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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC cordially invites you to attend the 

26th Annual American Courage Awards
on Friday, October 21

5:30 pm – VIP Cocktail Reception (By invitation only) 
6:30 pm – General Reception and Program

National Press Club 
529 14th Street, NW 
Washington, D.C. 20045
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Ticketing and Sponsorship Opportunities

Honorees
The American Courage Award
The Honorable Mazie K. Hirono
United States Senator, Hawaii
Senator Mazie K. Hirono has served as a United States senator for Hawaii since 2013. She made history as the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate and is recognized for her tireless work both in Congress and on behalf of AAPI communities. 
The Changemaker Award
Kathleen Kim
Puppeteer and Producer
Photo Credit: Courtesy Sesame Workshop / Photographer Zach Hyman

Kathleen Kim is a producer based in NYC and the principal puppeteer for Woori Show. She is the performer behind Ji-Young, Sesame Street’s first Asian-American Muppet character in over 50 years, and through her performances, Kathleen celebrates the diversity and rich history of AAPI communities.
The President’s Award
Parkin Lee 
Board Chair, Advancing Justice | AAJC
Parkin Lee serves as the Board Chair for Advancing Justice | AAJC. As a longtime leader in the Asian American legal community, Parkin is recognized for his dedication and service to advancing the civil rights of Asian Americans.
Dress Code: Business Attire 

Event details, tickets and sponsorship information are available on our website. For more information, please contact [email protected].

2022 American Courage Awards Sponsors*

DREAM BUILDER 
Comcast
FedEx Corporation 
Google
Sands 

COMMUNITY CHAMPION 
Airbnb 
Verizon 
Wells Fargo 

PROTECTOR 
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
Gina Shishima and E. David Sosa 
State Farm
Warner Bros. Discovery 

DEFENDER 
Yoon-Young Lee & Matt Regan 
T-Mobile
WilmerHale 
Scott and Linda Mar Weidman

ADVOCATE 
National Association of Broadcasters 

ACTIVIST 
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Everytown for Gun Safety 
Law Offices of William C. Hou 
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 

FRIEND
Paul and Kay Shishima
 
*Sponsors as of publishing date 08/31/22

2022 Honorary Host Committee

U.S. SENATORS 
The Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin 
The Honorable Tammy Duckworth 
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy 
The Honorable Alex Padilla 
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen 
The Honorable Mark Warner 
 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
The Honorable Pete Aguilar 
The Honorable Karen Bass 
The Honorable Donald S. Beyer, Jr. 
The Honorable Judy Chu 
The Honorable Gerald “Gerry” E. Connolly 
The Honorable Lou Correa 
The Honorable Suzan DelBene 
The Honorable Debbie Dingell 
The Honorable Jimmy Gomez 
The Honorable Pramila Jayapal 
The Honorable Raja Krishnamoorthi 
The Honorable Alan Lowenthal 
The Honorable Grace Meng 
The Honorable Jerrold Nadler 
The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton 
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House 
The Honorable Scott Peters 
The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard 
The Honorable Linda Sánchez 
The Honorable Adam B. Schiff 
The Honorable Kim Schrier 
The Honorable Rashida Tlaib 
The Honorable Maxine Waters

2022 Board of Directors

Parkin Lee, Chair 

Gina N. Shishima, Vice Chair 
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 
 
Kim Tran, Secretary 
Microsoft Corporation 

Andy Liu, Treasurer 
Nichols Liu LLP 
 
Javade Chaudhri 
Jones Day 
 
Mark Fordham 

Emilio Gonzalez
Verizon

Joan Haratani 
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 
 
Jeffrey D. Hsi 
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Kenzo S. Kawanabe 
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
 

Karen Korematsu 
Fred T. Korematsu Institute 
 
Judy Lam 
Maynard Cooper & Gale 
 
Yoon-Young Lee 
WilmerHale 

Nimesh Patel 
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 
 
Jane Seto 
DWS Infrastructure Europe 

Jacinta Titialii-Abbott
Goldie Feldman Academy
 
Alice Truong
Costco Wholesale

Anurag Varma  
Infosys Limited 

Jason Ve
88Rising
 
Linda Mar Weidman  
Marriott International, Inc. 

2022 National Advisory Council

Sunil Mansukhani
NAC Chairman
 Raben Group
 
Irene B. Bueno 
Nueva Vista Group (NVG), LLC 
 
Anne Chow 

Jonathan M. Cohen 
K&L Gates 
 
Ankur Goel 
McDermott Will & Emery LLP 
 
Bill Ong Hing 
University of San Francisco
School of Law 
 
Neil Horikoshi 
 
Douglas Jackson 
Magnus, LLC 
 
Blossom Kan
MetLife

Mark L. Keam 
Virginia House of Delegates
35th District 

Joon Kim
Comcast Corporation
 
Joseph K. Kim 
O’Melveny & Myers, LLP 
 

The Honorable Grace E. Lee 
New York State

Paul Lee 
Goodwin Proctor LLC

Ginger Lew 
Three Oaks Investments LLC 
 
Raymond Y. Lin 
Raymond Y. Lin Advisors LLC

Warren H. Maruyama
Hogan Lovells
 
Mari Matsuda 
University of Hawaii at Manoa 
 
Dale Minami 
Minami Tamaki LLP 
 
Harsha Murthy 
Consummate Capital, LLC 
 
Angela E. Oh 
Dept. of Fair Employment
and Housing (LA)
 
Skip Rhodes 
Skip Rhodes and Associates, LLC 
 
Frank H. Wu 
 University of California Hastings
College of the Law 
 
Headquartered in Washington, D.C, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC works to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.
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