering Vincent Chin 28 years later - AnnArbor.com
New Website for Vincent Who?
An email from Tony Lam, Director of the Vincent Who? documentary film, about their new website at:
Vincent Who? - A Documentary Film About Vincent Chin
Vincent Who? - A Documentary Film About Vincent Chin
This week marks the 28th anniversary of the hate crime murder of Vincent Chin, a case that ignited the first Asian American civil rights movement and gave rise to a new "Asian American" identity and community.
In commemoration, we are launching a new website dedicated to Vincent Chin and his legacy to serve as an educational resource and information portal.
We are also releasing a Special Edition DVD of VINCENT WHO?, the 2009 documentary about Vincent Chin and the Asian American experience in political activism. See our new widescreen trailer and the remarkable cast of participants in the film.
We hope to contribute toward the day when the momentous, but mostly unknown story of Vincent Chin becomes a familiar one, not only among Asian Americans, but all Americans. Please join us in this effort by spreading the news. Thank you for your support! And join us on Facebook.
Sincerely yours,
Tony Lam
Director, VINCENT WHO?
Saturday, June 19, 2010
MDCR - Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
Michigan Department of Civil Rights Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
Contact: Harold Core 517-241-3986
Agency: Civil Rights
June 18, 2010
MDCR Director Daniel Krichbaum today released this statement to be read at a meeting of the Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The meeting was called to discuss Michigan's proposed Immigration Law Enforcement Act.
MDCR - Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
MDCR - Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
Contact: Harold Core 517-241-3986
Agency: Civil Rights
June 18, 2010
MDCR Director Daniel Krichbaum today released this statement to be read at a meeting of the Michigan Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The meeting was called to discuss Michigan's proposed Immigration Law Enforcement Act.
MDCR - Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
"Good afternoon and greetings on behalf of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and Department. It is my pleasure to listen to the speakers and share some thoughts on behalf of the Department and Commission.
While our Commission has not yet taken a position on this issue, we would like to share some general observations.
Michigan law enforcement agencies are facing budget cuts that already require them to creatively stretch limited resources to protect public safety. Now is not the time to ask local agencies to take on the additional federal responsibility of immigration enforcement. Furthermore, none of us want to deny our local police the tools they need to solve crimes. Why would we want to make witnesses who may have citizenship concerns (of their own or for their family) afraid to call or cooperate with police?
As a civil rights department, we are very concerned that laws like the one being discussed today amount to an open invitation for racial profiling. The decision to turn a routine law enforcement encounter into an immigration investigation is one that will be based solely on perception. But what exactly does an immigrant look like? Sound like?
Each of you, take a quick second to close your eyes and picture an immigrant. What characteristics do you think about when you picture an immigrant? What is their skin color? What language do they speak? Who would you suggest police ask to 'show me your papers'?
Then let me ask you this: are you picturing a Canadian? There are more than 150,000 European-born White Americans who are immigrants in Michigan. Yet it is Latino, Asian Pacific and Middle Eastern persons who will undoubtedly be the ones whose status is challenged.
Remember, it is not just non-citizens or the undocumented that will be challenged. Anyone perceived as being 'foreign' will face the possibility of being asked to prove his or her right to be here. American citizens and documented visitors will face this possibility not just once, or even just once a day, but every time they come into any contact with a law enforcement officer.
Michigan will take another costly hit to our reputation, and to our pocketbook. Arizona has already lost more than $90 million in tourism dollars since their legislation passed. There is no reason to believe Michigan will be different. Any organization comprised of diverse members will avoid holding events in Michigan because of the risk of their membership being harassed.
Similarly, a Michigan business might find the person they wish to hire is reluctant to move to Michigan knowing they face this possibility. Any employer with a diverse pool of employees will be less likely to relocate to Michigan for the same reason.
The jobs Michigan lost over the last decade were lost to other places, not because of immigrants. Increasing pressure on those who look like immigrants will not bring those jobs back. The future of our state depends on us finding ways to work together for the greater good.
Targeting 'perceived foreigners' will deeply strain law enforcement efforts to work with many of Michigan¡¦s residents, as well as our visitors. Legislative efforts like the one discussed today will hurt businesses and the state as a whole. At a time when we need to be working in unison, it will divide us. Divided we fail."
For more information on the Department of Civil Rights visit our website at: http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr.
MDCR - Statement Regarding the Potential Immigration Law Enforcement Act
More A/PIA Events at USSF
Also,
Vincent Who?
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
10:00 am | AFSCME Building, Detroit
A Documentary film directed by Tony Lam and Karin Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Producer Curtis Chin
Introduction by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice former Executive Director and current Advisory Board Member
for more info http://organize.ussf2010.org/film-festival
Vincent Who?
