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APAICS in Conversation

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APAICS in Conversation is an exciting weekly series of virtual fireside chat teleconferences to learn and hear from leading AAPIs in their field. Each teleconference is approximately 30 minutes and includes a Q&A session with the participants.

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Season 2

The Honorable David S. Kim

February 18, 2021 | 12:30 PM ET | 11:30 AM CT | 9:30 AM PT

Cabinet Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency

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The Honorable William Tong

April 17, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Attorney General, Connecticut.

Dr. Leana Wen

April 21, 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM CDT | 9:00 AM PDT

Visiting Professor, George Washington University School of Public Health.

The Honorable Norman C. Bay

April 29, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

The Honorable Patrick Shen

May 6, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Partner, Fragomen and Former Special Counsel for Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices, US Department of Justice.

The Honorable Jill Aiko Otake

May 14, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Judge - U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

The Honorable Nisha Desai Biswal

May 18, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

President, U.S.-India Business Council and Senior Vice President for South Asia,U.S. Chamber of Commerce; former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

CAPAC in Conversation

May 20, 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM CDT | 9:00 AM PDT

Join Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) for an informative and entertaining event in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sec. Norman Mineta, CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu and 12 members of Congress.

Dr. Karen Korematsu

May 27, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu.

Frank H. Wu

June 10, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

President Designate, Queens College and William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Hastings School of Law.

The Honorable Raag Singhal

June 16, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Judge - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The Honorable Paul M. Igasaki

June 25, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Former Chairman and Chief Judge of the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board; former Acting Chair and Vice Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The Honorable Karen Gren Scholer

June 30, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Judge - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Major General William Chen, USA ret.

July 8, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Major General William Chen, U.S. Army, Ret. is the first Chinese American 2-Star General in the U.S. Army.

The Honorable David M. Louie

July 15, 2020 - 2:00 PM EDT | 1:00 PM CDT | 11:00 AM PDT

Partner at Kobayashi Sugita & Goda (KS&G) and Former Attorney General of Hawaii.

The Honorable Nani A. Coloretti

July 24, 2020 - 12:00 PM EDT | 11:00 AM CDT | 9:00 AM PDT

Senior vice president for financial and business strategy at the Urban Institute and former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Honorable Lucy H. Koh

July 30, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Judge - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Maeley Tom

August 6, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Author and Fmr. Chief Administrative Officer of the California State Assembly and Chief of Staff to the President of the California Senate.

The Honorable Michelle K. Lee

August 10, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Vice President, Machine Learning Solutions Lab, Amazon; Fmr. Undersecretary of Commerce & USPTO Director.

Donald Tamaki

August 21, 2020 - 2:00 PM EDT | 1:00 PM CDT | 11:00 AM PDT

Managing partner of Minami Tamaki LLP and served on the legal team that reopened the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case of Fred Korematsu, overturning his criminal conviction for defying the removal of almost 120,000 Japanese Americans.

Major General Robert G. F. Lee, USA ret.

August 25, 2020 - 2:00 PM EDT | 1:00 PM CDT | 11:00 AM PDT

Major General Robert G. F. Lee, U.S. Army, Ret.; fmr. Adjutant General, State of Hawaii

The Honorable Denny Chin

September 2, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Judge - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Maria Castaneda

September 11, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Secretary-Treasurer of the 1199UHE (AKA as 1199NY) and President of the SEIU API Caucus.

Konrad Ng

October 8, 2020 - 3:00 PM EDT | 12:00 PM PDT | 9:00 AM HST

Executive Director of the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design and former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center in Washington DC.

The Honorable J. Traci Hong

October 21, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Fmr. Judge, U.S. Immigration Court and national immigration policy expert.

Professor Lorraine K. Bannai

October 29, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality And Professor Of Lawyering Skills.

The Honorable Jenny R. Yang

November 10, 2020 - 12:30 PM EDT | 11:30 AM CDT | 9:30 AM PDT

Senior fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute and former Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

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