Honoring the Lives and Stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities, and Confronting Anti-Asian Violence - Kao Kalia Yang Presentation
| Date |
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
6:30 - 9 p.m. |
| Featuring | The esteemed Hmong-American author, Kao Kalia Yang, will present a 40-minute lecture. After a 10-minute intermission Ms. Yang will then participate in a roundtable discussion made up of members of the Asian diaspora based in Minnesota including AAPI Bethel students, alumni, staff, community educators, and faculty. |
| Location |
Livestreamed - View maps and directions
Bethel University
3900 Bethel Dr
St Paul
MN
55112
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| Instructions for Guests | Please do not share the registration Zoom link with non-registered individuals. Please do not take screenshots of the event or make audio or visual recording of this evening’s presentation or post any excerpts of this gathering on any social media site. |
| Registration | Registration begins on Monday, April 26 at 6:00 a.m. and closes on May 5 at 2:00 p.m. This event is open to all Bethel students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Register |
| Sponsors | The Reconciliation Studies Program and the Associate Dean of Diversity and Intercultural Engagement. Facilitated by the Reconciliation Studies Program. |
Event Description
Though anti-Asian violence, bias, and prejudice are not new, we stand with AAPI communities and celebrate their agency, resilience, innovations, and creativity as contributors to our full humanity. Roundtable presenters will share their reflections on how they confront anti-Asian bias and spearhead individual and collective forms of agency and resistance when encountering prejudice and injustice. Our contributors will share their own stories from their own perspectives and through their own voices.
Dr. Claudia May, Program Director and Professor of Reconciliation Studies, will moderate the evening program. Roundtable participants: Kao Kalia Yang; Pang Moua, Associate Dean of Diversity and Intercultural Engagement; Kara Inae Carlisle, Vice President of Programs, McKNIGHT FOUNDATION; Dr. Bernon Lee, Professor of Hebrew Bible; Pastor Paul Kong, Associate Campus Pastor for Cultural Engagement; Maricella Xiong, Urban Farm and Garden Alliance Co-Coordinator, Minneapolis, MN; Tu Lor Eh Paw; Ehkhudah Zar; Hyojung (Alice) Hong.
AAPI Communities Represented: Hmong/Hmong-American, Karen/Karen-American, Korean/Korean American, Chinese/Singaporean-American, Chinese/Hmong-American, Korean/Korean-American Adoptees.
Q&A with roundtable panelists will be conducted via sli.do.
Questions?
Contact: reconciliation@bethel.edu