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Following a year of xenophobic rhetoric and the surge of racially targeted violence, Asian and Asian American communities are facing hate at a much higher rate than previous years. According to Stop AAPI Hate, anti-Asian hate crimes surged by 149%, with nearly 3,800 incidents reported in 2020.
This month’s Wake Up Wired focuses on the rising hate crimes, racial harassment, and discrimination against Asian and Asian American communities since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s drive awareness, education and urgency around what’s happening, including actionable ways to stop it.
On Thursday, April 29, join us for a virtual panel featuring Deputy Director at Hollaback!, Jorge Arteaga; Anti-Hate Training Coordinator at Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Cat Shieh; MWRD Commissioner and Chair of the Asian American Caucus, Josina Morita; and our moderator, 18 Coffees Co-Founder, Robin Chung.
Featured Speakers:
Cat Shieh is an experienced professional dedicated to social impact in a variety of industries, specifically in ABAR (anti-bias & anti-racism), ethnic studies, and policy. She is currently the Anti-Hate Training Coordinator at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago. Prior to the role, the majority of her 5-year high school teaching career was in teaching Ethnic Studies. Prior to teaching, Cat worked in non-profit, public, higher education, and corporate consulting sectors all dedicated to social impact. During her time working in the US House of Representatives, she opened 2 Congressional Caucuses. Cat received her BA in Political Science and Urban Planning from the University of Southern California, and she received her MA in Urban Education, Administration, and Policy from Loyola Marymount University. Cat is an alum of Teach for America and Coro.
Jorge Arteaga is the Deputy Director for Hollaback!, the global, people-powered movement to end harassment. His passion for history, places, and people joined by his ability to plan and execute have allowed him to support social justice initiatives. His background in operations and serving marginalized communities have fueled his holistic approach to creating processes and systems that consider every aspect of a person’s experience. Jorge has worked on racial justice, LGBTQ+, and arts education initiatives along the East Coast. He hopes to continue contributing to the social justice movement by ensuring all the phenomenal people leading the movement have the tools and resources required to enact real-world changes. Jorge earned his B.A. in American Studies from SUNY College at Old Westbury, and his M.A. in American Studies at The City College of New York. He is currently completing his M.S in Project Management and Operations at Southern New Hampshire University.
Josina Wing Morita is a Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Elected in 2016, she is the first Asian American elected to a countywide board in Cook County—the second largest county in the country. As an urban planner and policy advocate, Josina brings expertise in equity policy, land use, stormwater and regional planning. She is the founding chair of the Asian American Leaders Caucus and sits on the National Blue Ribbon Commission for On-Site Non-Potable Water Systems and the bi-national Great Lakes Commission. Josina’s human rights, racial justice and water justice work has been recognized locally and nationally. In 2007, she was named one of the top 35 leaders under 35 fighting racism and poverty in Chicago by the Community Renewal Society.
Robin Chung (she/her) embodies a bias-to-action, using her expertise in online community building and partnership programming to cultivate changemakers in the 18 Coffees Community Partnership program and lead the firm’s operations. Fueled by a relentless sense of curiosity and passion for building relationships, Robin has driven meaningful change at scale with clients and partners like Vote.org, United Way Worldwide, Baha Mar Resort, Waldorf Astoria and Marriott. Previously, she was VP of Client Services at a tech-enabled service agency, and a former accounts leader at Edelman Digital, a global communications firm. Her work has been featured in Travel + Leisure and AdAge.
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