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Newsletter - #267 AASF/Stanford Symposium; AAAS Travels to China; NY Post Condemned; UCA Convention; + #267 AASF/Stanford Symposium; AAAS Travels to China; NY Post Condemned; UCA Convention; + In This Issue #267 · New York Post Retracted and Apologized · AASF: Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium & Ceremony · Connecting Scientific Communities: AAAS Travels to China · 2024 United Chinese Americans Conference · News and Activities for the Communities New York Post Retracted and Apologized Community organizations across the nation and elected officials were outraged and demanded that the New York Post apologize for incorrectly reporting the man who shot former President Donald Trump and killed an innocent bystander was Chinese. The New York Post has issued the following retraction and apology:On July 15, 2024, the Committee of 100 (C100) released a public letter from its Chair Gary Locke to the New York Post executive editor Keith Poole . The letter criticizes the publication for inaccurately reporting that a Chinese man was responsible for an attempted assassination of former President Trump. The letter highlights the harm caused to the Chinese American community by such false claims, especially in the context of rising anti-Asian sentiment. C100 urges the New York Post to issue an apology, correct the error, and implement stricter editorial guidelines to prevent future misinformation. Read the C100 letter: https://bit.ly/4f6O22g According to Documented , several Chinese community representatives held a press conference at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in New York City's Chinatown to request a formal apology from the New York Post . “The story caused the Chinese American community additional harm,” said Lester Chang , the first and only Chinese Republican assemblyman representing Brooklyn’s 49th district, at the conference. He noted that political rhetoric has blamed Chinese Americans for the pandemic, adding, “In this current era of heightened anti-Asian hate, Chinese Americans and the Asian American community are already looking over their shoulders daily.” Cindy Tsai , Interim President and Executive Director of the Committee of 100, emphasized at the press conference that anti-Asian hate is not just a relic of the past during the pandemic, “We will also be asking our government officials to take anti-Asian hate seriously, as it is still very real today.”Chinese community activist Queenie Ho was one of the first to contact the New York Post after finding the error. She said that she felt scared when she first saw the news. “On Saturday, our community and country were shocked by an act of political violence that went against the values of all Americans. That’s why I was incredibly disappointed and disturbed during this highly emotional time,” said Councilmember Sandra Ung in a statement. “I believe the Post owes the Chinese and entire Asian American community an apology.”State Senator John Liu stated, “Falsely identifying the shooter as Chinese in the heat of an assassination investigation is dangerous to Asian Americans. The New York Post must own up to its mistakes and apologize for this disturbing lack of journalistic integrity.”“Accurate and responsible reporting is crucial, especially in sensitive cases that can have profound impacts on individuals and communities,” said Senator Iwen Chu , urging the publication to take measures to prevent such errors in the future. Councilwoman Susan Zhuang criticized the New York Post for not doing its due diligence and called the misinformation “reckless and dangerous.” She urged the publication to formally issue a retraction and apologize for the mistake. The Chinatown East Neighborhood Council is mobilizing its members to send letters to pressure the New York Post. The letter also condemns any act of political violence.“This reckless reporting, especially in today’s inflamed political climate, is dangerous to our communities,” tweeted Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition aimed at addressing racism and discrimination affecting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.“Dangerously irresponsible of @NYPost to wrongly claim the Trump shooter was a ‘Chinese man’ and then update the story without a correction notice,” tweeted the Asian American Journalists Association on X. Reuters did not include the New York Post report as part of its fact checks on July 16, 2024. Media Reports and Statements: 2024/07/17 NBC News: Trump assassination attempt live updates: U.S. learned of Iranian plot to kill Trump weeks before shooting 2024/07/16 Resonate: ‘Chinese Man’: Trump Shooter Misidentified by New York Post, Asian Americans Demand Apology 2024/07/16 South China Morning Post: Asian-American community angered by erroneous report that Donald Trump shooter was Chinese 2024/07/16 Reuters: We fact-checked some of the rumors spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt 2024/07/16 Documented: New York Post Falsely Claims “Chinese Man” Shot Trump, Chinese Communities Outraged 2024/07/15 星島日報: 多位參選人下一步具體行動未有共識 2024/07/15 United Chinese Americans: UCA Condemns the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump and Calls on NY Post to Issue Public Apology to Chinese Americans 2024/07/15 NextShark Editorial: New York Post criticized for misreporting Trump shooter as 'Chinese man' 2024/07/15 Northwest Asian Weekly: Locke slams newspaper for incorrectly blaming Chinese man in Trump assassination attempt 2024/07/15 AsAmNews: Apology demanded from NY Post to Chinese Americans 2024/07/15 Committee of 100: Letter to the Editor, New York Post 2024/07/13 New York Post: Gunman behind attempted assassination on Trump had head blown off by Secret Service, sources say; rally-goer killed AASF: Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium & Ceremony On July 27-28, 2024, the Inaugural Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony, an event dedicated to celebrating and honoring the remarkable contributions of Asian American scholar pioneers, will be held at Stanford University. It is hosted by the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF).The award ceremony on July 27 will feature prominent Asian American innovators that AASF featured in Project Pioneer with the National Science Foundation. These pioneers made fundamental contributions to our country from enabling WiFi everywhere to video calls with our loved ones. AASF hopes this work can change the narrative and stereotypes of Asian American scientists as perpetual foreigners and threats. This special occasion will bring together some of the most distinguished minds in the fields of energy, artificial intelligence, life sciences, and leadership. Nobel Prize laureates and Turing Award laureates will deliver keynote speeches and distinguished leaders will engage in fireside chats, providing a unique platform for intellectual exchange and inspiration. The event will also have Asian American pioneers such as Congresswoman Judy Chu , as well as representatives from the White House and multiple federal agencies. This year’s symposium furthers AASF’s efforts to lift up the Asian American scholar community on a national platform and bridge the different sectors of our society for the betterment of our country. AASF has shown that a community can self-organize to ensure that the door is open for Asian American scholars to be empowered and have a voice and representation.For more information and to register to attend, visit https://bit.ly/3XLApPN Connecting Scientific Communities: AAAS Travels to China In late May, a delegation from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) led by Dr. Sudip Parikh , AAAS CEO and executive publisher of the Science family of journals traveled to Beijing, China to visit one of its international partners, the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). The delegation included Bill Moran , publisher of the Science family of journals, Andrew Black , AAAS chief of staff and chief public affairs officer, and Dr. Kim Montgomery , AAAS director of international affairs and science diplomacy. Along with meetings with CAST, the AAAS delegation had the opportunity to meet with the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Tsinghua University. It was an action-packed trip to the world’s second largest R&D spender that included discussions on the continued need for connections between the U.S. and Chinese scientific communities, especially at the basic research level.Read the AAAS report: https://bit.ly/463JoOs 2024 United Chinese Americans Conference United Chinese Americans (UCA) held its fourth United Chinese Americans (UCA) Conference in Washington D.C. on June 27-30, 2024.This year’s conference, themed “Embracing the New Civil Rights Movement,” attracted nearly 700 participants from across the United States. The event showcased the strength and voice of the Chinese American community and united their hopes and confidence for the future.The first day featured the “AANHPI Congressional Advocacy Day,” co-hosted by UCA and APAPA. Hundreds of participants, divided into over 50 groups, visited 283 congressional offices, representing more than half of the 425 House representatives. Each group detailed the issues facing the Chinese American community, focusing on real estate purchase restrictions for Chinese nationals, anti-Asian sentiments, and the inclusion of Asian American history in U.S. high school curricula.During the Capitol Hill reception, Congresswoman Grace Meng thanked UCA and APAPA members for their participation and highlighted the importance of incorporating Asian American history into U.S. high school curricula. Texas State Representative Gene Wu emphasized the negative impacts of real estate purchase restrictions on Chinese Americans and called for the Asian American community to unite and engage in politics actively. California Congresswoman Judy Chu noted that current visa restrictions on Chinese students and scholars severely hinder academic and technological exchanges between China and the United States. New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim urged everyone to vote and participate in public affairs to secure more rights for the Asian American community. The second and third days of the conference featured over 20 forums and more than 50 guests, providing attendees with engaging discussions and sharing sessions. At the opening ceremony, Erika L. Moritsugu , Deputy Assistant to the President & AANHPI Senior Liaison, Congressmen Ted Lieu , Gene Wu, and Maryland State Delegate Lily Qi were present to offer their congratulations. In his opening remarks, UCA President Haipei Shue addressed three unique challenges facing the Chinese American community: deteriorating US-China relations, worsening domestic political climate, and the new immigrant community’s lack of engagement in political and social life. He called for the community to unite, launch a new chapter in the Chinese American civil rights movement, and establish a nationwide coalition to tackle future challenges. The conference included five themed sub-conferences focused on youth, mental health, AAPI political action, community building and civic engagement, and entrepreneurship and career development.The highlight of the conference was the Awards Ceremony and Gala. Individuals and organizations with outstanding performance in community service and leadership were honored. The final day featured a large-scale “Walk for Civil Rights, Walk for Our Rights” event on the National Mall to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read the summary of the 2024 UCA Conference: https://bit.ly/4f5UTt2 News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events: 2024/07/16-17 National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable - Capstone2024/07/17 C100 Career Ceiling Summit: Creating a Level Playing Field2024/07/25-28 Leadership Convention by NAAAP (National Association of Asian American Professionals) 2024/07/27-28 Asian American Pioneer Medal Symposium and Ceremony2024/08/04 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/08/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2024/08/19 DNC Convention, AAPI Briefing & Reception, Chicago, IL2024/09/01 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall MeetingThe Community Calendar has moved. Visit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. Book Chapter: "Asian Americans as 'the Perpetual Foreigner' under Scrutiny" A chapter titled "Asian Americans as 'the Perpetual Foreigner' under Scrutiny," authored by Frank Wu, was in a book "Race and Surveillance" published by the Cambridge University Press in 2023. Frank Wu is President of Queen's College, The City University of New York.Asian Americans play a prominent role in the state surveillance story, because Asian Americans play an ambiguous role in both international relations and domestic race relations.4 Although people of Asian descent have been arriving in the Americas since before the Civil War – Asian soldiers fighting on both sides of the internecine conflict – Asian immigrants and their American-born descendants, whatever their formal status and however assimilated, have been portrayed as “sojourners” only temporarily resident in the United States and likely to return to a homeland to which they have remained stealthily loyal. The persistent theme has been that Asians are inassimilable into American society, whether by biology, culture, or their own collective choices. The assumption that it is contradictory to be both Asian and American has been used, explicitly and implicitly, to justify discrimination against Asian Americans.For more information and to order the book, visit: https://bit.ly/3XWMD8t 3. Delaware SB 297 Passed Both State House and Senate According to LegiScan , Delaware Senate Bill (SB) 297 passed the State Senate on a vote of 21-0 on May 21, 2024, and the State House on a vote of 40-0 with one abstention on June 26, 2024. According to AsAmNews , Delaware will become the seventh state to require Asian American history if the bill is signed by the Delaware Governor John Carney . Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend , Senator Laura Sturgeon , Representative Sophie Philips , and Representative Bill Bush sponsored SB 297.Delaware joins Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Florida, and Wisconsin in passing legislation regarding Asian American history in classrooms.Read the LegiScan summary: https://bit.ly/4d13vPz . Read the AsAmNews report: https://bit.ly/3W3nxSL Back View PDF July 17, 2024 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #136 New Legislations; Update and Town Hall on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes; NIH Dialogue; More #136 New Legislations; Update and Town Hall on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes; NIH Dialogue; More Back View PDF August 11, 2022 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

