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Friday, April 15, 2016

Officer Peter Liang and the Asian-American Community: Scapegoating, Justice, or Something Else? UM Law School

Officer Peter Liang and the Asian-American Community: Scapegoating, Justice, or Something Else?

Frances Kai-Hwa Wang on a panel with Peter Liang's defense attorneys
University of Michigan Law School
Friday, April 15, 12:00-1:00 pm, Hutchins Hall 220
https://www.law.umich.edu/events/Pages/EventDetails.aspx?EventKey=26885:0:20160415T113000&StartDateTime=04/15/2016

Updates:
Powerful University of Michigan Critical Ethnic and Asian/ Pacific Islander American Graduate Group statement re recent UM Law School APALSA event
(1) Critical Ethnic and Asian/ Pacific Islander... - Critical Ethnic & APIA Studies Graduate Student Group

University of Michigan APIA Studies graduate student in PRI article re Peter Liang case
“I realized that they had a more nuanced view than I originally thought. They realize that Peter Liang had done something wrong, but were angry about the fact that he was the first to be convicted in a decade,” she says. “It made me realize the necessity to have this kind of conversation between first generation immigrants and second generation who have more access to social justice.”
Asian American activists get busy after a former NYPD officer gets probation | Public Radio International

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Karen Wan, "The Partner Track"

Today: Ninth annual University of Michigan Law School Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) Origins Banquet, Michigan League Vandenberg Room. Dinner, music, and the announcement of the recipients of the 2014 APALSA Public Interest Fellowships. Keynote speaker, Helen Wan, attorney and author of The Partner Track.

Friday, March 14, 2014

2014 APIA High School Conference

The APIA High School Conference is almost here! March 22 at University of Michigan. (Sorry, same day as Solo Ensembles)

More info at: umichhsc2014 | schedule