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
10:00 am | AFSCME Building, Detroit
A Documentary film directed by Tony Lam and Karin Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Producer Curtis Chin
Introduction by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, American Citizens for Justice former Executive Director and current Advisory Board Member
for more info http://organize.ussf2010.org/film-festival
A/PIA Events at the United States Social Forum
from Stephanie:
Asian Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Events at the United States Social Forum
June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan
It's not too late! Register or find more information at: www.ussf2010.org
-- CONNECT & COLLABORATE --
Beyond the workshops... here are a just a few of the highlighted events. Attached is the full compilation of events, workshops and more!
“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award Nominee
(1987) and Detroit A/PIA Discussion
Tuesday, June 22
11:00AM-1:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
Detroit Asian Youth Project
It’s Our Moment: A/PIA Youth Unite!
Wednesday, June 23
10:00AM-12:00PM @ Cobo Hall DO-5A
Detroit Asian Youth Project
Detroit A/PIAs: Past and Present
Tour focusing on historical & contemporary A/PIA
communities in Detroit, featuring a revealing look at
the Bangladeshi & Hmong community,& memorial
visit to Vincent Chin & Lily Chan’s gravesites.
Wednesday, June 23
1:00-3:00PM
Detroit Asian Youth Project
API Movement Building Party!
For all A/PIA leaders, activists, organizers,
educators, etc. to get together at the USSF 2010.
Wednesday, June 23
8:00-10:00PM @ Oslo- 1456 Woodward Ave.
Asian Pacific Islander Movement Building
Grace’s 95th Birthday: “Next American
Revolution”-Come celebrate with Grace Boggs,
Danny Glover, Vincent Harding, artists & poets.
Thursday, June 24
8:00PM @ Cobo Hall
Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
A/PIAs: People’s Movement Assembly
Friday, June 25
4:00-6:00PM @ Genesis Lutheran Church
(7200 Mack Avenue- corner of E. Grand)
Saturday, June 26
10:00AM-12:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
If transportation needed, contact viv.void@gmail.com
"I Dream a Garden" Harvest Song/Dance
Revisioning of the Gerald Hairston Griot Memorial Garden:
Facilitated by Nobuko Miyamoto accompanied by
Genesis Lutheran Choir & Liturgical Dancers, GenesisHOPE
youth participants, community, and more
Friday, June 25
7:00PM-9:00PM @ Genesis Lutheran Church
7200 Mack Avenue- corner of E. Grand Blvd.
For more details an information: Join us on...
Facebook (APIs at the U.S. Social Forum Detroit)
Google groups (USSF2010apia)
http://ussf2010apia.wordpress.com
Asian Pacific Islander American (A/PIA) Events at the United States Social Forum
June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan
It's not too late! Register or find more information at: www.ussf2010.org
-- CONNECT & COLLABORATE --
Beyond the workshops... here are a just a few of the highlighted events. Attached is the full compilation of events, workshops and more!
“Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Best Documentary Feature, Academy Award Nominee
(1987) and Detroit A/PIA Discussion
Tuesday, June 22
11:00AM-1:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
Detroit Asian Youth Project
It’s Our Moment: A/PIA Youth Unite!
Wednesday, June 23
10:00AM-12:00PM @ Cobo Hall DO-5A
Detroit Asian Youth Project
Detroit A/PIAs: Past and Present
Tour focusing on historical & contemporary A/PIA
communities in Detroit, featuring a revealing look at
the Bangladeshi & Hmong community,& memorial
visit to Vincent Chin & Lily Chan’s gravesites.
Wednesday, June 23
1:00-3:00PM
Detroit Asian Youth Project
API Movement Building Party!
For all A/PIA leaders, activists, organizers,
educators, etc. to get together at the USSF 2010.
Wednesday, June 23
8:00-10:00PM @ Oslo- 1456 Woodward Ave.
Asian Pacific Islander Movement Building
Grace’s 95th Birthday: “Next American
Revolution”-Come celebrate with Grace Boggs,
Danny Glover, Vincent Harding, artists & poets.
Thursday, June 24
8:00PM @ Cobo Hall
Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
A/PIAs: People’s Movement Assembly
Friday, June 25
4:00-6:00PM @ Genesis Lutheran Church
(7200 Mack Avenue- corner of E. Grand)
Saturday, June 26
10:00AM-12:00PM @ Cobo Hall W2-66
If transportation needed, contact viv.void@gmail.com
"I Dream a Garden" Harvest Song/Dance
Revisioning of the Gerald Hairston Griot Memorial Garden:
Facilitated by Nobuko Miyamoto accompanied by
Genesis Lutheran Choir & Liturgical Dancers, GenesisHOPE
youth participants, community, and more
Friday, June 25
7:00PM-9:00PM @ Genesis Lutheran Church
7200 Mack Avenue- corner of E. Grand Blvd.
For more details an information: Join us on...