United Chinese Americans (UCA) Raises Concerns For Chinese American Scientists as Collateral Damage in the Crossfire Between the United States and China Due to Deteriorating Relations April 25, 2019 On April 25, 2019, the United Chinese Americans (UCA) , a nationwide nonprofit and nonpartisan federation and a community civic movement, released a statement to raise concerns for Chinese American scientists as collateral damage in the crossfire between the United States and China due to deteriorating relations, including five appeals to address the current situartion. It was in response to the first wave of an aniticpated crack down targeting primarily Chinese American scientists at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. See links and reports about the MD Anderson story here. Link to full statement in English We call on the U.S. higher education and scientific communities to continue to uphold and strengthen scientific collaborations around the world so they may continue to benefit all mankind. We salute the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of Michigan and the University of California at Davis for their efforts to uphold these principles and ideals as well as for their civil rights concerns for their faculty members and students, and call on more institutions to follow their example. We call on Chinese American scientists to continue to carry on the indispensable role they have played in maintaining America’s lead position in scientific research and global competitiveness. To this end, we fully endorse the strengthening of compliance efforts and ethical standards guiding scientific research and collaboration. We call on Chinese American scientists—indeed all scientists—to adhere strictly to all applicable laws, regulations and practices, and to cooperate in reporting any breaches to appropriate authorities. We call on Chinese American scientists – indeed, all Chinese Americans – to continue to strengthen U.S.-China people-to-people relations through scientific exchanges and educational efforts rather than retreating. An adversarial U.S.-China relationship is harmful to Chinese Americans, to the United States and China, and to the future of the world. Chinese Americans have a unique role to play as communicators, bridge builders and messengers of peace between the two peoples. We call on the Chinese government to earnestly protect U.S. intellectual property rights, as American scientists participate in its talent programs and other exchanges, and vigorously strengthen the standardization and transparency of those programs. The Chinese government should also improve its supervision and management of such programs, including sub-national ones, toughen two-way compliance requirements and enhance training to reduce or eliminate doubts and concerns other countries may have about such programs. Finally, we call on U.S. law enforcement agencies to strengthen internal training and safeguards to reduce implicit bias and discrimination, to enhance communication with Chinese American communities and to ensure that the freedom and civil rights of all Chinese Americans are rigorously protected. United Chinese Americans (UCA) Raises Concerns For Chinese American Scientists as Collateral Damage in the Crossfire Between the United States and China Due to Deteriorating Relations Previous Next UCA Raises Concerns For Chinese American Scientists

Newsletter - #323 4/7 Meeting; Texas Rallies; US Science; Profiling Scholars/Students; Litigations; More #323 4/7 Meeting; Texas Rallies; US Science; Profiling Scholars/Students; Litigations; More In This Issue #323 · 2025/04/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting · First Report on Texas Tri-City Rallies Against Alien Land Bills · The Decline of Science in the U.S. under Trump 2.0 · Chinese Scholars/Students Face Heightened Scrutiny and Profiling · Latest on Litigations Against Trump's Executive Actions · News and Activities for the Communities 2025/04/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting The next APA Justice monthly meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday, April 7, 2025, starting at 1:55 pm ET.In addition to updates by Judith Teruya , Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Joanna YangQing Derman , Program Director, Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), invited and confirmed speakers are: · Mark Takano , First Vice Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC); Member, U.S. House of Representatives · Erwin Chemerinsky , Dean, Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley · Cindy Tsai , Interim President, Committee of 100 · X. Edward Guo 郭向东 , President, Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE) The virtual monthly meeting is by invitation only. It is closed to the press. If you wish to join, either one time or for future meetings, please contact one of the co-organizers of APA Justice - Steven Pei 白先慎 , Vincent Wang 王文奎 , and Jeremy Wu 胡善庆 - or send a message to contact@apajustice.org . Congressman Mark Takano will make his remarks via recorded video on unprecedented challenges to our communities.In a recent opinion published by the New York Times , Dean Erwin Chemerinsky raised an alarming question: if Trump defies the Courts, then what? He also commented on President Trump's unprecedented demands on Columbia University. He will share his thoughts on these recent developments and more.The Committee of 100 (C100) is a nonprofit leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans dedicated to advancing U.S.-China relations and promoting the full participation of Chinese Americans in American society. On April 25-26, 2025, it will host its annual conference and gala in Los Angeles to share insights on the state of Chinese Americans and the current and future condition of the U.S.-China relationship. Interim President Cindy Tsai returns to update us on recent developments with C100 and the annual event. Professor X. Edward Guo, Stanley Dicker Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Medical Sciences at Columbia University, is current President of Asian American Academy of Science and Engineering (AAASE). Professor Guo will introduce AAASE and comment on recent developments in higher education and research communities. First Report on Texas Tri-City Rallies Against Alien Land Bills On March 28, 2025, United Chinese Americans (UCA) issued a press release announcing protest rallies to be held in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas. Asian Pacific American communities, alongside other ethnic groups, are mobilizing against Texas Senate Bill 17 (SB 17) and House Bill 17 (HB 17)—legislations that seeks to ban or restrict real estate ownership by certain foreign nationals under the guise of national security. A letter co-signed by Texas and national AAPI organizations reminds state legislators that the 59th Texas Legislature abolished the previous version of alien land laws in 1965 in a bipartisan effort. The letter states. "These bills are unconstitutional and discriminatory, as they target individuals based on their nation of origin. In other words, individuals are being denied their rights not for anything they have done, but simply because of where they come from." The letter urges lawmakers not to repeat past mistakes that echo historical injustices. Representative Gene Wu 吴元之 , chair of Texas House Democratic Caucus, points out that "The Texas Senate listened to our community's repeated pleas for fairness and respect, and instead they gave us more discrimination by passing SB 17 that puts us even closer to repeating the forced internment of Asian Americans 80 years ago. Our community must respond and mobilize, otherwise we will be welcoming this hate and suffer no less." Meanwhile, organizers of the Houston rally—Texas Multicultural Advocacy Coalition (TMAC) and United Chinese Americans (UCA)—are placing ads in the Houston Chronicle to amplify this call to action. UCA Action is also running print and digital ads in the Austin American-Statesman, San Antonio Express-News and Dallas Morning News to highlight the protest letter and mobilize public support. The tri-city rallies started in Austin at the Texas Capitol Grounds East Steps on March 29, 2025. According to CBS-19 , elected officials, including Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), State Rep. Vikki Goodwin (D-Austin) and Austin City Council Member Mike Siegel of District 7, spoke against HB 17 and SB 17 at the rally.“Ultimately this fight, in my eyes, is about who gets to be American,” said Daniel Wang . “I think America is great and has been great and was made great by its promise that, you know, we welcome everyone who wants to come here and contribute.”SB 17 passed the Texas Senate on March 19. A public hearing for HB 17 will be held on April 3 in the Texas House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans Affairs Committee. The meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. APA Justice will report on March 30 rallies in Dallas and Houston and continuing developments in the next newsletter. The Decline of Science in the U.S. under Trump 2.0 According to multiple media reports, the United States has experienced a notable decline in scientific research and development under Trump 2.0, marked by significant policy shifts and funding reductions. One of the administration's early actions was a freeze on federal grants, leading to widespread uncertainty within the scientific community. This freeze has disrupted ongoing research projects and hindered the initiation of new studies. The Trump administration has imposed substantial funding cuts to prominent universities, which are heavily reliant on federal research grants. These cuts have compelled institutions to make difficult decisions, including reducing graduate student admissions and implementing hiring freezes, thereby affecting the future landscape of American research and innovation.Environmental and climate science programs have faced particularly severe setbacks . The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has undergone significant budget reductions and staff layoffs, undermining its capacity to enforce environmental regulations and conduct critical research. Climate science initiatives at agencies like NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have experienced funding cuts, impeding efforts to monitor and address climate change. The administration has also appointed conspiracy theorists skeptical of established scientific consensus to key positions, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointment to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which has announced plans to cut 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies on top of 10,000 employees who have left voluntarily, shrinking the workforce from about 82,000 full-time employees to 62,000. On March 28, 2025, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration pushed out Peter Marks , the nation’s top vaccine regulator and an architect of the U.S. program to rapidly develop coronavirus vaccines amid a worsening U.S. outbreak of measles. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote in his resignation. He was offered the choice to resign or be fired. He opted to resign, with an effective departure date of April 5.These collective actions have prompted widespread concern among scientists and researchers, leading to organized protests such as the " Stand Up for Science 2025 " rallies. These demonstrations reflect the scientific community's alarm over policies as undermining scientific integrity and progress. These policies have prompted many scientists to consider relocating abroad. According to Nature on March 27, 2025, more than 1,200 scientists who responded to an online poll — three-quarters of the total respondents — are considering leaving the United States following the disruptions prompted by Trump. Europe and Canada were among the top choices for relocation. The trend was particularly pronounced among early-career researchers. Of the 690 postgraduate researchers who responded, 548 were considering leaving; 255 of 340 PhD students said the same. According to Science on March 17, 2025, Emma , an early-career chemist, withdrew from a faculty position at the University of Mississippi due to concerns over the Trump administration’s impact on higher education, including threats to federal funding and diversity initiatives. Her decision reflects a broader trend of U.S.-based researchers seeking opportunities abroad as uncertainty grows over academic stability. Countries like France and China are actively recruiting displaced scientists, with initiatives such as Aix Marseilles University’s “Safe Place for Science” and direct outreach from researchers like Yi Rao at Peking University.However, while some nations welcome this talent shift, financial constraints in countries like Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands may limit their ability to absorb U.S. researchers. Experts warn that Trump’s policies could trigger a broader exodus from global science, as universities face funding cuts and instability. Although legal challenges may delay the full impact, the trend suggests a potential loss of scientific talent, with no clear destination for displaced researchers. Chinese Scholars/Students Face Heightened Scrutiny and Profiling Under Trump 2.0, Chinese and Asian scholars and students have faced heightened scrutiny and profiling. Visa Restrictions and Deportations Republican members of Congress and the Trump administration have intensified visa restrictions, notably through the Stop CCP VISAs Act, introduced by Representative Riley Moore (R-WV). This proposed legislation aims to halt the issuance of student visas to Chinese nationals, citing concerns over espionage and intellectual property theft. International students have also become targets of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leading to detentions and deportations from college campuses. Notable cases include students from Columbia and Cornell universities, sparking protests and legal actions by organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Scrutiny of Chinese Students and Scholars Republican members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), chaired by Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI), has targeted Chinese students in U.S. universities under the pretense of national security. In March 2025, the committee sent letters to presidents of six universities, requesting detailed information about their Chinese student populations and research activities. Without substantive facts and evidence, the committee alleges that the CCP has established a systematic pipeline to embed researchers in leading U.S. institutions, providing them direct exposure to sensitive technologies with dual-use