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Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) Presents Gen 根
440 STUDIOS: 440 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Conceived & Directed by Wan Zhao
“Where are your roots? Here are ours.”
Performance inspired by Stories of Asian Americans.
Show Dates
Thursday June 12, 8PM
Friday June 13, 8:00PM
Saturday June 14, 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Sunday June 15, 2014, 2:00PM
“I have never seen this combination of theater, dance, acting, and photography.”
– Bob Lee, May 4th, 2014
In this Issue:
The printed version of this issue included the following errors: On page 6, in the “March to 1,000” article, Simone Nguyen and Christina Nguyen’s last names were misspelled. On page 7, in the article about the 25th anniversary Annual Dinner, Margaret Fung was misidentified as an honoree. She was a past honoree but in 2014, the honoree was the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and she accepted the award as Executive Director. These errors have been corrected in the online edition.
May 27, 2014
WASHINGTON — The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) acknowledges the suffering of WWII Comfort Women and other victims of human trafficking and opposes human trafficking in all of its forms.
In 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 121, which recognized that the Government of Japan, in the 1930’s through the end of World War II, forced women to provide sex to soldiers in its Imperial Armed Forces. The U.S. Department of State in its 2003 Japan Report referenced thousands of these victims of sexual slavery, commonly referred to as “Comfort Women,” who were kidnapped or coerced from countries including China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and the Philippines.
Memorials in honor of Comfort Women have been erected in the U.S. and throughout the world. One such Comfort Women memorial was erected in July 2013 in Glendale, California, and a lawsuit, Gingery et al. v. City of Glendale, was filed earlier this year to force its removal, which caused controversy and spurred dialogue, particularly about differing Japanese and Korean viewpoints of the wartime and post-war treatment of Comfort Women.
“NAPABA members and affiliates across the country—including members of Korean American and Japanese American bar associations—have long worked together in multiethnic coalitions to support civil rights and justice for all of our communities,” said Bill Simonitsch, president of NAPABA. “I am heartened to see that the Asian Pacific American legal community refused to allow historical disagreements and the controversy over the Glendale memorial to divide us.”
NAPABA strongly condemns human trafficking, past and present, and supports fact-based measures to educate the public about Comfort Women and other victims of human trafficking.
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The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is the national association of Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. NAPABA represents the interests of over 40,000 attorneys and 68 state and local Asian Pacific American bar associations. Its members include solo practitioners, large firm lawyers, corporate counsel, legal service and non-profit attorneys, and lawyers serving at all levels of government. NAPABA continues to be a leader in addressing civil rights issues confronting Asian Pacific American communities. Through its national network of committees and affiliates, NAPABA provides a strong voice for increased diversity of the federal and state judiciaries, advocates for equal opportunity in the workplace, works to eliminate hate crimes and anti-immigrant sentiment, and promotes the professional development of people of color in the legal profession.
You Are Invited
To a Recital by Steinway Artist Yoonie Han
Free Performance
Wednesday, June 4th – 11 a.m.
At Steinway Hall
or Contact Ching-Wen Hsiao at 212-332-0118.
Registration is required for this event.
Romance comes to Steinway Hall, when the gallery proudly hosts Steinway Artist Yoonie Han for a special visit and performance. Showcasing a selection of music from her new album Love and Longing, Han will explore the passion and tragedy of star-crossed lovers including Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, and Orpheus and Euridice through expressive arrangements of Schubert, Liszt, Wagner, Prokofiev, Granados, and more.
Love and Longing is Han’s debut release on the Steinway & Sons label, but she is a seasoned artist of international acclaim. Cincinnati Enquirer praises her “flowing tones, poetic phrasing, and heavenly singing melodies,” and she has won top prizes at the International Bachauer Piano Competition, Washington International Piano competition, the Fulbright Concerto Competition, the World Piano Competition, and the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition. Her performances have aired on WQXR-New York, Chicago’s WFMT, and NPR’s “Artist Showcase” series.
The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing – Law360
New York Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey K. Oing talks to Law360 about Martha Stewart, mingling with his constituents and what he learned while redrawing New York’s electoral map.
Congratulations to AABANY member Justice Jeffrey Oing, who has been featured in Law360! "The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing,“ by Gavin Broady of Law360, highlights Justice Oing’s capacity to both efficiently finish the job and make litigants feel like they’ve been heard. Click on the link in the title (subscription required) to read the article or visit AABANY’s "In the News.”
