Month: May 2016

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AAJA-NY 2016 Trivia Bowl: The winning moment captured on video. For an album of photos from Corky Lee, visit our Facebook page here. And below are the answers to the trivia questions posted in the earlier blog post about this event:

Round 1: Diversity and the Oscars – In which year did Prince win best original score for the soundtrack to Purple Rain?

1985.

Round 2: Summer Olympics – Who was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States in diving, in 1948? He was also the first to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving and later coached Greg Louganis.

Sammy Lee.

Round 3: Einstein, Geography and Literature – What is the smallest country on the mainland of Africa?

The Gambia.

Round 4: Current Events – In what city was the 2016 Super Bowl held? 

Santa Clara.

Round 5: Presidential Elections – How many delegates are needed to win the Democratic Party nomination? 

2,383.

(Source: https://www.facebook.com/)
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Featured Alumna: Doris Ling-Cohan | NYU School of Law

Featured Alumna: Doris Ling-Cohan | NYU School of Law

Congratulations to Judge Doris Ling-Cohan, long-time friend of AABANY and New York’s first Asian-American woman to serve as an appellate judge, on her 2016 Woman of Distinction Award from the Women of Color Collective (WoCC) at New York University.

Click on the above link to read her Featured Alumna story, including her humble roots and message of triumph:

Growing up, Ling-Cohan did not imagine that one day she would be a leader, or even a lawyer. “As a child, I didn’t dare to dream. Reality simply stifled my dreams,” Ling-Cohan recalled in her speech at the WoCC ceremony. “Like many of my generation, growing up in Manhattan’s Chinatown, my parents were immigrants. My father worked in a laundry, and my mother was a seamstress. As a child, I too worked in a sewing factory sewing and cutting thread.”

Ling-Cohan entered law school hoping that her law degree could be a tool for social change, both for her own community and other disadvantaged groups.

Please join us in congratulating Judge Ling-Cohan on this wonderful honor.

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Webinar: 2016 Spring Asian American Voter Survey

Inclusion vs. Exclusion: 2016 Spring Asian American Voter Survey

Release Date: May 17, 2016

Contact:
Michelle Boykins, [email protected], (202) 296-2300
Alton Wang, [email protected], (202) 223-9170

WASHINGTON, DC – National and state-based leaders in the Asian American civil rights community will release new polling data on Asian American voter attitudes during a press call on Monday, May 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. EST. Please register.

Speakers will discuss the results of the 2016 Spring Asian American Voter Survey, which polled 1,200 Asian American registered voters. Speakers will also discuss registration drives and get-out-the-vote organizing efforts of Asian American community groups on the ground in key states.  

WHO:

  • Mee Moua, President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC 
  • Christine Chen, Executive Director of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
  • Karthick Ramakrishnan, Director of AAPIData and Professor of Public Policy

WHAT: Release of the 2016 Spring Asian American Voter Survey

WHEN: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. EST

REGISTER:

Please register: bit.ly/aapi-survey. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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AABANY @ CAPA Fair, May 15

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Great way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Happy to be part of #capafestival #Chinatown #nyc

A photo posted by AABANY (@aabany) on May 15, 2016 at 12:58pm PDT

AABANY was at the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) 2016 Festival, and though there was a little rain in the morning, people still turned out in droves! Thanks to Yang Chen, Chris M. Kwok of the Issue Committee, Charles Chen of YLC Committee and Thalia Huang of GSPI Committee who manned the tables. There were 40 organizations represented at the Festival, and we were able to outreach to the Asian American community about AABANY’s pro bono initiatives.

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Thank you to AABANY Past President Linda Lin for sharing this information on Asian American history. Click on the link above to access PDFs for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Timeline and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Facts & Figures.

This diversity-management resource offers insight to evolving workplace diversity, featuring a detailed timeline of Asian American events and the relevant demographics you need to know.

President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution in 1978 that declared May 4–10, 1979, as the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. This was later extended by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 to a month-long celebration. The month commemorates the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant, a fisherman named Nakanohama Manjiro, or “John Mung,” to the United States on May 7, 1843, and marks the transcontinental railroad’s completion on May 10, 1869.

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Congratulations to the Newly Elected FALA New York Board Members!

The Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York is proud to announce the results of their election of Officers and Board Members for 2016-2017!  

  • President: Connie Montoya, Former AABANY Litigation Committee Co-Chair
  • President-Elect: Vincent Roldan, AABANY Commercial Bankruptcy & Restructuring Committee Co-Founder and Co-Chair
  • Recording Secretary: Maria Celis
  • Membership Secretary: Elaine Calderon, AABANY Member
  • Treasurer: Rodrigo Tordecilla
  • Board Member: Anna Mercado Clark, AABANY Member
  • Board Member: Noel Vales, AABANY Member

We look forward to the great things to come from FALA New York’s new leadership! Please join us in congratulating them.