AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
From the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY:
Friday Evening Lecture Series
Please join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) for a book talk on Incidental Racialization: Performative Assimilation in Law School, by Diana Pan, on Friday, April 20, 2018, from 6pm to 8pm, at 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan. This talk is free and open to the general public.
Despite the growing number of Asian American and Latino/a law students, many panethnic students still feel as if they do not belong in this elite microcosm, which reflects the racial inequalities in mainstream American society. While in law school, these students-often from immigrant families, and often the first to go to college-have to fight against racialized and gendered stereotypes. In her book Incidental Racialization, Diana Pan rigorously explores how systemic inequalities are produced and sustained in law schools, and examines their significance in the legal profession and broader U.S. society.
Follow the link in the title for more details.
The Careerist: Asian-American Women Are Filling the GC Suite
The Careerist: Asian-American Women Are Filling the GC Suite
Vivia Chen’s latest Careerist column talks about the uptick in Asian American women GCs in the US:
Of the 20 Asian-American lawyers now heading the legal departments of Fortune 500 companies, eight are women. And in China, where patriarchy rules and boys are still favored, over 50 percent of general counsel are women, reports legal consulting firm Acritas.
Past AABANY Presidents Jean Lee and Clara Ohr are quoted in the article.
To read more follow the link in the title (subscription required).
Home | Apply Now: ILF Civic Fellowship Program
Home | Apply Now: ILF Civic Fellowship Program
DEADLINE EXTENDED through December 31
Requirements:
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander descent
- Interest in learning more about public service and diversity & inclusion
- Current sophomore, junior, or senior in undergraduate insitution
- Application form
- Resume
- At least 1 Recommendation Letter
- All Official Transcripts mailed/submitted directly to ILF
About the Fellowship Program
The ILF Civic Fellowship is the nation’s most prestigious civic leadership development program, designed specifically to foster the next generation of AANHPI leaders in public service. Supported by current leaders, the Fellowship aims to teach outstanding AANHPI college students from across the nation how to cultivate their leadership potential. Fellows learn how politics, the policy-making process, and public service are integrated in governance and how to make government work for the community. ILF Civic Fellowship provides a 8- to 10-week public service internship at federal agencies, scholarships, a federal job fair, and a variety of seminars and workshops on civic engagement and career, personal, and leadership development.
About ILF
The International Leadership Foundation (ILF) is a 501( c )(3) non-profit organization that promotes the civic engagement, leadership empowerment, and economic prosperity of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community to enhance the representation of diversity in our country. Our mission is to develop young leaders in the United States, Asia, and Pacific Rim countries in the fields of public service, entrepreneurship, and international business and politics through a network of business and community leaders. Our mission is accomplished through civic leadership training and support from the ILF’s network of 15 national and global advisory boards. Since 2000, ILF has cultivated the pipeline of emerging leaders by providing scholarships and educational programs to over 7,000 students.
ILF handles can be found here:
Facebook @InternationalLeadershipFoundation
Twitter @ILF_National
Instagram @ilfnational
LInkedin @International Leadership Foundation
Special education in Asian American communities
Special education in Asian American communities
AABANY’s efforts to recruit and train volunteer attorneys to help Asian American youth with disabilities protect their legal rights is the subject of a NYCLA blog post written by NYCLA Education Law Committee Co-Chair Amy Leipziger.
There are more than 12,000 Asian students receiving special education services in NYC schools, and yet Asian American youth with disabilities are often underrepresented in discussions about special education because they confront the ‘model minority’ myth that makes it more difficult for them to get the recognition and help they need, and as a result, their problems are more often ignored.
To read more, click the link above.
For further details on AABANY’s activity in this area, see the blog posts below:
http://blog.aabany.org/post/163370762837/on-july-11-over-twenty-five-lawyers-and-summer
http://blog.aabany.org/post/163639413887/chinese-american-planning-council-holds-conference
Thank you to Nelson Mar for leading AABANY’s efforts to protect the rights of Asian Americans students with special needs. To get involved with this project, email Nelson at Nmar@lsnyc.org.
What’s Keeping Asian-American Lawyers From Ascending The Legal Ranks?
What’s Keeping Asian-American Lawyers From Ascending The Legal Ranks?
“In 1872, 13-year-old Hong Yen Chang came to the U.S. to be groomed as a diplomat. He earned degrees from Yale University and Columbia University’s law school, and passed the bar exam.”
For more than a century, Asian Americans have faced obstacles and biases in law and government, as evidenced by the dearth of Asian Americans who hold state and federal clerkships and judgeships today. Stereotypes and a lack of role models in government, among other factors, must be addressed by the APA legal community to move forward.
For more information, check out the study “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law,” recently published by NAPABA and Yale Law School. Through rigorous data and scholarship, California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and his team highlight the disparities that face Asian Americans in the law today.
Click this link to read the study: https://www.apaportraitproject.org/