claiming our rights: southeast asian american communities making change through law, april 6

Hey, Los Angeles. On Friday, April 6, the UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal is hosting "Claiming Our Rights," a symposium on Southeast Asian American communities creating change through law.

The keynote will be Judge Jacqueline Duong of the Santa Clara Superior Court. Other speakers include members of Khmer Girls in Action, APALC, and the Southeast Asian Community Alliance. Here's more info:

Claiming Our Rights:
Southeast Asian American Communities
Making Change Through the Law

Friday, April 6, 2012 | UCLA School of Law
Registration begins at 8:30 am


The UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ) invites you to join us on Friday, April 6, for a symposium on Southeast Asian American communities creating change through the law.

*Claiming Our Rights* will feature the work of academics, community leaders, and attorneys who are leading campaigns, empowering communities, and developing policies, strategies, and solutions to advance the rights of Southeast Asian American communities. Panelists will discuss a number of topics including the harmful consequences of deportation, harassment and policing in schools, profiling by law enforcement, and the fight for environmental, housing, and economic justice in Southeast Asian American communities.

We are excited and hope you can join us! To register for *Claiming Our
Rights*, please click here.

*SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS *

*Keynote Address: Judge Jacqueline Duong*
Santa Clara Superior Court

*Lunchtime Speaker: Doua Thor*
Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center

*An Le*
Community Engagement Project Director
APALC

*Angela Chan*
Managing Attorney
Criminal Justice Reform Project, Asian Law Caucus

*Bill Ong Hing*
Professor of Law
USF School of Law

*Chancee Martorell *
Executive Director
Thai Community Development Corporation

*Helly Lee*
Policy Director
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center

*Hiroshi Motomura*
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law

*Jacqueline Dan *
Staff Attorney
APALC

*Jerry Kang*
Professor of Law
UCLA School of Law

*Kathleen Kim *
Professor of Law
Loyola School of Law

*Khin Mai Aung *
Educational Equity and Youth Rights Project Director
AALDEF

*Lian Cheun*
Executive Director
Khmer Girls in Action

*Mia-Lia Kiernan*
Organizer
One Love Movement

*Shiu-Ming Cheer *
Staff Attorney
National Immigration Law Center

*Sissy Trinh *
Executive Director
Southeast Asian Community Alliance

The event is free. Register for it here.