Survivor Reentry Project
With the support of the Office for Victims of Crime at the Department of Justice, the ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence has launched the Survivor Reentry Project (SRP). SRP provides national training and technical assistance for attorneys working with survivors of human trafficking who have been convicted of a crime as a result of their victimization.
Many trafficking survivors are arrested and prosecuted for acts directly related to having been trafficked. Survivors are denied employment, housing, and economic assistance due to their criminal histories. Criminal records are used against survivors in family court proceedings involving their children, and can prevent foreign born survivors from attaining lawful immigration status.
Encouragingly, many states have passed vacatur laws allowing survivors relief. These vacatur laws allow survivors to petition to have their records cleared if they can show that their crimes arose from their victimization. Most survivors do not know they are potentially eligible for vacatur, and the legal community has not developed the capacity to handle these cases in large numbers.
SRP seeks to raise awareness of vacatur remedies for survivors, and build sustainable vacatur practices across the country. The project offers national training and technical assistance on vacatur remedies for public defenders, legal services lawyers, pro bono attorneys, law students, judges and prosecutors.
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AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
CUNY Conference on Resurgent Realities: East Coast Asian American Studies, An East Coast Symposium & Initiative
Date & Time: Friday, May 13; 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
Why “resurgent realities”? What exactly are the realities for Asian American communities and AA Studies today? Why East Coast Asian American Studies? And what are the new realities of Asian Pacific communities including anti-Asian, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements; conflicts within our own communities over new “tiger Mom” models; and class and economic struggles juxtaposed against gender and religious beliefs? What new models for AA Studies can the East Coast offer?
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Press Release: NAPABA Applauds Nomination of Florence Y. Pan to U.S. District Court — D.C.
For Immediate Release
April 28, 2016
For More Information, Contact:
Brett Schuster, Communications Manager
202-775-9555; [email protected]
WASHINGTON — Today, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Judge Florence Y. Pan to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. If confirmed, Judge Pan will be the first Asian Pacific American woman to serve as a federal district court judge in the District of Columbia.
“We applaud the nomination of Judge Pan to serve in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,” said Jin Y. Hwang, president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). “Judge Pan has demonstrated her ability as a fair and adept jurist in her seven years on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and we strongly encourage the Senate to confirm her to the federal bench.”
In 2009, Judge Pan was nominated by President Obama to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and was confirmed by unanimous consent by the Senate. She was the first judicial nominee to be confirmed under the Obama Administration.
Previously, she served for 10 years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, including two years as the deputy chief of the appellate division. She also held positions in Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice, notably in the Office of the Solicitor General. Judge Pan taught at Georgetown University Law Center and American University, Washington College of Law, and is active in her community having served as the Secretary of NAPABA’s Judicial Council. She formerly served as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph K. Winter, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Pan is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford Law School.
NAPABA commends President Obama for nominating Judge Florence Y. Pan to the federal bench and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia for her support of the nomination.
For more information, the media may contact Brett Schuster, NAPABA communications manager, at 202-775-9555 or [email protected].
NCAPA Welcomes Department of Justice Rules that Could Address and Prevent Profiling of Asian American Scientists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 27, 2016
Contact: Mary Tablante;
(202) 706-6768;
[email protected]
The U.S. Department of Justice issued new rules to provide greater oversight, consultation, and coordination for all national security related cases.
Although the Department of Justice did not directly tie these changes to any particular case, they appear to be in response to recent high profile cases in which Asian Americans were suspected of economic espionage but were wrongfully indicted and arrested without the full support of the facts.
“We welcome the Department of Justice’s new rules to provide greater oversight in national security cases,” said NCAPA National Director Christopher Kang. “When espionage-related charges are brought against Asian American scientists and dropped without explanation, it gives at least the appearance of profiling based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. Changes were clearly necessary, and while we hope that the additional coordination and oversight will prevent future incidents from occurring, these new policies are too late to repair the damage to the lives, reputations, and careers of Dr. Xiaoxing Xi and Sherry Chen. Both deserve a public apology, and Ms. Chen deserves to keep her job.”
Science has reported that charges have been dropped against five Chinese-born scientists accused of crimes related to trade secrets theft or economic spying. U.S. citizens Dr. Xiaoxing Xi, chair of Temple University’s physics department, and Sherry Chen, a hydrologist at the National Weather Service, were each accused of sharing secret information with China. All charges against both were dropped, but left lasting damage to their careers and reputations.
In response, last November, the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), along with more than 70 Asian American and Pacific Islander, civil rights, and civil liberties organizations, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling for an independent investigation into these cases.
Based in Washington, D.C., the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans is a coalition of 35 national Asian Pacific American organizations that serves to represent the interests of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities and to provide a national voice for our communities’ concerns. Our communities are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States, currently making up approximately six percent of the population.
New Patterns in China’s U.S. Investment and Acquisitions: A New York State of Mind? | China Institute
New Patterns in China’s U.S. Investment and Acquisitions: A New York State of Mind
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 10; 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: 100 Washington Street (entrance at 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor)
Alex Hao, AABANY’s Asia Practice Committee Co-Chair, will be the moderator.
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Asian American Leadership at CUNY and Higher Education
Sponsored by CUNY Diversity Projects Development Fund
Please join us for a conference on, Asian American Leadership at CUNY and Higher Education, on Friday, May 6, 2016, from 9:30am to 5pm, at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan. This conference is free and open to the general public.
There is a remarkable absence of Asian Americans in the upper ranks of leadership at CUNY,and in higher educationnationwide. AAARI will release the findings of its CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative Report at this conference, and will address recommendations for outreach and recruitment, as well as development of the student and faculty pipeline for leadership.
This conference will focus on why there is a lack of Asian American leadership, best practices for recruitment and professional development, student leadership, tenure and promotion, as well as the importance of Asian American and Asian Studies in preparing and inspiring the next generation of Asian American Leaders.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Santa Ono, President, University of Cincinnati
Conference Sessions
- CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative Report: Findings, Recommendations and Accountability
- Trajectory to the Top – Barriers on the Path to the Presidency
- Best Practices: Government Agencies, Foundations, Corporate Sector and Professional Organizations
- AABANY’s Issues Committee Co-Chair, Chris Kwok, will be speaking on this panel.
- Student Leadership
- Tenure and Promotion: Process and Advice
- State Of Asian American and Asian Studies at CUNY and Its Importance to Asian American Leadership in Higher Education
- Foundation for the Future – Working Group Discussions
To RSVP and to view the full program for this conference, please visit www.aaari.info/2016leadership.htm. Please be prepared to present proper identification when entering the building lobby.
See you on May 6th!