military applications. Impact on Higher Education Institutions Universities with significant Asian and Asian American populations have faced increased scrutiny over international collaborations, especially those involving Chinese researchers. For example, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh has highlighted potential impacts due to proposed federal funding cuts and restrictions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These measures threaten the region's economy and its identity as an innovation hub. Challenges to Diversity Initiatives By diverting resources to investigate and potentially sue universities implementing diversity programs, the Trump administration threatens to reverse progress toward educational equity. This move has been criticized as an attempt to exploit divisions among communities of color and disrupt policies that help marginalized groups gain access to higher education. Rise in Anti-Asian Sentiment Following President Trump's 2024 election, there has been a marked increase in anti-Asian hate, particularly in online spaces. Between November 2024 and January 2025, anti-Asian slurs and threats of violence surged, with South Asian communities being disproportionately targeted. This rise in xenophobic rhetoric has created a hostile environment for Asian American students and scholars, affecting their sense of safety and belonging within academic institutions. Latest on Litigations Against Trump's Executive Actions As of March 30, 2025, the number of lawsuits against President Donald Trump 's executive actions reported by the Just Security Litigation Tracker has grown to 152 (3 closed cases). These are some of the latest developments: · Block on Alien Enemies Act Deportations Extended . On March 27, 2025, the legal team led by ACLU, Democracy Forward, and the ACLU of the District of Columbia filed a motion to extend the Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) set to expire on March 29 for 14 days, claiming that good cause exists to extend the TROs. On March 28, the Court ordered the extension of the TROs until April 12, 2025. · Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility . In the case of State of California v. U.S Department of Education (1:25-cv-10548) , eight states challenge the Department of Education’s decision to terminate approximately $250 million in federal grants under the Teacher Quality Partnership and Supporting Effective Educator Development programs. On March 24, Judge Myong J. Joun granted Plaintiffs’ request to extend the TRO until April 7. On March 26, the government appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the order by the district court and issue an administrative stay. In the case of Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump (1:25-cv-02005) , U.S. Judge Matthew Kennelly for the Northern District of Illinois granted a Temporary Restraining Order to block the implementation of two of Trump's DEI Executive Orders. · Actions Against Law Firms Blocked. On March 28, 2025, the law firm WilmerHale sued the Executive Office of the President and several government agencies over Trump’s March 27 executive order (EO) terminating government contracts, denying members of the firm access to federal employees, and suspending employees’ security clearances. U.S. Judge Richard Leon of the District of Columbia granted the law firm’s request to temporarily block several sections of the EO. In a separate lawsuit Jenner & Block LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice (1:25-cv-00916) , U.S. Judge John Bates of the District of Columbia also granted the Temporary Restraining Order to temporarily block several sections of the EO. News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar 2025/04/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2025/04/13 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2025/04/15 China Connections: A Conversation with Emily Feng2025/04/24-26 Committee of 100 Annual Conference and Gala2025/04/27 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2025/05/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2025/05/12-14 APAICS Annual Summit and GalaVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. Temporary Injunction on Florida State Law (SB846) On March 28, 2025, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a Florida law known as SB846 that essentially bans international students from China and six other countries. This is a milestone victory for racial equity and academic freedom as other red states and the Congress are considering similar discriminatory laws. The lawsuit Yin v. Diaz (1:24-cv-21129) is led by Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance 华美维权同盟 (CALDA), ACLU Florida, and Perkins Coie. Clay Zhu 朱可亮 , Co-Founder of CALDA, gave an update at the APA Justice monthly meeting on March 3, 2025: https://bit.ly/4iOexLD 3. CAPAC Chair Meng Statement on the Anniversary of United States v. Wong Kim Ark Decision On March 28, 2025, Rep. Grace Meng 孟昭文 , Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, released a statement marking the 127th anniversary of the United States v. Wong Kim Ark decision upholding birthright citizenship as a constitutionally protected right:“Today marks 127 years since the landmark United States v. Wong Kim Ark decision that affirmed birthright citizenship to anyone born in our country, including those born to immigrant parents. This was established by the Supreme Court, even as the Chinese Exclusion Act and anti-Asian sentiment was in full force in the 1800s, because the Constitution made clear that ‘all persons’ born in the United States means ‘all persons.’“Despite this century-old legal precedent, President Trump issued an unlawful executive order to revoke birthright citizenship and eliminate the core principle that has allowed millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to become U.S. citizens. It is a flagrant violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and the President’s oath to protect and defend the Constitution. “This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to sow division and stoke xenophobic sentiment for political gain. We will not allow this administration to trample over the Constitution and redefine who is American. I vow to fight tooth and nail against this unlawful action and to protect the principles that have made our country into what it is today.” # # # APA Justice Task Force is a non-partisan platform to build a sustainable ecosystem that addresses racial profiling concerns and to facilitate, inform, and advocate on selected issues related to justice and fairness for the Asian Pacific American community. For more information, please refer to the new APA Justice website under development at www.apajusticetaskforce.org . We value your feedback. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . Back View PDF March 31, 2025 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

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Newsletter - #171 APA Justice Comments; McCarthyism? UConn Prof Won; Sustainable Platform; JCRC Hosts​ #171 APA Justice Comments; McCarthyism? UConn Prof Won; Sustainable Platform; JCRC Hosts In This Issue #171 APA Justice Submits Comments to The President's Advisory Commission on AANHPI Attack on Congresswoman Judy Chu - Return of McCarthyism? UConn Professor Won $1.4 million Payout for Wrongful Termination Building A Sustainable Platform and Pipeline for AAPI Leadership in Higher Education JCRC Hosts Evening of Jewish and Asian Pacific Islander Community Building and Collaboration APA Justice Submits Comments to The President's Advisory Commission on AANHPI The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders will hold an all-day in-person public meeting at the White House on March 14, 2023, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm ET. The meeting is the fifth in a series of federal advisory committee meetings regarding the development of recommendations to promote equity, justice, and opportunity for AANHPI communities. The meeting is open to the public and will be live streamed. There will be no opportunity for oral public comments during the meeting. However, written comments are welcomed throughout the development of the Commission’s recommendations and may be emailed to AANHPICommission@hhs.gov . Register for the event here: http://bit.ly/3mOyGJ0 Co-chaired by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai , the 25-member Commission complements the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI), both of which were established by the President in May 2021. In addition to the Co-Chairs and the Commission, announced speakers in the public hearing include Erika L. Moritsugu , Deputy Assistant to the President and AANHPI Senior Liaison, and Krystal Ka‘ai , Executive Director, WHIAANHPI.On March 10, 2023, APA Justice submitted the following comment titled "Pursuing a More Perfect Union and an Equitable Society" to the Commission:Equity means the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including the Asian American and immigrant communities.However, from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during the Second World War, persons of Asian origin have been scapegoated in the name of national and economic security when discrimination was legalized by laws and executive orders.Since the Second World War, anti-Asian hate in one form or another has ebbed and flooded pending on the rise and fall of U.S. relations with Asian nations and domestic politics that stoke fear, suspicion, and hostility against Asian Americans as disloyal and cannot be trusted as Americans.This form of racial profiling has been instigated by our own government, repeatedly explained away and justified under the cover of national security that sacrifice the civil and human rights of the Asian American and immigrant communities. This inequity has disastrously high and painful costs to not only these communities but also our nation. It ruins individual lives and inhibits our participation and progress in the American society. It damages our global leadership in science and technology and ironically our national security. It undermines our fundamental American values as a nation of primarily immigrants except for Native Americans, Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.During the “Red Scare,” the government drove Dr. Qian Xuesen, a co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, back to China. He would later become the “Father of Chinese Rocketry” for the People’s Republic of China.At the turn of the century, the unjust prosecution and mistreatment of Dr. Wen Ho Lee, a nuclear scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, led to an apology from the presiding judge on behalf of the judicial branch of our government.Prior to and during the “China Initiative” launched in November 2018, hundreds of, and perhaps more, scientists and researchers of Asian and particularly Chinese origin in academia, government, and private industry were wrongfully targeted for extensive surveillance, endless investigations, and unjust prosecutions. The victims include a hydrologist at the National Weather Service whose work was to calibrate and implement flood models to help save lives along the Ohio River, a New York Police Department officer who also served as a U.S. marine in Afghanistan, and an award-winning scientist who spent 24 years with the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate. Despite their stated intent to protect the nation, government policies and practices have again created a chilling effect on our communities, resulting in the loss of talents that are needed our scientific leadership and denying us of the opportunity to participate fairly and fully in the American society.Xenophobic political rhetoric from the past administration and some elected officials during the COVID pandemic fueled the resurgence of racism, leading to the loss of lives, especially for the vulnerable elderly of our communities, and the report of more than 11,500 incidents of anti-Asian bias since 2020.Today , we see discriminatory alien land bills being revived in Texas, Georgia, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming, and a total of more than a dozen states. The U.S. Congress is considering similar bills that threaten the civil and human rights of the Asian American and immigrant communities, again in the name of national security. If enacted into law, they will deny Asian Americans and the immigrant communities directly and indirectly from owning homes and business properties.More than a hundred years ago, discriminatory Alien Land Laws were enacted first in California and then to other states to target Japanese Americans and bar Asian immigrants from owning land. These laws were deemed unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment in 1952, and yet 70 years later we see the same laws and rhetoric being brought up again.Today , we also see the return of McCarthyism - the practice of making unfounded accusations of disloyalty, subversion, and treason, carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950-54, to blacklist, slander, and attempt to destroy reputable innocent Americans. Today’s McCarthyite targets include a world-renowned MIT professor, a presidentially appointed business leader, and the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Anyone who is of Asian origin or simply has a nexus to China may become a target tomorrow. On this slippery slope, no one in the Asian American and immigrant communities will be safe and spared from anti-Asian hate and discrimination.This vicious cycle of recurring inequity must stop with our government taking the lead to give due attention and protection to the civil and human rights of the Asian American and immigrant communities.In our pursuit of a more perfect union and an equitable society, there must be consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals. They include the Asian American and immigrant communities.In implementing The National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for AANHPI Communities, we urge the Commission to start with a commissioned study of the inherent problems to seek short-term relief and long-term solutions, enhance internal and public education, and adopt an exemplary requirement similar to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that “agencies must implement NSPM-33 provisions and related requirements in a nondiscriminatory manner that does not stigmatize or treat unfairly members of the research community, including members of ethnic or racial minority groups.” Attack on Congresswoman Judy Chu - Return of McCarthyism? According to a report by the Sacramento Bee on March 6, 2023, anti-Asian American activity has become not only more frequent in recent years but has become a persistent source of political tension, including the questioning of Rep. Judy Chu 's "either loyalty or competnece" by Rep. Lance Gooden . Rep. Chu chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. There is a pattern in all this that is frightening to many Asian Americans.“Many scholars and Asian and Pacific Island citizens, I among them, believe that some Americans regard Asians as ‘perpetual foreigners’ somehow attached to Asia no matter how long they have lived here in the U.S., even if they have been here for many generations,” said Gabriel Chin , professor of law at the University of California, Davis.A lot of people remember when the consequences of such suspicions were dire. “There is no relationship, none, zero between an American who happens to be of Asian descent and foreign governments. When we conflate those issues that’s how we get a Japanese-American internment,” said Rep. Ted Lieu , citing the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.“It’s racist. It’s disgusting. And it’s just lays the groundwork for questioning AAPIs in this country and it lays the groundwork for more AAPI hate,” said Chu of Gooden at the House Democrats’ Issues Conference in Baltimore. “And it also reinforces a terrible stereotype that we have to deal with. For all the time we’ve been in this country, that we are foreigners in our own land. Even though we have been in this country for decades,” said Chu, a Los Angeles native.“Language matters, and how we use language matters,” said Rep. Ami Bera . Some Republicans were critical of their colleague. China committee Chairman Mike Gallagher criticized Gooden’s remarks. “We should not question anybody’s loyalty to the United States,” Gallagher told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “That is out of bounds. It’s beyond the pale.”Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi , the committee’s top Democrat, also issued a polite warning. “We have no quarrel with the Chinese people or people of Chinese origin. That’s why we should never engage in anti-Chinese or anti-Asian stereotyping or prejudice,” he told the panel. “Comments that question the loyalty of Asian-American Members of Congress are completely unacceptable and must be rejected. These comments only feed the scapegoating and targeting of Chinese Americans, further endangering them and other Asian Americans.” In fact, he said, “this xenophobia and stereotyping is what the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) would want to happen.”Read the Sacramento Bee Report: http://bit.ly/3JA5pLj Statements and Condemnations: 2023/03/11 Friends of Chinese American Museum Condemns Rep. Gooden’s Remarks About Rep. Chu’s Loyalty to U.S. http://bit.ly/3YLp3bk 2023/03/07 Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute. (APALI) condemns the recent comments made by a Texas congress member about Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif). 2023/03/06 Congresswoman Judy Chu: Rep. Chu on MSNBC.com : “I am a target of the right’s new McCarthyism” http://bit.ly/3LkbD33 2023/03/03 Asian American Scholar Forum: Asian American Scholar Forum Denounces Racist Remarks Against Rep Judy Chu. http://bit.ly/3JBJm71 2023/03/01 OCA: OCA Condemns the Baseless Accusations from Representative Lance Gooden. http://bit.ly/401o48b 2023/02/28 Japanese American Citizens League: JACL Denounces Rising Anti-Chinese Rhetoric and Actions. http://bit.ly/3JBbdUL 2023/02/17 National Council of Chinese Americans: Condemn Mr. Lance Gooden’s Racist and Unconscionable Remarks. https://bit.ly/3JBJi7i 2023/02/28 APIAVote: APIAVote Condemns Rep. Lance Gooden’s Racist Comments, Denounces Larger “Othering” of Asian Americans. http://bit.ly/3YJWNpy 2023/02/27 California Asian Pacific American Bar Association: Over 25 Legal and Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Racist Comments by Rep. Lance Gooden. http://bit.ly/3mQjPOw 2023/02/27 Committee of 100: Committee of 100 Condemns the Racist Comments by U.S. Representative Lance Gooden. http://bit.ly/3yvXU1H 2023/02/24 The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations: CAIR-LA Condemns Racist Remarks About California Rep. Judy Chu by Texas Rep. Lance Gooden, Demands Apology. https://bit.ly/3YLhpOr 2023/02/24 The Asian American and Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC) Demand an Apology from Texas Congressman Lance Goodent o Congresswoman Judy Chu and the AAPI Community for his Racist Remarks. http://bit.ly/401heiN UConn Professor Won $1.4 million Payout for Wrongful Termination According to a report by CT Insider on March 6, 2023, a respected University of Connecticut (UConn) liver disease researcher has won a $1.4 million settlement after an arbitrator found the university wrongly fired her for allegedly failing to disclose financial connections to China.Hearst Connecticut Media uncovered the pay out, which placed Professor Li Wang sixth on a list of the state’s highest paid employees in 2022, after obtaining documents from UConn through state Freedom of Information law. UConn had not previously disclosed the payment for Wang’s expected termination publicly.A liver physiologist with a proven ability to obtain research funding, Wang was hired by UConn in 2014 and was scheduled to be terminated on September 20, 2019. She resigned the day before her termination became effective. Michelle Williams , UConn associate vice president for research, informed Wang in a March 2019 letter that because she did not disclose her Chinese connections on NIH grant applications she was being suspended as a researcher for three years. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) backed UConn’s allegations and in letters to UConn officials agreed with its decisions regarding Wang. A January 2022 letter to a top UConn official – sent several months after the arbitrator ruled against UConn - shows that Michael Lauer , NIH director for extramural research, continued to support the university's handling of Wang.The arbitrator assigned by the American Arbitration Association to Wang’s case came to very different conclusions than the NIH and UConn in November 2021. The “university did not have just cause to suspend Dr. Wang’s research, just cause to terminate Dr. Wang,” arbitrator Peter Adomeit wrote in his decision. “She did not falsify any record or provide false information.”The arbitrator ordered UConn to reinstate her to her job, provide all back pay and annual raises, return research equipment, pay operating expenses, and relocate her office to UConn Health in Farmington. According to a report on March 7, 2023, UConn told Inside Higher Ed that Wang is not an employee and has not been one since September 2019. Professor Li Wang appears to be one of several hundred researchers who were subject to NIH investigations under the now-defunct "China Initiative."Read more about the story of Professor Li Wang at http://bit.ly/3SVF3GH Building A Sustainable Platform and Pipeline for AAPI Leadership in Higher Education On March 9, 2023, a webinar was convened as part of the 2023 Conference on Diversity, Equity and Student Success: Can We Handle Truth? Ellen Junn , President, California State University, Stanislaus; Les Wong , President Emeritus, San Francisco State University; and Frank Wu , President, CUNY Queens College, discussed the importance of creating a platform for collaboration and synergy among AAPI leaders who have reached the position of president/chancellor in higher education, and a sustainable pipeline to support ascending AAPI leaders. Joyce Moy , Former Executive Director, Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI), City University of New York, served as the moderator. The event was organized by Soniya Munshi, Interim Executive Director, AAARI, CUNY.Watch the YouTube video of the event: http://bit.ly/3YKHpcs (1:26:19) JCRC Hosts Evening of Jewish and Asian Pacific Islander Community Building and Collaboration The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington hosted a dinner of regional Jewish and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders on March 12, 2023.Elected officials, community leaders, clergy and other distinguished guests from Montgomery County, Fairfax County, and the District of Columbia, attended the event to welcome San Francisco AAPI leaders and Jewish leaders who are traveling together on a solidarity mission to New York and DC to strengthen relationships between their communities. It was an excellent evening of good food and networking that will enhance friendship, collaboration, and mutual support between our own communities in the Washington DC region.Over 80 people participated in the event highlighted by remarks by Maryland Secretary of State Susan Lee and Ron Halber, Executive Director of JCRC of Greater Washington, among other distinguished speakers. Subscribe to The APA Justice Newsletter Complete this simple form at https://bit.ly/2FJunJM to subscribe. Please share it with those who wish to be informed and join the fight. View past newsletters here: https://bit.ly/APAJ_Newsletters . Back View PDF March 13, 2023 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #284 10/7 Meeting/Gene Wu; CAPAC Letter; McCarthyism & Roy Cohn; Rep. Summer Lee; USCET; + #284 10/7 Meeting/Gene Wu; CAPAC Letter; McCarthyism & Roy Cohn; Rep. Summer Lee; USCET; + In This Issue #284 · 2024/10/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting · CAPAC Members Renew Effort to Prevent the Relaunch of Trump-Era China Initiative · McCarthyism - Who is Roy Cohn? · National Security, China Initiative, McCarthyism · USCET: Celebrating 20th Anniversary of the American Studies Network in Beijing · News and Activities for the Communities 2024/10/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting The next APA Justice monthly meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday, October 7, 2024, starting at 1:55 pm ET. In addition to updates by Nisha Ramachandran , Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) and Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), confirmed speakers are: · Grace Meng , Member, U.S. House of Representatives; First Vice-Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus · Gene Wu , Texas State Representative · Min Fan , Executive Director, U.S. Heartland China Association Congresswoman Meng has agreed to take a few questions for a brief Q&A session immediately following her talk.The virtual monthly meeting is by invitation only. It is closed to the press. If you wish to join, either one time or for future meetings, please contact one of the co-organizers of APA Justice - Steven Pei 白先慎 , Vincent Wang 王文奎 , and Jeremy Wu 胡善庆 - or send a message to contact@apajustice.org . ***** State Representative Gene Wu , who represents District 137 in the Texas House, is also an attorney in private practice. On October 7, 2024, he will address the APA Justice monthly meeting, speaking on "Anti-Asian Laws in America." A dedicated advocate for the Asian Pacific American community in Texas and across the nation, Gene Wu regularly holds town hall meetings and travels nationwide, urging the community to confront the rising threat of anti-Asian legislation at both the state and federal levels. His 26-slide presentation offers a concise overview of this issue, tracing its roots from the founding of the United States to the recent "China Week" in the U.S. House of Representatives in September 2024. Watch his town hall meeting on September 29, 2024, on this topic: https://bit.ly/3XN7Ujm (49:37) CAPAC Members Renew Effort to Prevent the Relaunch of Trump-Era China Initiative On October 1, 2024, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Judy Chu , First Vice-Chair Rep. Grace Meng , and Sen. Mazie Hirono led a push with 34 other lawmakers to stop Republicans from reviving the China Initiative, a controversial program created in 2018 under the Trump administration.Originally intended to combat espionage, the program disproportionately targeted individuals of Chinese descent, raising concerns about racial profiling. The Department of Justice ended the program in 2022 after many cases resulted in acquittals or were dropped. However, Republicans are now attempting to restart it through the CJS (Commerce, Justice, Science) Appropriations Act, while also advancing bills like H.R. 1398, which seeks to reinstate the China Initiative."Federal authorities wielded this prosecutorial initiative as a blunt instrument... enabling the racial profiling and targeting of individuals who had 'some nexus to China,'" the members wrote to House and Senate leaders. The members urged Congress to avoid "short-sighted policy and fear-mongering language," advocating for solutions that align with American values of fairness and freedom.Rep. Grace Meng will lead off the APA Justice monthly meeting on October 7, 2024, with remarks on the state of Asian-Pacific Americans and will hold a brief Q&A session immediately following her talk. Read the CAPAC press statement: https://bit.ly/3TQzDhM . Read the letter to Congressional leaders: https://bit.ly/4gHLjgJ Juan Zhang , editor at US-China Perception Monitor, contributed this report. McCarthyism - Who is Roy Cohn? According to Wikipedia, Roy Cohn came to prominence for his role as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1950s, where he played a key part in the notorious anti-Communist hearings known as the McCarthy trials. These hearings were part of a broader effort to root out suspected communists and subversives in the U.S. government and society, often based on little evidence, leading to the term "McCarthyism."Born to an affluent Jewish family in the Bronx, New York City, Roy Cohn graduated from Columbia Law School at the age of 20. He worked as a clerk for the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for two years. In May 1948, at age 21, he was old enough to be admitted to the state bar. He became an assistant U.S. attorney later that month. He played a prominent role in the 1951 espionage trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg that led to their conviction and execution. At age 24, Roy Cohn was hired by Senator McCarthy to work for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, becoming known for his aggressive questioning of suspected Communists. Roy Cohn preferred not to hold hearings in open forums, which went well with Senator McCarthy's preference for holding "executive sessions" and "off-the-record" sessions away from the Capitol to minimize public scrutiny and to question witnesses with relative impunity.After his work with Senator McCarthy, Roy Cohn became a powerful attorney in New York. Known for his aggressive and unethical legal strategies, Cohn built a career based on influence and power. He was disbarred in 1986, shortly before his death at age 59 from complications related to AIDS despite being involved in campaigns against gay rights.Read Wikipedia about Roy Cohn: https://bit.ly/3XMnr2V . National Security, China Initiative, McCarthyism In a September 24, 2024, hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on “Defending America from Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare, Part III,” Representative Summer Lee (D-PA) stressed that while national security deserves to be taken seriously, it must also be balanced in a way that is not bigoted, xenophobic or racist. Focusing only on China and the CCP not only leaves the United States vulnerable to attacks from elsewhere, but it also poses a risk to the personal safety, civil rights and civil liberties of Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants living in the US. While the Trump administration’s Chinese initiative is said to mean protecting labs and businesses from espionage, it was used as a tool of discrimination. Nearly 90% of the more than 150 cases brought by the FBI under the initiative were against ethnically Chinese people, and many of the cases were the result of simple administrative errors and no obvious connection to national security or the theft of intellectual property or trade secrets. The initiative is just McCarthyism in a new form. Under the initiative, scientists falsely accused of having ties to the CCP had their lives upended and their careers compromised.Representative Lee is Vice Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services. Jacob Stokes , Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security, testified that the Justice Department has said that the initiative fostered an environment of at least apparent bias and had a chilling factor over the scientific community. However it is certainly right that China is seeking to steal our technical and scientific secrets. We have to refocus the initiative on the actual networks at play, rather than kind of casting aspirations over a broad group of people.Watch Rep. Summer Lee's post on X: https://bit.ly/4doLOte Ken Lao contributed this report. USCET: Celebrating 20th Anniversary of the American Studies Network in Beijing The U.S.