{"id":9936,"date":"2017-02-28T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capal.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=9936"},"modified":"2017-02-28T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T17:43:53","slug":"2017-washington-leadership-program-session-iv-aanhpi-stories-data","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.capal.org\/site\/event\/2017-washington-leadership-program-session-iv-aanhpi-stories-data\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Washington Leadership Program Session IV: Stories Behind the Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

WLP Session IV: \u00a0Stories Behind the Data will focus on how we can use data – and the importance of data disaggregation – in communicating the full breadth of AANHPI experiences. \u00a0This session\u00a0will focus on inequities facing the AANHPI population in areas including education and public health, while demonstrating how\u00a0storytelling can be used to explain data and gaps found within. This session will address the impacts of the model minority myth on the AANHPI community and utilize data to debunk it.\u00a0Lastly, Attendees will be provided resources and strategies to\u00a0better inform their networks around the significance of disaggregating data within the AANHPI community. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30pm with our program following promptly at 6:00pm. All WLP sessions are free to the public, but seating is limited. Please register online to reserve your seat. Dinner will be provided. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Gem Daus<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning adjunct faculty member of the University of Maryland Asian American Studies Program. His classes are interdisciplinary and emphasize public policy as it intersects with community building and identity. He teaches Filipino American History and Biography, and has also taught Asian American Health and Asian American Sexualities. Gem has published several book chapters as well as numerous policy papers on Asian American and Pacific Islander health.<\/p>\n

Gem has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and public, from direct service, to program management, to executive leadership. He has worked for the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC), the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), and the American Red Cross. He has led local-national partnerships for improving access to quality health care and increased research for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He was a community liaison to the White House Initiative of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI). He worked on the legislation that eventually led to the formation of the Asian American & Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) designation within the Department of Education. He has also facilitated strategic planning and board development for community-based organizations, including local health clinics and human service providers.<\/p>\n

Gem was born in Baguio City, Philippines and completed grade school in Norfolk, Virginia. He completed a BA in History at the University of Virginia and an MA in Organization Development at Marymount University. In his spare time, he volunteers on several boards and dances hula with Halau Nohona Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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\"History_374-hi\"Terry Ao Minnis<\/strong> is the director of the census and voting programs for Advancing Justice | AAJC.<\/p>\n

Terry co-chairs the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights\u2019 Census Task Force and sat on the U.S Department of Commerce\u2019s 2010 Census Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2011, when the committee\u2019s charter ran out. She has published several articles, including \u201cWhen the Voting Rights Act Became Un-American: The Misguided Vilification of Section 203\u201d (Alabama Law Review). Terry has been counsel on numerous amicus briefs filed before the Supreme Court, including Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Arizona v. The InterTribal Council of Arizona, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder and Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. She was also counsel on a joint amicus brief with MALDEF in Bartlett vs. Strickland. She was one of the key leaders in campaigns on reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act in 2006 and Census 2010 and is actively engaged in addressing the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Shelby County v. Holder.<\/p>\n

Terry holds a law degree, cum laude, from American University\u2019s Washington College of Law and a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics at The University of Chicago.<\/p>\n

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\"History_374-hi\"Ryan Masaaki Yokota<\/strong> is a fourth\/second generation Japanese\/Okinawan American who currently works as the Legacy Center Manager at the Japanese American Service Committee, and is also teaching as an instructor at DePaul University.\u00a0 He received his Ph.D. in East Asian – Japanese History at the University of Chicago, and had previously received his M.A. in Asian American Studies at UCLA. He is a co-founder of the Nikkei Chicago website, which highlights untold stories of the Japanese American community in Chicago.<\/p>\n

His academic publications include a recent article on Okinawan Indigenousness, a chapter on Okinawan Peruvians in Los Angeles, an article on Japanese and Okinawans in Cuba, and an interview with Asian American Movement activist Pat Sumi.\u00a0 His articles and op-eds have been featured in the Japan Times, the Ryukyu Shimpo, and the Rafu Shimpo.<\/p>\n

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\"13094324_10207251507419667_1605160785243819868_n\"Sejal Singh<\/strong> is the Campaigns and Communications Manager for the LGBT Research and Communications Project at American Progress, where she has worked to expand LGBTQ data collection and establish nondiscrimination protections at all levels of government.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining American Progress, Singh worked in the New York State Senate as a legislative aide to state Sen. Brad Hoylman (D), where she focused on affordable housing, homelessness, and higher education policy. Singh is also a columnist at Feministing and\u00a0a Policy and Advocacy Coordinator\u00a0for Know Your IX\u2014a national campaign to end gender-based harassment and violence in schools\u2014where she leads\u00a0state legislative advocacy campaigns. In 2015, she worked closely with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo\u2019s office to enhance and pass Enough is Enough, the most progressive statewide legislation to date fighting gender-based violence on college campuses.<\/p>\n

Singh graduated from\u00a0Columbia University with a B.A. in political science.<\/p>\n

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Support for the Stories Behind the Data\u00a0session is sponsored by\u00a0Teach for America<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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More About The Washington Leadership Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Washington Leadership Program (WLP) provides a space for young AANHPI students interning in Washington, D.C. to come together, build community, and explore their heritage within the context of public service. Through five sessions over the summer, WLP introduces students to AANHPI public service leaders who can inform and inspire students\u2019 own civic engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. We\u00a0envisions a future with equitable AANHPI representation throughout all levels of government and public service.<\/p>\n

We encourage you to\u00a0join our mailing list<\/a>,\u00a0like us on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0follow us on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

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**Registration for this event is now closed. Please contact Camille Sanchez (camille.sanchez@capal.org) to be added to a waitlist or for further questions.**<\/span><\/h3>\n

By registering for CAPAL\u2019s Washington Leadership Program, you give permission to be recorded or photographed during the session. Food provided at this event may contain nuts, dairy, gluten, and other allergens. Vegetarian options will be available.<\/p>\n

Check out our other WLP sessions!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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