9:30 - 10:30 RACIAL PROFILING: RACISM AND NATIONAL SECURITY AFTER 9/11
- Azadeh Shahshahani, ACLU of Georgia National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project Director
- Greg Marutani, JACL National Education Committee Director
- Natsu Saito, GSU Law Professor
- Hari Harihanan, Georgia Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (moderator)
The 2012 Asian Pacific American Civil Rights Convening in the South will be held on Saturday, March 17 - Sunday, March 18, 2012 at The King Center and the Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum as a means to address Asian Pacific American perspectives in the civil rights movement, consider current civil rights issues APAs are facing with particular emphasis on issues in the South, and recommendations for action by the community.
Organized by: Asian Pacific American Historical Society, Japanese American Citizens League - Southeast Chapter (JACL Southeast), OCA-Georgia, Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum, JACL National, ACLU of Georgia, Georgia Undocumented Youth Alliance, StoryCorps Atlanta
Hosted by: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center and Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP & MORE INFORMATION:https://www.facebook.com/events/272977179441899/
(NOTE: ADMISSION FEE REQUIRED FOR March 18th program -
$6 discount available to WHIAAPI Summit attendees)
Saturday, March 17 @ The King Center
Sunday, March 18 @ Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum