A Recognition of Fred T. Korematsu - Multicultural Affairs - Grand Valley State University

Look at us at GVSU last January! 

American Citizens for Justice and Japanese American Citizens League for Korematsu Day

A Recognition of Fred T. Korematsu - Multicultural Affairs - Grand Valley State University

Summer Leadership Camp Focuses on Low-Income, Immigrant Youth - NBC News.com

My article for NBC News Asian America re Enlightened Initiative

With the Enlightened Initiative (EI), I want to empower and invest in the immigrant youth, especially those who come from low-income households, to reach their full potential and dreams in the U.S. society," Cuong Quy Huynh, President of Enlightened Initiative and WK Kellogg Foundation fellow, told NBC News. "By participating in EI, the immigrant youth learn practical and useful leadership, academic, and cultural competency skills as they prepare to enter colleges/universities. Ultimately, EI wants the immigrant youth to be servant leaders in their communities and families."

Summer Leadership Camp Focuses on Low-Income, Immigrant Youth - NBC News.com

Jason Chu on Asian Privilege and Freddie Gray - NBC News.com

"As artists who have been mentored/inspired by MANY Black men and women, my director Ben and I were moved to loudly and definitively voice our solidarity with the Black community - while acknowledging that our communities are viewed/treated differently," Chu told NBC News. "We also wanted to oppose expectations of Asian Americans as silent, complicit, voiceless bodies who tend to 'go with the flow' of dominant culture. Words and video are our craft, and our hope was that this piece would spark conversation, challenge people, and stir action."
Jason Chu on Asian Privilege and Freddie Gray - NBC News.com

Leaders Urge Solidarity After Baltimore Unrest - NBC News.com

"All officers who kill must be held accountable, or there will continue to be more Rekia Boyds, more Akai Gurleys, more Freddie Grays, and yes, more Yong Xin Huangs," Cathy Dang, Executive Director of CAAAV, told NBC News as theindictment of the six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray was announced. "It's a sign of progress that much like NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who shot killed Akai Gurley at the end of last November, these officers will now go through our court system."
Leaders Urge Solidarity After Baltimore Unrest - NBC News.com

'Police Violence Will Repeat Itself': Asian Groups Call For Accountability - NBC News.com

from Emil Guillermo:

"Asian Americans are united for Akai Gurley and his family because we believe that we collectively need to hold the NYPD and judicial system accountable for Akai's life that was stolen by systemic and institutional racism," Dang said in an e-mail to NBC News. "This is the same system and institution that pits communities of color against each other to maintain the status quo. Our organizations have a long history working in solidarity across multi-racial communities to build a world that is just for everyone, not just for Asian Americans."'
Police Violence Will Repeat Itself': Asian Groups Call For Accountability - NBC News.com

The Life and Legacy of Minoru Yasui - NBC News.com

"Mr. Yasui was an American civil rights pioneer who bravely stood up against our government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII," US Congressman Mike Honda who was also incarcerated in an internment camp told NBC News. "He demonstrated a lifetime commitment to civil rights, from his intentional defiance of the military curfew and his Supreme Court case, through his fight for redress for Japanese Americans, to his civil rights advocacy in Denver, where he brought together different communities of color."

The Life and Legacy of Minoru Yasui - NBC News.com

Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Sikhs, Hindus Will Now Be Tracked - NBC News.com

"Today we all stand together to show that hate has no place in America," Jasit Singh, Executive Director of The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) said at the press conference, "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and only together will we address the root of this hate."
Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Sikhs, Hindus Will Now Be Tracked - NBC News.com