-China Education Trust (USCET), a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. that promotes US-China relations by strengthening mutual understanding through educational exchange, will host its 20th American Studies Network (ASN) Conference in Beijing from October 25-27, 2024, partnered with Beijing Foreign Studies University.The conference's theme, "Connecting People, Cultures and Ideas: Re-examining Sino-American Exchange," reflects its mission to explore the evolving nature of educational and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China.Founded in 1998 by Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch , USCET has been an important player in promoting educational exchange between two countries. The ASN, organized by USCET, consists of 54 Chinese institutions of higher education, and this conference continues its tradition of fostering dialogue on U.S.-China relations.The conference will bring together scholars, students, and practitioners from various disciplines to examine the history and current state of Sino-American educational and cultural exchanges. Some key topics of discussion will include the impact of geopolitical challenges, advancements in digital diplomacy, and how these exchanges shape mutual perceptions between the U.S. and China. The event will also feature prominent keynote speakers, such as David M. Lampton , Robert Daly , Yingyi Ma , and Elizabeth Knup .For more information, please read: CALL FOR PAPERS – 20th ASN Conference - US-China Education Trust ( uscet.org ) Juan Zhang , editor at US-China Perception Monitor, contributed this report. News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events:2024/10/06 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/10/07 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2024/10/08 Media Training for Election Season2024/10/10 China in the Heartland: Building a Balanced Approach2024/10/11 China and the World Forum2024/10/11 Reverse Brain Drain: A Threat to U.S.Technological Leadership2024/10/13 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/10/16 Rebuilding Trust in Science2024/10/20 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/10/25-27 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the American Studies NetworkVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. Reverse Brain Drain: A Threat to U.S. Technological Leadership WHAT : Reverse Brain Drain: A Threat to U.S. Technological Leadership WHEN: October 11, 2024, Time: 4:00 PM PT/7:00 PM ET, Dinner Reception 6pm PT. WHERE: · In-Person at DingDing TV, 3350 Scott Blvd Building 54, Santa Clara, CA 95054 · Live stream on the Ding Ding TV YouTube channel. HOSTS: Kenson Ventures, Silicon Valley Community Media, SFCAUSE, NAA United Moderator: Joel Wong: Asian American community leader and moderator. Speaker : · Scott Rozelle & Peter Michelson: Stanford University professors with expertise in reverse brain drain. · Peter Zeidenberg: Renowned lawyer who successfully overturned a wrongful conviction of a Chinese professor. DESCRIPTION: Join leading experts for a critical discussion on the challenges and solutions to the “reverse brain drain” that’s threatening the U.S.’s technological edge. Learn about its impact on innovation, the economy, and how we can combat it. REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/4epqvJj 3. APA Justice Newsletter Web Page Moved to New Website As part of its continuing migration to a new website under construction, we have moved the Newsletters webpage to https://www.apajusticetaskforce.org/newsletters . Content of the existing website will remain, but it will no longer be updated. 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Newsletter - #121 4/4 Meeting; End Injustice for Sherry; After the "China Initiative;" American History #121 4/4 Meeting; End Injustice for Sherry; After the "China Initiative;" American History Back View PDF March 28, 2022 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #385 Rep. Grace Meng Remarks; 3/24 Webinar; DHS Leadership Change; Birthright Citizenship+ #385 Rep. Grace Meng Remarks; 3/24 Webinar; DHS Leadership Change; Birthright Citizenship+ In This Issue #385 · Remarks by CAPAC Chair Rep. Grace Meng · 03/24 Webinar: Mass Surveillance and the ICE Crackdown: What the AAPI Community Needs to Know · Leadership Change at the Department of Homeland Security · 04/01 Supreme Court Hearing on Birthright Citizenship · News and Activities for the Communities Remarks by CAPAC Chair Rep. Grace Meng During the APA Justice monthly meeting on March 2, 2026, Congresswoman Grace Meng 孟昭文 thanked the APA Justice team for convening monthly meetings that allow community leaders to collaborate and support one another. She offered special gratitude to Mayor Kaohly Her , praising her “fearless leadership in the face of adversity and chaos” and noting that while the road ahead will be long, the mayor shared practical ideas that can be advanced both locally and nationally.” Turning to national politics, Rep. Meng criticized the president’s recent State of the Union address, saying it focused more on himself than on helping the American people. She pointed to what she described as broken promises, particularly to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities—such as pledges to lower costs, protect Medicaid, and allow legal immigration. Instead, she said, the administration attempted to eliminate the Minority Business Development Agency (which House Democrats preserved) and is seeking to change Small Business Administration loan rules in ways that would make it harder for community members to access capital. She also condemned intensified immigration enforcement actions that, as described by Mayor Her, have separated families—including those here legally and without criminal records. Rep. Meng said people are being unlawfully arrested, detained, or deported by masked agents, sometimes based on accent or appearance, leaving many afraid to leave home without carrying identification. Rep. Meng stressed that despite efforts to signal that AAPI communities do not belong or to erase their contributions from American history, their role is foundational to the nation. As the country approaches its 250th anniversary, she highlighted historic milestones—from Filipino sailors arriving in Morro Bay in 1587, to Chinese laborers building the transcontinental railroad, to Asian American athletes representing the United States at the recent Winter Olympics. She underscored that “our history is American history” and said both the good and the bad should be told for generations to come. She referenced legislation she authored, signed into law in 2022, establishing a commission to study the creation of the first national museum dedicated to AAPI history in Washington, D.C., noting that the bipartisan commission is traveling the country to advance that vision. Rep. Meng said the goal is not merely survival but ensuring families can thrive, lead, and leave the next generation better off. She highlighted the work of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in advancing equity, defending rights, and promoting economic opportunity. Marking the nation’s 250th anniversary since the Declaration of Independence, she affirmed that whether families arrived through Ellis Island, worked on Hawaiian plantations, or came as refugees, their stories embody the American dream. At this critical moment, she said, the community “won’t back down” but will continue fighting for an equitable and affordable America where the American dream is within reach for all, closing with Lunar New Year and Ramadan greetings and wishes for safety and health. Watch Rep. Meng’s remarks at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffpdOHXYaKQ (6:45) ***** Rep. Grace Meng recently led a virtual press conference with the Minnesota State Asian Pacific Caucus and Minnesota-based community organizations to highlight the devastating impacts of the Trump administration’s immigration policies on Asian communities. CAPAC Chair Meng was joined by Minnesota State Representative Ethan Cha , Chair of the Minnesota Asian Pacific Caucus; Minnesota State Representative Liz Lee , Secretary of the National Asian Pacific American Caucus of State Legislators; Xay Yang , Executive Director of Transforming Generations; Quyen Ðình , Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC); Chhaya Chhoum , Executive Director of the Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN); and ThaoMee Xiong , Executive Director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders. Read the post at the Minnesota House of Representatives by Rep. Liz Lee at: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/Profile/News/15576/41342 . 03/24 Webinar: Mass Surveillance and the ICE Crackdown: What the AAPI Community Needs to Know On March 24, 2026, starting at 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT, APA Justice, Asian American Advancing Justice | AAJC, Asian American Scholar Forum, and Committee of 100 will co-host a webinar on “ Mass Surveillance and the ICE Crackdown: What the AAPI Community Needs to Know. ” Moderator: Michael German , Retired Fellow, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice. Speakers: · Kaohly Her , Mayor, St. Paul, Minnesota. · Saira Hussain , Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation. · Xiaoxing Xi , Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics, Temple University. · John Yang , President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/3N5BbEy RESOURCES: · APA Justice: Timeline Visualization of U.S. Mass Surveillance · APA Justice: Warrantless Surveillance St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her — St. Paul's first woman and first Asian American mayor — spoke candidly about ICE operations in the Twin Cities at a recent invitation-only APA Justice monthly meeting. Her remarks are now publicly available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k850qWZ6ZWs (11:29) Do not miss the chance to hear more from Mayor Her alongside a distinguished panel of civil rights advocates, legal experts, and community leaders at our upcoming webinar. Founded in 1990, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. Together, these four voices — a mayor, a civil liberties litigator, a wrongfully targeted scientist, and a civil rights leader — will help our community understand what is happening, why it matters, and what we can do about it. Leadership Change at the Department of Homeland Security On March 5, 2026, President Trump fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem following mounting criticism over her leadership, handling of immigration enforcement, and controversies regarding spending and conduct. The Department of Homeland Security oversees the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Senator Markwayne Mullin, nominated to replace her, appeared for his confirmation hearing on March 18, 2026. According to AP News , Senator Mullin faced one of the most combative confirmation hearings in recent memory — and the sharpest attacks came not from Democrats, but from the Republican chairing the committee. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has made clear he will vote against Mullin, opened the hearing with a direct challenge rooted in a long and bitter personal feud. Years ago, Mullin had sided with the neighbor who physically attacked Paul while he was doing yardwork, leaving the senator with multiple broken ribs. Mullin had called Paul a "freaking snake" and said he could "understand why your neighbor did what he did." Paul used his chairmanship to demand a public reckoning: "Tell it to the world why you believe I deserved to be assaulted. Explain to the American people why they should trust a man with anger issues to set the proper example for ICE and border patrol agents." Mullin, a former mixed martial arts champion, was unapologetic. "I am not apologizing," he said flatly. "If I have something to say, I'll say it directly to your face." He reiterated his earlier comments about Paul's neighbor and showed no sign of backing down — a combativeness that, paradoxically, may be precisely why Trump has chosen him to lead the agency at the forefront of his mass deportation agenda. Beyond the personal drama, the three-hour hearing exposed significant gaps in Mullin's policy depth. He is not a specialist in immigration enforcement, FEMA, or DHS operations, and his management experience is largely limited to running the family plumbing business before entering politics. What he brings to the job, by his own description, is a personal friendship with the president and a reputation as an affable relationship-builder. Senators on both sides were also left puzzled by Mullin's references to a secret trip he claimed to have made to a foreign country with warzone-like conditions — a trip for which the FBI, which conducts background checks on nominees, had no record. Committee leaders insisted Mullin meet them afterward in a secure facility to explain what they called his "super secret" mission. "I didn't say it was 'super secret,'" Mullin snapped. Despite Paul's opposition, Mullin was expected to narrowly survive a committee vote, with Democratic Senator John Fetterman signaling openness to crossing party lines to support his advancement. For the AAPI community, the hearing is a reminder that the agency responsible for ICE enforcement — and the surveillance and deportation operations that have disproportionately targeted communities of color — is headed toward new leadership whose defining qualities appear to be personal loyalty to the president and a willingness to fight. Read the AP News report: https://bit.ly/3NPPmxL . On March 19, 2026, in an 8-7 vote, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent Mullin’s nomination forward. 