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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, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org, (202) 296-2300
Alton Wang, media@apiavote.org, (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.

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No-No Boy returns Off-Broadway and on tour this June!

The acclaimed 2014 production of Ken Narasaki’s NO-NO BOY returns to New York City for a special limited engagement this June at the Studio Theatre at Theatre Row and on tour to Washington, DC at the Burke Theatre.

Based on the novel by John Okada, NO-NO BOY is a moving drama. Set in the aftermath of WWII, Ichiro Yamada returns to his home on the West Coast in search of resolution among family, friends, and his community.

June 21st-25th, 2016
The Studio Theatre at Theatre Row
410 W. 42nd St New York, NY 10036
Tues-Sat at 7:30; Wed at 2:30pm
Opening Night June 21st

“Few dramas have as effectively depicted the sense of being torn between two cultures in a time of war.” – LA Weekly

Tickets are just $39 for this limited revival run!

We also have a limited number of tickets available to our opening night performances June 18th in DC and June 21st in NYC. These tickets are only $75 and include a VIP post show reception and meet and greet with the cast and crew!

NO-NO BOY

by Ken Narasaki
directed by Ron Nakahara
adapted from the novel by John Okada

Starring:

Leanne Cabrera, Don Castro, Chris Doi, Scott Kitajima, Glenn Kubota, Karen Tsen Lee, Claro de los Reyes, Shigeko Sara Suga, Hansel Tan, and Tony Vo.

With this powerful and timely story Pan Asian is committed to reaching new audiences nationwide. No-No Boy is supported in part by an award from the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.  Please consider a tax deductible donation towards our NEA match campaign.

To reserve your tickets visit www.telecharge.com or www.panasianrep.org

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