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Social Justice Week: Reports from the Front Line: COVID-19 Impacts on AAPI Communities

April 12, 2022 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
| Zoom

images of people protesting against racial violence and other social issues

Join to hear speakers from Asian American organizations who will share how COVID-19 has impacted the NYC Asian American community. They will focus on issues of poverty, employment, housing and food insecurity. The event is co-sponsored by the BMCC-Hunter AANAPISI Bridge Initiative, BMCC Department of Ethnic and Race Studies and Hunter College Asian American Studies Program.

Speakers:

  • Megha Lama
    Senior Immigration Organizer
    Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice
  • Mon Yuck Yu, Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff
    Academy of Medical and Public Health Services.
  • Lan Ðoàn, PhD, MPH
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (NYU CSAAH)
    Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Stella Yi, PhD, MPH
    Associate Professor
    NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
    Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Register to join us via Zoom: https://bit.ly/Covidevent

See a complete list of Social Justice Week events.

Learn more about Race, Equity and Inclusion (REI) at BMCC.

For more information, contact rei@bmcc.cuny.edu.


Details
Date:
April 12
Time:
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Event categories:
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Open to:
The BMCC Community