Celebrate our 30th anniversary tomorrow, November 18!

Celebrate with us tomorrow, Nov. 18!
Join us November 18 for a Night of Celebration!
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AMERICAN COURAGE AWARDS: Join us Tomorrow!
Celebrating 30 Years of Advancing Justice | AAJC
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 7:00 PM EST

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Join us to celebrate our Honorees

Weijia Jiang
American Courage Award

Hollaback!
Changemaker Award, accepted by Emily May, Co-Founder and Executive Director

Bank of America
Bridge Builder Award, accepted by Thong M. Nguyen, Vice-chairman, Head of Global Strategy & Enterprise Platforms
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As we celebrate the resilience of our community, you'll hear from our outstanding staff and other community members on their reflections of the past year. Watch the video to hear from Tiffany W. Chang ([link removed]) of our community engagement team on a memory from this past year that has grounded her in this work.
Special guest performances:
Rapper and spoken word artist Ruby Ibarra
NYC Youth Poet Laureate Serena Yang

Featured segments:
Anti-Asian hate fireside chat with Mari Shiratori (PhD Student) and Reina Guartico (Early Childhood Special Educator)

A conversation with Advancing Justice | AAJC's Marita Etcubañez and Daishi Miguel Tanaka

Speakers and Award Presenters include:
Broderick Johnson, Comcast NBCUniversal
Maulik Pancholy, Act to Change
Jason Ve, 88rising and Advancing Justice | AAJC National Advisory Council member
Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Asian American Journalists Association
Parkin Lee, Board Chair, Advancing Justice | AAJC
Gina Shishima, Board Vice Chair, Advancing Justice | AAJC
John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Advancing Justice | AAJC

Special appearances:
Senator Mazie Hirono (HI)
Representative Judy Chu (CA-27)
Representative Ted Lieu (CA-33)
Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Representative Andy Kim (NJ-03)
Representative Grace Meng (NY-06)

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To celebrate our anniversary, we combed through the archives for organization highlights, achievements, and photos from the past three decades. See them here! ([link removed]----------------------------------------)

2021 AMERICAN COURAGE AWARDS SPONSORS*

SOCIAL JUSTICE HERO
Comcast NBCUniversal

DREAM BUILDER
Google

COMMUNITY CHAMPION
Airbnb
State Farm
T-Mobile

PROTECTOR
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
Gina Shishima and E. David Sosa
Truist
WilmerHale

DEFENDER
Ginger Lew and Lennart Ehn
National Association of Broadcasters
Scott and Linda Mar Weidman
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

ADVOCATE
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Law Offices of William C. Hou
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nichols Liu LLP
Paul and Kay Shishima

ACTIVIST
GRF CPAs & Advisors
Michael Bosworth

*Sponsors confirmed as of 11/17/21
For further event details please contact: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

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