04/01 Supreme Court Hearing on Birthright Citizenship On April 1, 2026, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of a January 20, 2025, executive order 14160 by President Trump aiming to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented or non-permanent resident parents. You can listen to the live oral argument audio at: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx On March 26, 2026, starting at 3:00 pm ET, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) will host a webinar titled “ SCOTUS Oral Argument Preview: Who is Allowed to be a U.S. Citizen? Defending Birthright Citizenship and the Role of Asian American History .” NAPABA - along with a broad coalition of bar associations throughout the country - participated as amici and objected to the executive order . Now that the matter has reached the Supreme Court, please join NAPABA for a thoughtful discussion on its position defending birthright citizenship both in the lower federal courts and the Supreme Court , the importance of Asian American legal history, and how that history informs the arguments in this case. ACLU will be at the Supreme Court to defend birthright citizenship on April 1. It is calling for supporters to sign a petition at: https://action.aclu.org/petition/birthright-citizenship-scotus-your-voice-matters News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events: 2026/03/23 America’s China Talent Challenge: Investing in Deeper American Understanding of China 2026/03/24 Mass Surveillance and the ICE Crackdown: What the AAPI Community Needs to Know 2026/03/25 The Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype: New Data on Asian American Experiences 2026/03/26 Who is Allowed to be a U.S. Citizen? Defending Birthright Citizenship and the Role of Asian American History 2026/04/06 APA Justice Monthly Meeting 2026/04/08 Perspectives on Careers in Arts and Entertainment 2026/04/14 Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes - Anla ChengVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. USCET: America’s China Talent Challenge WHAT : America’s China Talent Challenge: Investing in Deeper American Understanding of China WHEN : March 23, 2026, 10:00 - 11:30 am ET WHERE : Hybrid Report Launch Event · Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E Street, NW Washington DC · Online on Zoom HOST : U.S.-China Education Trust Moderator : Rosie Levine , USCET Speakers: · Nicholas Burns , Former U.S. Ambassador to China · David Lampton , Johns Hopkins SAIS & Working Group Chair · Madelyn Ross , Senior Advisor & Rapporteur · Mark Lambert , Formerly State Department China House · Neysun Mahboubi , University of Pennsylvania · Jean Oi , Stanford University DESCRIPTION : The United States is losing its bench of China expertise at a moment when it can least afford to. With fewer than 2,000 Americans studying in China today, the talent pipeline feeding our government, universities, and private sector is under serious strain. The US-China Education Trust’s expert working group was constituted in the fall of 2025 in response to these dynamics. Through engagement with over 50 organizations and individuals in China and the United States, the report offers concrete, actionable recommendations for reversing the decline. Join USCET for a hybrid public launch to hear from working group members and explore key findings from the report. The event will also feature virtual opening remarks from former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns. REGISTRATION : https://bit.ly/47axCUq ***** In a first-person account published by Business Insider , American writer Catherine Work offers a rare comparative perspective on higher education in China and the United States, having studied at universities in both countries — first in Wuhan in 2015 and again in Shijiazhuang in 2025 while completing a graduate degree in global health. The differences in cost, campus culture, and career pathways made her rethink American universities. On the question of affordability, the contrast is stark. Tuition in China is subsidized by the government, especially at public universities, making it relatively affordable compared with many Western countries — and many students she met were not going into debt to study. Campus life also differed in notable ways. Students on the campuses she studied entered by scanning their faces and were tracked by cameras. Politics felt more openly present in academic life — most of the professors and physicians she worked with were active members of the Communist Party and often wore pins on their lapels to signify it. One local friend offered a telling observation: having one state party means policies do not change every four years, which in their view creates a certain stability for universities. Read the Business Insider report: https://www.businessinsider.com/american-studied-china-universities-cheaper-2026-3 # # # APA Justice Task Force is a non-partisan platform to build a sustainable ecosystem that addresses racial profiling concerns and to facilitate, inform, and advocate on selected issues related to justice and fairness for the Asian Pacific American community. For more information, please refer to the new APA Justice website under development at www.apajusticetaskforce.org . We value your feedback. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . Back View PDF March 20, 2026 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #363 Andy Phillips on Dr. Yanping Chen Case; US Science & Data at Crossrords; 10/3 Summary+ #363 Andy Phillips on Dr. Yanping Chen Case; US Science & Data at Crossrords; 10/3 Summary+ In This Issue #363 · Andy Phillips on The Privacy Case of Dr. Yanping Chen · Banning Collaboration, Fueling Brain Drain: U.S. Science at a Crossroads · U.S. Data at Risk · October 2025 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary Posted · News and Activities for the Communities Andy Phillips on The Privacy Case of Dr. Yanping Chen During the APA Justice monthly meeting on November 3, 2025, Andy Phillips , Managing & Founding Partner, Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch LLP, presented an in-depth briefing on Dr. Yanping Chen 陈燕平 ’s Privacy Act case, which he has been litigating for several years. Dr. Chen emigrated to the U.S. from China and has a medical degree as a cardiologist. She worked as a scientist and supervisor for China’s astronaut program. She came to the U.S. to be a visiting scholar at George Washington University in Washington, DC, in the late 80s, became a permanent resident in 1993, and a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2001. In the 1990s, she founded the University of Management and Technology (UMT) in Arlington, Virginia, focusing on post-secondary and graduate studies for working adults. A fairly large number of UMT’s students are service members who seek degrees and receive assistance from the Department of Defense (DOD)’s Tuition Assistance Program, which UMT participates in along with many other schools. The program allows UMT to receive subsidized tuition payments for service members from the DOD. Dr. Chen became the subject of a years-long Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) investigation beginning around 2010 concerning statements she made on her immigration forms related to her work for China’s astronaut program. Despite FBI raids on her home and office and interviews with her family, the U.S. Attorney’s Office closed the case in 2016 with no charges filed. A year later, in 2017, Fox News and then reporter Catherine Herridge published a series of television and online reports accusing Dr. Chen of being a Chinese spy and suggesting that UMT was a front for gathering sensitive U.S. military information. These reports contained leaked FBI materials, including Dr. Chen’s immigration forms, family photographs, and references to internal interview memoranda—clear signs of an unauthorized disclosure of Dr. Chen’s private government records. In response, Dr. Chen filed a Privacy Act lawsuit in 2019 against several federal agencies, including the FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), DOD, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), arguing that government officials had unlawfully leaked her protected records to the press. Andy explained that the Privacy Act of 1974 was enacted to safeguard personal information collected by government agencies and to prevent such records from being used for unauthorized purposes. Under the Privacy Act, a plaintiff must prove that a government official intentionally or willfully disclosed private information. However, identifying the individual responsible for the leak proved to be the central challenge in Dr. Chen’s case. After two years of exhaustive discovery—including depositions, document requests, and interrogatories—Dr. Chen’s legal team was unable to pinpoint the leaker within the government. At that stage, Andy and his firm joined the case in 2022 (Dr. Chen was represented by co-counsel WilmerHale who handled initial stages of the case and discovery against the government) to focus on the media law issues, particularly journalist privilege, which they frequently encounter in First Amendment defamation litigation. They issued a subpoena compelling Catherine Herridge to reveal her source for the leaked materials. Herridge, represented by counsel, moved to quash the subpoena, citing a qualified First Amendment privilege that allows reporters to protect the identities of confidential sources. The privilege is “qualified,” not absolute, meaning it can be overcome under certain circumstances—specifically if the requested information is central to the case and the plaintiff has exhausted all other means of obtaining it. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in Dr. Chen’s favor, finding that both conditions were met: the identity of the leaker was essential to proving her Privacy Act claim, and Dr. Chen had already undertaken substantial efforts to discover the information elsewhere. Herridge’s arguments that national security, journalistic freedom, or Dr. Chen’s alleged misconduct should weigh against disclosure were rejected. The court stated firmly that the law must be applied equally and that courts should not make value judgments based on who the plaintiff is or what allegations have been made in the media. When Herridge refused to comply with the court order during her September 2023 deposition, Andy sought a contempt ruling, which the court granted, imposing a fine of $800 per day for noncompliance. The fine was stayed pending appeal as the case moved to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which was argued around November 2024. In September 2025, the D.C. Circuit issued a unanimous 3-0 decision affirming the District Court’s ruling, rejecting Herridge’s call for a broader balancing test and upholding Dr. Chen’s right to pursue her Privacy Act claim. Andy emphasized the broader implications of the case, calling it a vital reaffirmation of the rule of law and government accountability. He explained that the case is not about restricting the press but about ensuring that government officials cannot weaponize confidential information to destroy reputations without consequence. “If this decision had gone the other way,” Andy said, “it would have sent the message that government agents could leak with impunity, as long as they laundered their misconduct through a journalist who would protect them.” He drew parallels between Dr. Chen’s case and the case of Dr. Wen Ho Lee 李文和 , where another Chinese American scientist was falsely accused of espionage based on leaked government information and media misrepresentation. Both cases, he noted, reflect how racial bias and national security fears can combine to harm innocent individuals. Andy praised the amicus brief filed in support of Dr. Chen, which traced a long history of anti-Asian discrimination in both media coverage and law enforcement, arguing that accountability and transparency are critical to restoring trust. Concluding his remarks, Andy said the D.C. Circuit’s decision “reaffirmed 50 years of precedent” in the nation’s capital and represents a strong affirmation that every citizen—regardless of ethnicity or background—is entitled to equal protection under the law. He expects Herridge to request en banc (before the full court) review or possibly appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but remains confident that the case has set an enduring precedent for privacy rights and justice in the face of abuse of power. A summary of the November 3 monthly meeting has been posted at https://bit.ly/49dbmuO . We thank these distinguished speakers for sharing their thoughts and updates: · Judith Teruya , Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) · Joanna YangQing Derman , Director, Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights & National Security Program, Advancing Justice | AAJC · Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) · Andy Phillips , Managing & Founding Partner, Meier Watkins Phillips Pusch LLP · Jane Shim , Director, Stop Asian Hate Project, Asian American Legal and Education Fund · Paula Williams Madison , Chairman and CEO of Madison Media Management LLC and 88 Madison Media Works Inc.; Retired Executive, NBCUniversal · Brian Sun , Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; Former Attorney representing Dr. Wen Ho Lee Banning Collaboration, Fueling Brain Drain: U.S. Science at a Crossroads Congress’s proposed SAFE Act would bar federal funding to U.S. researchers who have collaborated with individuals from “hostile” nations such as China—drawing warnings from leading universities and civil rights groups that it would stifle innovation and revive discrimination. At the same time, deep federal research cuts and political pressures are driving a growing “brain gain” for China, as U.S.-trained scientists relocate there amid expanding investment and opportunity. China’s research output rose 17% last year while U.S. output fell 10%, signaling a widening gap. Without renewed openness and funding, experts warn, the U.S. risks losing its global scientific leadership. 