Our Work—Future and Past
Here, you can check out our work with events we have organized and attended. This webpage is organized in reverse chronological order to the best of our ability. If you have any questions, please email Media Director Max Jin at mjin@aapiconnect.org.
We are constantly updating this webpage. Please check back for new events!
July 24, 2024, virtually: Interview with Dr. Ming Wang, M.D., Ph.D. (laser physics)
July 13, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Tote-Painting Event with Students Against Sixers Arena
June 13, 2024, in San Gabriel, California: Community Culture Fest
June 27-31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.: UCA Convention
December 6, 2023, in Washington, D.C.: Legislative Advocacy with Elected Officials
U.S. Representative Young Kim
California’s 40th District
Chair, Indo-Pacific Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S. Representative Judy Chu
Calfornia’s 27th District
Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
U.S. Representative Grace Meng
New York’s 6th District
Vice Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
U.S. Senator Charles E. Grassley
Iowa
Co-Sponsor, Senate Resolution 653, celebrating AAPI contributions
December 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C.: Commemorating the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act National Conference
November 14, 2023, in Walnut, California: Anti-Asian Discrimination Seminar: An Elder Safety Perspective
October 6, 2023, in San Gabriel, California: Dumpling and Beer Fest
October 2, 2023, held on Zoom: Guest Speaker Series with Assemblyman Mike Eng (ret.)
“Leadership is about lifting up others, especially those without a voice.”
Hon. Mike Eng has served as a Mayor and City Councilman of the first majority Asian city in the U.S. Monterey Park. He was then elected to the California State Assembly representing one of the largest number of Asian Americans in a state district and served six years. Mike was then elected as a Trustee of the largest community college district in the U.S., the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees. He currently serves on the California Unemployment Appeals Board which consists of five attorneys who review unemployment insurance issues for thousands of California’s workers and businesses.
July 24, 2023, held on Zoom: Guest Speaker Series with Stewart Kwoh, J.D.
“We want all Americans to learn about Asian American history.”
Stewart Kwoh is the founder, President Emeritus, past president, and past executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles. Stewart, an avid fisherman, is a nationally recognized leader and expert in race relations, Asian American Studies, nonprofit organizations and philanthropies, civil rights, and legal services. In 1998, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, becoming the first Asian American attorney and human rights activist to receive this highly prestigious recognition, often referred to as the “Genius Grant.” Stewart earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.