Speakers - 2020 Committee Sponsored Events
Monday, September 14, 2020, 12:00
ANTI-ASIAN RACISM AND THE STATE, a panel event
Stopping the Hate and Starting to Heal: Living With and Through the COVID-19 Pandemic Program Series.
The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed an increase in incidents of bias, discrimination, violence and hate directed against people of Asian backgrounds. This event, part of a discussion series sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Task Force on Providing Support to Asian and Asian American Students and Scholars, Program on Asian American Studies (ASAM), Pan-Asian-American Community House (PAACH), and Penn Global, will feature distinguished faculty in Asian American Studies, English, & History. The dialogue and subsequent Q&A will be moderated by Penn Professor Chi-ming Yang (Associate Professor of English) and Student Leader Claire Nguyen (Undergraduate Advisory Board Co-Chair, ASAM).