The following event is being organized by Pivot to Peace <[link removed]>, an important initiative to stand against a new Cold War with China.
SAVE THE DATE: NOVEMBER 14th
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Join us on November 14 at 12 pm (Pacific Time) for a compelling panel discussion by Chinese-Americans united to reject the new US cold war against China. Racial scapegoating of Chinese-Americans and Asian-Americans continue to rise and has become “normalized” as a consequence of relentless and pervasive China-bashing by the current administration and the main stream media.
This panel of highly respected members of the Chinese-American community will provide a unique perspective of the long history and legacy of anti-Chinese racism in the United States. It will examine the organic link between the US-China cold war and the racism experience by Chinese-Americans. The panel will propose ways for the U.S. and China to cooperate under a multilateral formula for world peace, and reject war under any circumstances. The panelists will also discuss the impacts of the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections on the ongoing US -China cold war.
This webinar is hosted by Pivot to Peace and co-sponsored by Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese For Affirmative Action.
Panelists
Professor L. Ling-Chi Wang is Professor Emeritus of Asian American studies and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley in the last five decades. He is a co-founder of Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a community-based civil rights organization that works with other minority groups in promoting racial equality and economic justice for all Americans. He has been a strong advocate of bilingual education and the rights of linguistic minorities throughout the U.S. He co-founded the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) in 1992.Tim Siow is the Current President of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of SF - one of the oldest Family Associations built by the Chinese- American community during the height of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882.
Mr Siow came to the US in 1987 from South East Asia with his wife Mary and 4 children. He built a hugely successful line of kitchen appliance products in SF and retired in 2008. He is a philanthropist and has served as President of the Yen Wo FamilyJudge Lillian Sing is the first Asian American female judge in Northern California. She is a passionate advocate of justice and civil rights and in 2015 she retired as a judge to install SF “Comfort women” Memorial. Currently she serves as the Co-Chair of the “Comfort Women” Justice CoalitionGeorge Koo is a retired international business advisor and was a one time member of the Chinese Services Group at Deloitte. In 2014, he reached full-time retirement when he stepped down as a board director of a NYSE listed multinational integrated resort corporation. He is a regular contributor to online Asia Times on US-China relations.Henry Der was the Executive Director of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) for more than two decades. He also served as the deputy superintendent of public instruction at the California Department of Education. In addition, he has served as the chairperson of the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the State Bar Legal Services Trust Fund Commission. Der was a commentator for the NPR affiliate KQED-FM during the 1990s, and is a lifelong practitioner of Bikram yoga. Der recently retired as a senior program officer at Four Freedoms Fund, a national funders' collaborative in support of immigrant rights groups across the country. He helped co-lead the successful campaign for the new SF City College Chinatown/North campus facility which serves more than 6,500 adult immigrant students every semester.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, in particular, peace between the US and China.Sheila Xiao works as an institutional research analyst at Rio Hondo Community College in Southern California. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Sheila's experience growing up in a Chinese immigrant family is one of the main drivers of her work as an activist and organizer. She is a co-founder and lead organizer of the pro-peace coalition, Pivot to Peace.
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