Facebook (APIs at the U.S. Social Forum Detroit)
Google groups (USSF2010apia)
http://ussf2010apia.wordpress.com
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Vincent Who?, Jing Xiang, Manfred Elfstrom, ACJ at CCC on April 26
American Citizens for Justice and Association of Chinese Americans present
VINCENT WHO? A documentary movie and a discussion of Asian Pacific American race and labor issues with Labor Notes’ guest Jing Xiang, of China’s Pearl River Workers Service Center (PRWSC).
Monday, April 26, 2010, 6:30 pm
following the Labor Notes Conference www.LaborNotes.org
Chinese Community Center, 32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071(1 block E of I-75/14 Mile Rd. interchange, ½ block S of 14 Mile Rd.)
Jing Xiang will be speaking about the Pearl River Workers Service Center (PRWSC), a worker center supporting the rights and interests of workers in China's Pearl River Delta, along with International Labor Rights Forum staffer Manfred Elfstrom. A panel discussion on the impact of the Vincent Chin case, the economy, labor issues and the Asian American Community will follow the movie. Panelists include Roland Hwang, Jim Shimoura, and Prasanna Vengadam, American Citizens for Justice board members; Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, ACJ Advisory Board; and Stephanie Chang, APIA Vote-Michigan.
In 1982, Vincent Chin was murdered in Highland Park by two autoworkers at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments. For the first time, Asian Americans around the country galvanized to form a real community and movement. This documentary, "Vincent Who?," is inspired by a series of town halls organized by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress on the 25th anniversary of the case, features interviews with the key players at the time, as well as a whole new generation of activists. "Vincent Who?" asks how far Asian Americans have come since then and how far we have yet to go. Featured interviews include: Helen Zia (lead activist during the Chin trial), Renee Tajima Pena (director, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"), Stewart Kwoh (Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center), Lisa Ling (journalist), Sumi Pendakur (Univ. of Southern California), Dale Minami (civic rights attorney), Roland Hwang and Jim Shimoura (American Citizens for Justice), Doua Thor (Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center), and a diverse group of young APA activists whose lives were impacted by Chin.
For information: Call Roland Hwang, 248-347-1663 or Shirley Yee at Chinese Community Center, 248-585-9343
VINCENT WHO? A documentary movie and a discussion of Asian Pacific American race and labor issues with Labor Notes’ guest Jing Xiang, of China’s Pearl River Workers Service Center (PRWSC).
Monday, April 26, 2010, 6:30 pm
following the Labor Notes Conference www.LaborNotes.org
Chinese Community Center, 32585 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, MI 48071(1 block E of I-75/14 Mile Rd. interchange, ½ block S of 14 Mile Rd.)
Jing Xiang will be speaking about the Pearl River Workers Service Center (PRWSC), a worker center supporting the rights and interests of workers in China's Pearl River Delta, along with International Labor Rights Forum staffer Manfred Elfstrom. A panel discussion on the impact of the Vincent Chin case, the economy, labor issues and the Asian American Community will follow the movie. Panelists include Roland Hwang, Jim Shimoura, and Prasanna Vengadam, American Citizens for Justice board members; Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, ACJ Advisory Board; and Stephanie Chang, APIA Vote-Michigan.
In 1982, Vincent Chin was murdered in Highland Park by two autoworkers at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments. For the first time, Asian Americans around the country galvanized to form a real community and movement. This documentary, "Vincent Who?," is inspired by a series of town halls organized by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress on the 25th anniversary of the case, features interviews with the key players at the time, as well as a whole new generation of activists. "Vincent Who?" asks how far Asian Americans have come since then and how far we have yet to go. Featured interviews include: Helen Zia (lead activist during the Chin trial), Renee Tajima Pena (director, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"), Stewart Kwoh (Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center), Lisa Ling (journalist), Sumi Pendakur (Univ. of Southern California), Dale Minami (civic rights attorney), Roland Hwang and Jim Shimoura (American Citizens for Justice), Doua Thor (Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center), and a diverse group of young APA activists whose lives were impacted by Chin.
For information: Call Roland Hwang, 248-347-1663 or Shirley Yee at Chinese Community Center, 248-585-9343
Saturday, March 20, 2010
American Citizens for Justice Census and the Community event
American Citizens for Justice Census and the Community event March 27, 1 to 4 pm, Chinese Community Center in Madison Heights. Dwight Dean, Census Regional Director, Kurt Metzer, Demographer with Data Driven Detroit, and Tom Costello of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, speaking. Census Bureau plans to have assistants there to help with forms. Free, with food and entertainment.
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