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Claiming Our Rights is sponsored in part by:
- UCLA Campus Programs Committee of the Programs Activities Board
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- UCLA Graduate Students Association
- Japanese American Bar Association
- UCLA Asian American Studies CenterIn collaboration with:
- Critical Race Studies Program
- Asian/Pacific Islander Law Students Association
- UCLA Southeast Asian Campus Learning Education and Retention
- UCLA Vietnamese Student Union
- UCLA Association of Hmong Students
- UCLA Law Fellows Programs
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SAVE THE DATE!
Claiming Our Rights:
Southeast Asian American Communities
Making Change Through the Law Friday, April 6, 2012 | UCLA School of Law
Registration begins at 8:30 am
The UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ) invites you to join us on Friday, April 6, for a symposium on Southeast Asian American communities creating change through the law.
Claiming Our Rights will feature the work of academics, community leaders, and attorneys who are leading campaigns, empowering communities, and developing policies, strategies, and solutions to advance the rights of Southeast Asian American communities. Panelists will discuss a number of topics including the harmful consequences of deportation, harassment and policing in schools, profiling by law enforcement, and the fight for environmental, housing, and economic justice in Southeast Asian American communities.
We are excited and hope you can join us! To register for Claiming Our Rights, please click here. Registration is free for all. For additional information and updates about Claiming Our Rights, visit our website, email us at apalj.s...@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter at @apalj.
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
Keynote Address: Judge Jacqueline Duong
Santa Clara Superior Court
Lunchtime Speaker: Doua Thor
Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
An Le
Community Engagement Project Director
APALC
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Angela Chan
Managing Attorney
Criminal Justice Reform Project, Asian Law Caucus
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Bill Ong Hing
Professor of Law
USF School of Law
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Chancee Martorell
Executive Director
Thai Community Development Corporation
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Helly Lee
Policy Director
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
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Hiroshi Motomura
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
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Jacqueline Dan
Staff Attorney
APALC
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Jerry Kang
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law
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Kathleen Kim
Professor of Law
Loyola School of Law
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Khin Mai Aung
Educational Equity and Youth Rights Project Director
AALDEF
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Lian Cheun
Executive Director
Khmer Girls in Action
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Mia-Lia Kiernan
Organizer
One Love Movement
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Shiu-Ming Cheer
Staff Attorney
National Immigration Law Center
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Executive Director
Southeast Asian Community Alliance |
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