The following event is being organized by Pivot to Peace, an important initiative to stand
against a new Cold War with China.
*NEW DATE*
Join us on
September 20th, 2020 at 3pm ET/ 12pm PT for our second
live-streamed webinar titled:
Standing Against Racism & War - The Only Road to
Peace
People from all walks of life are coming together to fight another
pandemic - racism. As the US prepares for confrontation and “major
power conflict” with China, millions of Asian-American people are
experiencing the racial effects of a new Cold War. We, people inside
the United States from a diverse range of backgrounds, are standing
together to say NO to racism.
Today, a new wave of Anti-Asian
racism, persecution and discrimination is being directed against
Chinese-Americans and Chinese students studying at US universities.
The newest wave of anti-Asian racism inside the United States is the
direct result of the reorientation of US military policy that puts our
country on a “major power conflict” with China. Now is the time for
all people of conscience to stand together to say NO to racism and
war, and YES to peace with China.
Featured Speakers
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Julie Tang is a retired judge of the San Francisco
Superior Court and previously, an Assistant District Attorney in San
Francisco . She helped create and presided over the first Domestic
Violence Court in San Francisco in 1997. Upon retirement in 2015,
Judge Tang works as a part-time mediator and a full-time peace
activist. In 2017, she helped co-found the ‘Comfort Women” Justice
Coalition that built a “Comfort Women” Memorial in San Francisco.
Previously, she had co-founded the “Rape of Nanjing” Redress Coalition
in 1998. In 2020, she and a group of peace activists co-founded the
“Pivot to Peace” organization dedicated to advocating for world peace,
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Dale Minami, besides being a top lawyer in the San
Francisco Bay Area in personal litigation, is famously known for
leading a legal team of pro bono attorneys in successfully reopening
Korematsu v. United States, resulting in the erasure of Fred
Korematsu’s criminal conviction for defying the internment of Japanese
Americans. He has also been involved in many civil rights class
actions suits for minorities and pushed for minorities in the judicial
appointment process. Minami is a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus,
the Asian-American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian
Pacific Bar of California and the Coalition of Asian Pacific
Americans. Minami dedicates his life to equality and justice for all
Americans.
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Margaret Kimberley is a co-founder and Editor and
Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report. She is the author of the
book “Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents.” She is also a
contributor to the anthologies “In Defense of Julian Assange,” and
“Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.” Ms. Kimberley
is an Administrative Committee member of the United National Antiwar
Coalition and the Coordinating Committee of Black Alliance for
Peace.
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Dr. Steven Pei is an engineering professor at the
University of Houston. He is a former president of the Houston 80-20
Asian-American Political Action Committee (PAC) and the founding chair
of United Chinese-Americans (www.ucausa.org). He also works with a
group of volunteers to advocate for transparency, oversight, and
accountability of government to ensure justice and fairness for Asian
Americans, in particular, the recent investigation and prosecution of
Chinese-American scientists. |
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Sameena Rahman is an anti-war activist based in Los
Angeles, and is currently a graduate student. She became interested in
the anti-war and the anti-imperialist movement based on her
experiences growing up in the Middle East, and experiencing
Islamophobia post-9/11. |
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Brian Becker is a long-time activist and is the
national director of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End
Racism).
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Carlos Martinez is an activist and author from
London, England. He runs the politics/history blog Invent the Future,
and is convenor of the No Cold War campaign. His first book, 'The End
of the Beginning: Lessons of the Soviet Collapse', was published by
LeftWord in 2019. |
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Satya Vatti is an immigrant from South-East India,
and an anti-war activist based in New Mexico, where she is a leading
organizer of the US peace and anti-war movement. She is also a recent
nursing school graduate.
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Husayn Karimi is a graduate student in Computer
Science at MIT, where he also completed his Bachelor's degree. Karimi
is active on campus in campaigns to fight racist discrimination and
harassment. |
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Sheila Xiao is a research analyst at Rio Hondo
Community College. She is an activist and organizer with Pivot to
Peace.
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