Official blog of the Asian American Bar Association of New York
You’re Invited to
The New York Immigration Coalition
Holiday Party
and Annual Meeting
Thursday, December 13 at 6pm
Korean-American Association of Greater New York
145 W. 24th Street, 6th Floor
Join us for the election of the NYIC Board of Directors to reflect with friends
on the year past; and to re-energize ourselves for the year ahead.
Please RSVP at [email protected] or by calling and leaving a message at 212-627-2227 x 242 with all your information by December 10, 2011
Seen on the NYU A/P/A Institute website:
This event takes place on December 3, from 7 pm to 9 pm, at 8 Washington Mews, New York, NY, 10003.
Photo credit: Yuko Torihara
Join longtime activists, advocates, writers, and photographers to discuss the effects of natural disasters and poverty on low-income communities of color in New York City.
Panelists include:
Jason Chan, Organizer, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
Bethany Li, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Alisa Pizarro, Public Housing Resident and Organizer, Red Hook Initiative
Damaris Reyes, Executive Director, Good Old Lower East Side
Garrett Wright, Staff Attorney, Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center
With introductory remarks by Suketu Mehta, author of the critically-acclaimed Maximum City, and photographs by Open City magazine contributors Gina Chung, E. Tammy Kim, and Yuko Torihara.
Curated by E. Tammy Kim.
Cosponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, Good Old Lower East Side, Open City magazine of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and Red Hook Initiative.
