APAs vs. Hate Conference

Session 8: Know Your Rights

April 21 @ 6-8 PT

Watch and Interact on Zoom:  

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81572784907

1. Employment: Toni Jaramilla, Toni Jaramilla, PC

2. Housing/retail/public accommodation: Branden Butler, DFEH Assistant Deputy Director of Education and Outreach

3. School: Michael Chang, Civil Rights Attorney for US Dept. of Education

4. Criminal/victim rights: Adrian Roxas, Roxas Law

Moderator, Mari Bandoma Callado, The Dolan Law Firm

Sponsors:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Dolan Law Firm

Hanson Bridgett 

Procopio

Squire Patton Boggs

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Zathrina Perez

Donors:

IABA Northern California

Orrick

Community Co-Sponsors:

California Lawyers Association (CLA)

Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA)

San Diego County Bar Association (SDCBA)

Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California (AALASC)

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (APABA-LA)

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Solano County (APABA Solano)

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Washington DC (APABA-DC)

Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance (APAWLA)

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)

Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC)

Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (KABA SoCal)

Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD)

Filipino-American Lawyers of Orange County (FLOC)

Japanese American Bar Association (JABA)

Korean American Bar Association of Northern California (KABANC)

Korean American Bar Association of San Diego (KABA-SD)

Minority Bar Coalition (MBC)

Multicultural Bar Alliance of Southern California (MCBA)

National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association (NAPIPA)

Orange County Korean American Bar Association (OCKABA)

Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD)

Philippine American Bar Association (PABA)

South Asian Bar Association of San Diego (SABA-SD)

South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC)

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA)

Thai American Bar Association (TABA)

Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA)

Sponsorships and Donations Accepted: 100% of proceeds will support Stop AAPI Hate and API Legal Outreach. (Contact calapaba@gmail.com for details.) 

View Session 1 on YouTube: Identifying and Understanding the Problem 

https://youtu.be/teajtO5CvOg

March 11 @ Noon PT

* Manju Kulkarni, Stop AAPI Hate

* Aarti Kohli, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus

* Leonard Trinh, San Diego County Deputy District Attorney

* Lisa Mak, Minami Tamaki LLP, Moderator

View Session 2 on YouTube: Confronting the Racial Issues

YouTube:

https://youtu.be/9cdK19T3mkk

Or via Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/309375759578124/posts/1133299683852390

March 18 @ Noon PT

* Professor Rika Houston, CSULA; faculty director of Center for Civic Engagement

* Chris Kwok, Director, AABANY 

* Duc Ta, Chef and host of Cooking with Duc and former state prison lifer

* Marvin Wadlow, actor/writer/coach and co-host of Tablesetters

* Angela Oh, GoCompassion.org, Moderator

View Session 3 on YouTube: A Call to Action

March 25 @ Noon PT

https://youtu.be/b8tCjjgxC74

https://www.facebook.com/309375759578124/posts/1137329553449403/

* Greg deGiere, Drafter of California's Hate Crimes Law, The Arc

* Jessica Owyoung, Compassion in Oakland

* Annie Esposito, Alameda County Deputy District Attorney

View Session 4 on YouTube: Where Do APAs Fit in Today's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conversation? 

April 1 @ Noon PT

https://youtu.be/0yTA-AEVL8Y

https://www.facebook.com/309375759578124/posts/1142095612972797/

* Angela Oh, GoCompassion.org, Moderator

* Ebani Abram, Community Advocate

* Chris Kwok, Director, AABANY 

* Duc Ta, Chef and host of Cooking with Duc and former state prison lifer

* Marvin Wadlow, actor/writer/coach and co-host of Tablesetters

View Session 5 on  YouTube: APA Women: Hate, Gender, and Race

April 8 @ Noon PT

https://youtu.be/2loqGdAcdds

https://www.facebook.com/309375759578124/posts/1146428669206158/

* Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

* Christine Ahn, Founder and Executive Director of Women Cross DMZ

* Nancy Wang Yuen, Sociologist and Pop Culture Expert

* Moderator: Zathrina Perez, Cal-APABA President

View Session 6 on YouTube: The Model Minority Myth

https://youtu.be/s-tHEI8Spi4 

This learned discussion will focus on the history, law, and social circumstances that gave rise to the prevailing myth about Asian Americans that has had toxic consequences for race relations in the U.S.

April 13 @ 4:00-5:30

Presented by the Council of Korean Americans

* Prof. Sumi Cho (DePaul University)

* Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley)

* Moderator: Prof. Jerry Kang (UCLA) 

View Session 7 on YouTube: Back to School--Preparing Our Children and Educators

This panel will include a lawyer, educator, and child developmental specialist to discuss how and what parents should be addressing with their children and schools to prepare for and address anti-Asian hate incidents.

https://youtu.be/JYqNyiSRCqY

April 15 @ 12:00-1:00. 

Presented by SCCLA

* Carol Jung - Director of Education Advocacy, Learning Rights Law Center

* Dr. Suzan Song - Division of Child/Adolescent & Family Psychiatry at George Washington University

* Linsey Gotanda - Deputy Superintendent, Palos Verdes Peninsula USD

Moderator: Vicki Chou