Asian American Writers' Workshop - Serve the People at the Bottom: Yuri Kochiyama

Great article by Scott Kurashige on Yuri Kochiyama in AAWW.org

Yuri’s indefatigable effort to build solidarity among all activists and oppressed people is what many will likely see as the hallmark of her legacy.

Asian American Writers' Workshop - Serve the People at the Bottom: Yuri Kochiyama

Population, Poverty Both Grew in This Asian American Community - NBC News.com

A new report by Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Orange County and the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, “A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Orange County,” looks at the contradictions found in America’s third largest Asian American community. There are nearly 600,000 Asian Americans and 19,000 Pacific Islanders in Orange County, growing at 41% and 17%, respectively.

Experts say as the community grows, so their needs, not just in California, but across America.

Population, Poverty Both Grew in This Asian American Community - NBC News.com

Vincent Who? showing and "Race in the City" panel discussion at Netroots Nation

Vincent Who? will be shown at Netroots Nation at Cobo Hall on Friday, July 18 at 6:30 pm in room 142-C. A panel will follow to discuss race relations in Detroit, to include the film's producer Curtis Chin; American Citizens for Justice / Asian American Center for Justice's Roland Hwang; Horace Sheffield III from Detroit Association of Black Organizations; Heidi Budaj, executive director of the Anti-Defamation League, Michigan chapter; and Ismael Ahmed representing ACCESS. #nn14

More info on the case at http://RememberingVincentChin.com/

The film and panel discussion are free, but you have to preregister to get in.

Watch Video | American Revolutionary: Feature Films | POV | PBS

FULL-LENGTH video stream of American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs by filmmaker Grace Lee available now through July 30 on PBS!



Watch Video | American Revolutionary: Feature Films | POV | PBS

Netroots Nation 2014 NN14 Screening of "Vincent Who?" - and Discussion of Race in Detroit- Eventbrite

from Curtis Chin: VINCENT WHO? screening and panel on race in Detroit (aka Race and the City) Friday, July 18, 2014, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, Cobo Hall, Room #142 C. Attendance is free, but if you're not attending the Netroots Nation 2014 conference, you must REGISTER HERE.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/nn14-screening-of-vincent-who-and-discussion-of-race-in-detroit-tickets-12013820661

NN14 Screening of "Vincent Who?" - and Discussion of Race in Detroit- Eventbrite