1. Science : Congressional Push to Restrict Research Ties According to Science on November 6, 2025, nearly 800 American scientists have signed a letter opposing a proposed research restriction in the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) known as the Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation (SAFE) Act. Led by Stanford Professors Peter Michelson and Steven Kivelson , the letter warns that the measure—which would bar federal funding to U.S. researchers who collaborated within the past five years with individuals “affiliated with a hostile foreign entity” such as China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea—would weaken the very foundation of American innovation. “To maintain U.S. leadership in science and technology, we must preserve the thriving research ecosystem that laid the foundation for American competitiveness.” Major higher education groups, including the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), urged Congress to remove the provision, calling it overly broad and ill-defined. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) added that the SAFE Act “ignores, and in some cases contradicts, what is already in law.”Civil rights and Asian American advocacy organizations warn that the measure could echo the discriminatory effects of the defunct China Initiative, chilling legitimate academic exchange and disproportionately harming scientists of Chinese descent. During the APA Justice monthly meeting on November 3, Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director of the Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), outlined four major concerns raised in AASF’s October 17 letter to the House Armed Services Committee: · Five-Year Lookback – AASF warns this could lead to retroactive punishment for past research activities that were legal or even encouraged, urging fairness and a reasonable transition period for agencies, universities, and individuals. · Co-Authorship Barriers – The provision could effectively bar co-authorship within the timeline provided, restricting international research collaboration and openness, undermining U.S. competitiveness. · Overly Broad Definitions – Vague terms like “affiliation” could include almost any international engagement, making compliance impractical and potentially harmful to innovation and education. Both international students and American-born students benefit from international programs and collaborations. · Disparate Impact on Asian Americans – Broad, ambiguous rules risk biased application and enforcement that could disproportionately harm Asian American scientists, especially those of Chinese descent. 2. WP : China’s “Brain Gain” Accelerates While Washington tightens its guardrails and budget, Beijing is expanding its global reach in science and technology. A Washington Post investigation finds that China is reaping a “brain gain” as hundreds of U.S.-trained researchers—many of them Chinese American—relocate to China or take joint appointments.In the first half of 2025 alone, about 50 tenure-track scholars of Chinese descent left U.S. universities for China, adding to more than 850 departures since 2011. More than 70 percent of these scientists work in STEM fields, particularly engineering and life sciences. Those who have recently moved include a senior biologist from the National Institutes of Health, a Harvard statistician, and a clean-energy expert from the U.S. Department of Energy. Their decisions reflect both “push” and “pull” factors—the deteriorating climate for research in the U.S. and Beijing’s aggressive efforts to attract world-class talent.Trump’s policies have deepened that push. His administration has slashed billions from science budgets, canceled research grants, and imposed visa restrictions that hinder international collaboration. The revived scrutiny of researchers with ties to China—echoing the discredited “China Initiative”—has also made many Chinese American scientists feel unwelcome in the U.S. “We hope Trump is president for life, because it’s the best thing to happen to Chinese science,” one Chinese researcher half-joked to a visiting Harvard immunologist.China, meanwhile, is offering generous incentives. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is channeling much of its $8 billion annual budget into talent programs, while cities and universities compete to lure foreign scientists with high salaries, lab funding, housing, and child care support. A new “K visa” aims to make it easier for young foreign STEM researchers to work in China. Westlake University and Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have recruited leading U.S. academics, including Nobel-caliber scholars and rising stars.China’s total R&D spending—$917 billion in 2023—has nearly matched that of the United States, signaling a narrowing gap in global research leadership. As the two superpowers compete for scientific talent, individual researchers increasingly face painful trade-offs between opportunity and freedom. The result, experts warn, is a shifting global scientific order—one where U.S. skepticism toward science, combined with China’s strategic investment, may erode America’s long-held dominance in research and innovation. 3. Nature : U.S. Losing Ground as China’s Lead Expands Rapidly China’s dominance in global research is accelerating sharply, while U.S. scientific leadership is eroding at an alarming pace, according to the Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders report . The data show China expanding its lead in high-quality scientific output: its total research “Share” reached 32,122 in 2024, compared with 22,083 for the United States. That gap, which emerged only in 2023 when China first overtook the U.S., has now quadrupled in just one year. China’s adjusted Share grew 17.4%, while the U.S. fell 10.1%, marking its steepest decline in decades. Losses were sharpest in chemistry (−11.6%) and physical sciences (−10.6%), though the U.S. retains a narrow advantage in health and biological research. Other Western countries, including Canada, France, and the U.K., also saw declines of 9% or more.Experts describe the shift as structural, not cyclical. With a population four times larger than America’s, China now produces nearly twice as many STEM PhD graduates—projected 77,000 in 2025, compared with 40,000 in the U.S.—and employs more researchers than both the U.S. and the European Union combined. Although the report’s data predate Donald Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, analysts warn that his administration’s deep cuts to federal research budgets could further accelerate U.S. decline. “The United States has clearly crossed a threshold into actively abdicating our position as a global leader,” said Joanne Carney of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh added, “If these cuts stand, the U.S. will no longer be in the global race for R&D leadership.” As U.S. collaboration with foreign partners wanes, China is strengthening ties across Asia. South Korea, Singapore, and others have posted double-digit gains, particularly in green technology and advanced materials, signaling a regional surge in scientific capacity. While some private U.S. funders have stepped in, experts warn they cannot offset federal pullbacks. “We are going through a national crisis,” said Caroline Wagner of Ohio State University. “It’s more than a malaise.” She added that research funding cuts, DEI crackdowns, and visa denials for foreign scholars “send a signal to global talent to look for opportunities elsewhere.” U.S. Data at Risk On November 3, 2025, the "Practical Significance" podcast of the American Statistical Association featured Nancy Potok , former chief statistician of the United States and CEO of NAPx Consulting, and Connie Citro , Senior Scholar at the National Academies’ Committee on National Statistics. The discussion focuses on the state of federal statistics, challenges faced by federal statistical agencies, and efforts to modernize the federal statistical system.Both guests expressed concerns about U.S. statistical systems at a crossroads with staff losses, hiring freeze, difficulty recruiting skilled professionals, and declining budgets under the current environment. Nancy Potok highlighted the need for modernization to stay relevant in a rapidly changing data environment, including addressing competition from other data sources and maintaining public trust. Connie Citro emphasized the labor-intensive nature of statistical agencies, the need for modernization, and the challenges of data sharing and blending data sets.Dr. Ji-Hyun Lee , Professor of Biostatistics at University of Florida, serves as 2025 ASA President. The Cato Institute’s October 8, 2025, discussion “ A Conversation with Former BLS Commissioners William Beach and Erica Groshen ” explored the challenges and importance of maintaining trust, accuracy, and modernization within the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).The conversation featured · Erica Groshen . Former Commissioner of Labor Statistics (2013-2017); and Senior Economics Advisor, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University · William Beach . Former Commissioner of Labor Statistics (2019-2023); Executive Director, Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill; and Senior Fellow in Economics, Economic Policy Innovation Center · Norbert Michel . Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute Both former commissioners emphasized that the agency’s credibility hinges on its ability to produce data that is both reliable and timely. As Groshen put it, “They want two things: accurate … and they want it to be timely,” highlighting the constant balance between speed and precision in official labor reporting. Beach and Groshen explained that revisions to monthly job numbers, often criticized by the public, stem largely from the late submission of firm data rather than from methodological flaws. “The first revision of the preliminary number is mostly driven by late-reporting firms,” Beach clarified, underscoring that revisions are a feature of transparency, not evidence of manipulation. They also warned that political interference—even the perception of it—can undermine the BLS’s mission. “Trust is mission-critical for a statistical agency. You might as well not produce statistics if they’re not trusted,” Groshen said.The speakers voiced deep concern about staffing shortages and systemic neglect within the BLS, noting the agency is operating with 20 percent fewer staff and one-third of its top leadership positions vacant. Yet they also saw a potential opening for reform. “This administration is not worried about disruption,” Beach observed, suggesting that current upheavals could create “an opportunity … for really modernizing the statistical system.” The discussion closed on a cautious note: without adequate investment and protection from political pressure, the nation’s core economic data—essential for markets, policy, and public trust—faces growing fragility. October 2025 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary Posted Summary for the October 2025 APA Justice monthly meeting has been posted at https://bit.ly/43W4qyC . We thank these distinguished speakers for sharing their insightful remarks and updates: · Judith Teruya, Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus · Joanna YangQing Derman, Director, Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights & National Security Program, Advancing Justice | AAJC · Gisela Perez Kusakawa, Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) · Mike German , Retired Fellow, Liberty & National Security, Brennan Center for Justice · Margaret Lewis , Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law · Pat Eddington , Senior Fellow, Homeland Security and Civil Liberties, Cato Institute The October meeting brought together congressional, advocacy, academic, and policy leaders to discuss ongoing efforts to defend civil rights, research integrity, and democratic governance affecting Asian American and allied communities.Past monthly meeting summaries are posted at: https://www.apajusticetaskforce.org/library-newsletters-summaries News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events: 2025/11/14 Film Screening and Discussion: Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story2025/11/25 Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” with Elaine Chao 2025/12/01 Cook County Circuit Court Hearing - Estate of Jane Wu v Northwestern University2025/12/01 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2025/12/08 Conversations, Recollections, Pioneers and Heros: Alice Young Visit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. # # # APA Justice Task Force is a non-partisan platform to build a sustainable ecosystem that addresses racial profiling concerns and to facilitate, inform, and advocate on selected issues related to justice and fairness for the Asian Pacific American community. For more information, please refer to the new APA Justice website under development at www.apajusticetaskforce.org . We value your feedback. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . 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Newsletter - #185: Florida SB264 Sued; Texas SB147 Dies; Section 702 Abuse; Agnes Hsu-Tang; News/Events #185: Florida SB264 Sued; Texas SB147 Dies; Section 702 Abuse; Agnes Hsu-Tang; News/Events In This Issue #185 Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory Law Banning Them From Buying Land Texas SB147 Dies in Legislature, with Help from Protests; Louisiana and Alabama Surveillance Misuse Will Impact Section 702 Reauthorization Yellow Whistle Campaign Co-Founder Agnes Hsu-Tang Receives 2023 Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Award News and Events for the Communities Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory Law Banning Them From Buying Land On May 22, 2023, a group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, filed a lawsuit to combat Florida’s discriminatory property law, SB 264. Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis , the legislation unfairly restricts most Chinese citizens — and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea — from purchasing homes in the state. Unless the courts act, the law will take effect on July 1, 2023.The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Florida, DeHeng Law Offices PC 德恒律师事务所, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), in coordination with the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance 华美维权同盟 (CALDA).The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Florida of the U.S. District Court. It argues that SB 264 will codify and expand housing discrimination against people of Asian descent in violation of the Constitution and the Fair Housing Act. It will also cast an undue burden of suspicion on anyone seeking to buy property whose name sounds remotely Asian, Russian, Iranian, Cuban, Venezuelan, or Syrian. Gov. DeSantis has argued that this law is necessary to protect Florida from the Chinese Communist Party and its activities. But this misguided rationale unfairly equates Chinese people with the actions of their government, and there is no evidence of national security harm resulting from real estate ownership by Chinese people in Florida.Florida’s dangerous new law recalls similar efforts over the past century to weaponize false claims of “national security” against Asian immigrants and other marginalized communities. In the early 1900s, politicians across the country used similar justifications to pass “ alien land laws ” prohibiting Chinese and Japanese immigrants from becoming landowners. These racist policies not only hurt immigrants financially, but also severely exacerbated violence and discrimination against Asian communities living in the United States. Over time, these laws were struck down by the courts or were repealed by state legislatures because they violated the Constitution’s equal protection guarantees. APA Justice has created a web section to track the lawsuit via CourtListener at https://bit.ly/3OzDEFv. Clay Zhu 朱可亮, Partner of DeHeng Law Offices PC 德恒律师事务所 and Co-Founder of CALDA 华美维权同盟, is scheduled to speak at the June 5 APA Justice monthly meeting. Please send a request to contact@apajustice.org if you wish to join the by-invitation-only meeting. A tentative agenda will be sent to the invitees early next week. Related References and Links ACLU Press Release: Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional and Discriminatory Law Banning Them From Buying Land Complaint: SHEN v. SIMPSON 4:23-cv-00208-AW-MAF ACLU Case Page: Shen v. Simpson - What's at Stake Media reports: AP News , AsAmNews , Axios , CBS News , Forbes , Fortune , Politico , Reuters , The Hill , Independent Florida Alligator , and Tallahassee Democrat Smithsonian Institution: A More Perfect Union - Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution Equal Justice Initiative: California Law Prohibits Asian Immigrants from Owning Land APA Justice: Lawsuit Against Florida Senate Bill 264 Texas SB147 Dies in Legislature, with Help from Protests; Louisiana and Alabama According to the Houston Chronicle on May 22, 2023, Texas Senate Bill 147 to stop Chinese citizens from buying land in Texas won’t become law.Even after major revisions were made to the bill to respond to statewide protests, the Texas House did not pass the legislation out of committee over the weekend — effectively killing the legislation for the regular session, which ends next week.The bill triggered protests among Asian-American communities and civil rights groups who said it would block even Chinese citizens who fled the communist nation and are legal permanent residents — including green card holders —from buying property. There are about 100,000 legal green card holders in the United States from the four targeted nations, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security."We've got to quit dividing our society," state Sen. John Whitmire , D-Houston, said during a debate in the Senate last month on the bill.Though it passed the Texas Senate, the House State Affairs Committee declined to even hold a hearing on the legislation.State Rep. Gene Wu , a Houston Democrat whose family is from China, said the changes made to the bill didn't dispel the major problems he had with it."National security is a serious issue, but if we are concerned about the actions of foreign governments, then legislation should only affect foreign governments and their agents,” Wu said. “Labeling every person from a nation as an agent of that government is not only unjust, but is also counterintuitive given the number of asylum-seekers and refugees that our nation welcomes from those same counties."Read the Houston Chronicle report: https://bit.ly/3Izh7oG Louisiana Protests Against Alien Land Bills According to The Advocate on May 23, 2023, the Louisiana Legislature is advancing a slate of bills that seek to ban certain “foreign adversaries” – including Chinese companies and people – from buying land in Louisiana, part of a national effort largely pushed by Republican-led states to prevent foreign actors from buying up important land.The bills have garnered a wave of opposition and protests from Chinese-American citizens, including college professors who say the legislation is discriminatory and could threaten their ability to buy homes, either through law or through discrimination from sellers.At least three Republican legislators are pushing bills targeting foreign land ownership, but House Bill 537 by Rep. Valarie Hodges , R-Denham Springs, has drawn the most scrutiny. Hodges’ bill, which the House approved on a 78 to 22 vote, would ban anyone tied to the governments of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela from buying or leasing property in Louisiana. “This bill tells us we’re not good Americans,” Abigail Hu , a recent high school graduate in New Orleans, said during a committee hearing on Hodges’ bill. “I believe the language in this bill continues to have an anti-immigrant and xenophobic fear-mongering undertone.” Chinese companies own relatively little U.S. farmland – less than 1%, according to Pew Research – but some U.S. farming groups have nevertheless raised concerns. Read the Advocate report: https://bit.ly/3oB05PU NAPABA Statement on Alabama House Bill 379 The Alabama Asian Bar Association (AABA) and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) issued a statement strongly urging the Alabama legislature to safeguard the property rights of all Asian American Alabamians, including the many lawfully present Chinese Americans who call the state home, and who contribute economically, socially, and culturally to life in Alabama. HB 379, known as the “Alabama Property Protection Act,” as introduced, would bar “any individual who is a citizen of China” from purchasing any real estate. Surveillance Misuse Will Impact Section 702 Reauthorization According to the Washington Post on May 22, 2023, the battle to reauthorize expiring surveillance authorities that U.S. national security officials describe as a key cybersecurity tool may have just gotten even more difficult.The FBI has misused the powers — known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — more than 278,000 times between 2020 and early 2021, according to an unsealed April 2022 court ruling by Judge Rudolph Contreras of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. “Yet again, the public is learning about shocking abuses of FISA Section 702, in particular the FBI’s warrantless searches through 702 data for information on Americans,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). “These abuses have been going on for years and despite recent changes in FBI practices, these systematic violations of Americans’ privacy require congressional action. If Section 702 is to be reauthorized, there must be statutory reforms to ensure that the checks and balances are in place to put an end to these abuses.”The redacted document details instances where the FBI violated its own standards when officials searched for information about Americans. Section 702 is used to spy, without a warrant, on the electronic communications of foreign targets, but that can include their communications with Americans. Agencies can later query the repository using identifiers of those Americans, such as Social Security numbers.The opinion is more proof of the need for a warrant requirement before agencies conduct queries on Americans, the Brennan Center for Justice’s Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein said via email. The Biden administration opposes such a requirement.“The government is trying to dismiss these examples as irrelevant because it has since implemented changes to its training and oversight requirements,” she wrote. “But for 15 years, the government has been telling Congress and the American people that its training and oversight requirements were more than sufficient to protect Americans’ privacy. Clearly, that wasn’t true. This is a textbook case of ‘fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.’”Liza Goitein will speak on this topic at the June 5 monthly meeting. Please send a request to contact@apajustice.org if you wish to join the by-invitation-only meeting.Read the Washington Post article: https://wapo.st/43lfIdb Yellow Whistle Campaign Co-Founder Agnes Hsu-Tang Receives 2023 Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Award Since 2001, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation has celebrated individuals who embrace the best of what these two American treasures represent: the unique tapestry woven from the stories of our nation’s immigration history, and the role of America and its citizens in championing the ongoing global struggle for liberty and freedom.One of three recipients of the award this year is Yellow Whistle Campaign Co-Founder Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang . Dr. Hsu-Tang is the first Asian American to lead an American history museum, as Board Chair of the New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum founded in 1804; she is also Co-Chair of The Met Museum’s Objects Conservation Visiting Committee. Born in Taipei and educated in the U.S. and England in Archaeology and Art History, Dr. Hsu-Tang served on UNESCO scientific committees and participated in missions to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan; she later advised President Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee on the U.S.-China bilateral agreement to reduce the illicit trafficking of cultural objects. Dr. Hsu-Tang was a Mellon Fellow at Cambridge University and taught at Brown and Stanford, and has authored academic publications and white papers. She was the host of History Channel’s Mysteries of China series and a Discovery Channel Asia contemporary art series that debuted during Art Basel Hong Kong in 2014. A Classical musician, Dr. Hsu-Tang performed at the Kennedy Center at 18 and was a Managing Director on the board of the Metropolitan Opera (2014-2021).APA Justice is a proud member of the Yellow Whistle Team, helping to distribute some of the 500,000 yellow whistles with the message of "We Belong." Read about the Yellow Whistle Campaign: https://bit.ly/2RDZMmB . Read the award announcement: https://bit.ly/3Wvvno2 News and Events for the Communities 1. Episode 1 of 3-part PBS Series, Between Black & White: Asian Americans Speak Out On May 18, 2023, PBS, in partnership with The Serica Initiative, aired Episode 1 of a 3-part series, Between Black & White: Asian Americans Speak Out. “There was a lot of fear in the community. How do we nurture trust? How do we build trust?” — Eddie Zheng , president of The New Breath Foundation and former inmate Eddie Zheng spent 21 years behind bars in California for a crime he committed at age 16. Now he’s committed to building bridges — and bridging the divide between Asian Americans and other communities of color. But he’s not doing it alone. In one San Francisco neighborhood, Blacks and Asian Americans are working together to confront racism, fear, and misperceptions about one another.Watch the PBS Episode: https://to.pbs.org/3op3sJV (video 7:30) 2. AAUP Calls to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ in Florida According to Inside Higher Ed on May 24, 2023, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a preliminary report sounding alarm about Florida higher education under Ron DeSantis ’s governorship—and calling for academe to fight back.“It is imperative that we pay attention to the dire situation in Florida now,” the report says. “What is happening in Florida will not stay in Florida. We call on all professional organizations, unions, faculty, staff and administrators across the country to fight such ‘reforms’ tooth and nail and to offer support to our colleagues in Florida however they can. We are in this together.”Read the Inside Higher Ed report: https://bit.ly/3IEiVg5 3. Advancing Health and Well-Being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Communities On May 25, 2023, the National Academy of Medicine, the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association, and the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians will co-host “Advancing Health and Well-Being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Communities through Leadership Development and a Shared Health Equity Research Agenda.” This free virtual event will bring together leaders, researchers, and community members alongside professional organizations to discuss strategies for advancing health equity and leadership development for AANHPI communities.The event will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions exploring topics such as the current state of health disparities among AANHPI communities, effective models for leadership development within AANHPI communities, and strategies for developing a shared health equity research agenda that addresses the unique needs of these communities.Participants will have the opportunity to engage in interactive sessions, networking opportunities, and discussions to exchange knowledge and ideas on how to improve health outcomes and well-being for AANHPI communities. By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, this event aims to foster collaboration and inspire action towards achieving health equity for AANHPI communities.Registration is free, but is required for attendance. Read and register for the event: https://bit.ly/3MxY4fx 4 . Our Voices Now: A Black and Asian Dialogue to Action On May 24, 2023, AARP will convene Asian American and Pacific Islander and Black communities to address the double pandemic of COVID and systemic racism. In this free online event, AARP will explore the overlooked history of working together for positive change and open up the conversation on empathy, healing and the shared vision of tomorrow.Where do we go from here, and how might we build bridges for multi-generational Asian and Black solidarity? By bringing the communities together, we can move towards our collective physical, mental and financial well-being and how we can uplift Black and Asian communities.The event will be moderated by Richard Lui , NBC News anchor. Panelists are Paula Madison , author and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex Reid , the first non-Asian Black K-Pop Star Read and register for the event: https://bit.ly/3WvQ6rL Subscribe to The APA Justice Newsletter Complete this simple form at https://bit.ly/2FJunJM to subscribe. Please share it with those who wish to be informed and join the fight. View past newsletters here: https://bit.ly/APAJ_Newsletters . Back View PDF May 24, 2023 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

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