1970s Asian-American Activists Highlighted in New Exhibition
Explore the movement’s roots as Asian Americans fought for an identity.
Explore the movement’s roots as Asian Americans fought for an identity.
California congressional candidate Jay Chen opens a third office and raises excitement for Asian and minority voters, in this week’s Media Recaps.
A record 30 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are running for Congress, according to the Asian Pacific Institute of Congressional Studies, the majority of who are Democrat: https://www.examiner.com/article/record-number-of-asian-americans-running-for-u-s-congress
President Barack Obama Friday nominated Pamela Ki Mai Chen to the New York district court, making her the first lesbian Asian-American judge appointed to the U.S. District Court: http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2012/08/03/obama-nominates-first-asian-american-lesbian-federal-judge/
Miranda Du, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, is the first Asian American to sit as a federal judge in Nevada: http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Reno_Lawyer_Becomes_First_Asian-American_144727925.html
President Barack Obama nominated President Jim Yong Kim of Dartsmouth College to lead the World Bank, making him the first Asian-American to head the position: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/23/bloomberg_articlesM1C9R96S972B01-M1D0Z.DTL