Official blog of the Asian American Bar Association of New York
Diandian Wu performs at Carnegie Hall on December 10
DCINY’s upcoming Carnegie Hall concert will feature Chinese Artist Diandian Wu performing piano and authentic Chinese instruments. East-West Fusion: In Perfect Harmony is a concert accessible to all music lovers and we would like to extend a 50% off discount offer to your organization. Simply log onto carnegiehall.org and enter the discount code “DCD12857” for $25 tickets (reg. $50)
AALDEF ED on Why Redistricting Matters to APAs
The Nov. 1 edition of the Daily News ran the following editorial from Margaret Fung, Executive Director of AALDEF. In it, she states:
When communities with common interests are not kept together in the same district, residents cannot organize effectively to advocate for the issues most important to them, such as fighting for living wage jobs, preserving affordable housing units, curbing racial violence in public schools, or getting Asian-language access to health care.
Well said, Margaret! That’s why the Voting Rights Act should require district lines in New York City to be redrawn so that the APA communities of interest are kept together and their votes are not diluted.
To read the rest of the editorial, click the link in the title.
Read the New Issue of the AABANY Advocate
AABANY’s Third Quarter Report is Now Available
Read about all the exciting events during the Fall Quarter, including a big boost in AABANY’s social media, the 2nd Annual Fall Conference, cosponsored events and more! Click here to read the full report.
Got into Atlanta last night, arrived at the Westin Peachtree near midnight. The flight from LaGuardia left the gate on time but because of the rainy weather there were 19 planes ahead of us on the runaway, which meant that we didn’t take off until about 9 pm.
IP Committee Co-Chair Karen Lim was on the same flight. She wasn’t able to get a cab from Manhattan until about 6:20 pm and thought that she wouldn’t make the flight. But she did. In Atlanta, we shared a cab to our hotels. She must have booked early because she got a room at the Omni. I booked at the Westin because I always seem to forget about booking a room until late in the game.
I’ll be heading to International Ballroom D shortly. I’m the luncheon speaker at the BLI (Bar Leadership Institute). I’ll be talking about AABANY’s experience as the first affiliate with an ED.
Already seeing a lot of Asian faces here, most of them unfamiliar to me. I expect more New York people will be arriving in the course of the next couple of days.
If you are here from New York, log into our Facebook event and let us know. Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/events/109881272459881/
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On Saturday, November 12, St John’s APALSA together with AABANY’s Student Outreach Committee presented Networking 101, an interactive networking workshop designed to teach law students the ins and outs and do’s and don’ts of networking by getting students on their feet and engaging in networking exercises. Chris Chan, past AABANY president, led the workshop, attended by students from St. John’s, CUNY, Hofstra and Touro. Student Outreach Committee Co-Chairs Ben Chan and Liza Sohn attended, along with AABANY members Stephen Kim and Lucian Chen and Executive Director Yang Chen. Enjoy the slideshow with photos taken by Liza and Yang. If you are interested in bringing workshop to your school or organization, contact us at [email protected].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSHRyWwetKQ
Next in our series of “Get Connected @ AABANY” videos is Connie Yik Kong, first year associate at Grimaldi & Yeung who graduated last year from Boston University School of Law and got her current position through AABANY. She works with AABANY Solo and Small Firm Committee Co-Chair Pauline Yeung-Ha, name partner at Grimaldi & Yeung and recently recognized as Super Lawyer Rising Star and Best Lawyer 2012.
To quote Connie: “Even though it’s an awkward experience sometimes, networking is worth it because without networking and getting to know [AABANY] I would never find out about this job, and I’m really grateful and want to give back to the legal community.”
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Student Outreach Co-Chair Liza Sohn created this short video of shots from the recent Upstate Roadshow. To see the photo album, click this link.
Gotham Gazette: Immigrants for Redistricting Reform
The Gotham Gazette, published by the Citizen Union Foundation, published an article about redistricting and ACCORD’s role in it. AABANY is mentioned as a member of ACCORD.
