Bias-Based Harassment: Building Coalitions and Leveraging Tools to Stop Bullying in Schools
Date: Thursday, October 27th
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Place: Oasaka
Bias-based harassment is bullying based on a protected characteristic, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion. Bullying in schools disproportionately affects the most marginalized students, including people of color, religious minorities, and LGBT youth. The purpose of this workshop is to (1) define and identify bias-based harassment; (2) identify strategies to address bias-based harassment, including organizing and advocacy at the school site, legislation, administrative complaints, and litigation; and (3) build coalitions to end or reduce bias-based harassment in schools.
Speakers:
 | Aiden Aizumi Executive Board Member PFLAG Pasadena |  | Tamera Wong Attorney Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Dept. of Education |  | Cecilia Chen Thurgood Marshall Fellow Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights |  | Maha Elgenaidi President Islamic Networks Group (ING) |  | Nicole Gon Ochi Skadden Fellow Asian Pacific American Legal Center |
Cultivating Student Leadership Across Ethnic Communities
Date: Friday, October 28th
Time: 2:00pm-3:30pm
Place: Oasaka
In this workshop, we will examine models of student leadership development. The cultivation of student leadership can take place both within a classroom space and also in a non-traditional space such as an after school/lunchtime program or within the community. Specifically, this panel will discuss their distinct approaches to working with multi-ethnic student populations and their commitment to long-term leadership growth.
Speakers:
 | Kira Donnell President Association of Korean Adoptees - San Francisco |  | Arlene Daus-Magbual Associate Director of Program Development Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) |  | Benji Chang Postdoctoral Fellow Teachers College Columbia University |  | Mike Pedro Youth & Community Coordinator Asian Pacific American Legal Center |
Does This Make My Organization Look Big?: Designing a Campaign that Fits Your Organization
Date: Thursday, October 27th
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm
Place: Kyoto
Our communities organize campaigns for many different reasons. While they may employ the same concepts of involving many people, garnering media attention or using direct actions, they don’t always lead to the long-term social change that we desire. In this workshop will use a role playing exercise to illustrate the key questions that need to be answered in order to pick a successful organizing strategy that will be the right fit for your group.
Speakers:
 | Lawrence Benito Deputy Director Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights |  | Tuyet Le Executive Director Asian American Institute |
Undocumented and Unafraid: API Students Mobilize for Immigrant Rights
Date: Thursday, October 27th
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm
Place: Sakura B
Come join members of ASPIRE (Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education), the first Asian Pacific Islander undocumented student group of its kind in a candid conversation about what struggles students without legal status go through every day. We will talk about the challenges and victories in building a multi-racial grassroots effort here in the Bay Area to educate the community about the DREAM Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation that would provide undocumented students a pathway to citizenship. Also we will discuss what's next for ASPIRE and how communities can support these students.
Speakers:
 | Lisa Chen Community Advocate Asian Law Caucus |  | ASPIRE Members ASPIRE, Asian Students Promoting Immigrant Rights through Education |
What Does Asian American Mean to You?: AAPI Youth Exploring Identity Through Media
Date: Friday, October 28th
Time: 10:45am-12:15pm
Place: Oasaka
Youth struggling with the process of self-identity through creative mediums is nothing new. In the AAPI community, the self-identity process has always been complex given our varied ethnic, racial, and generational identities. What is new is the rise of social media in the past decade. This workshop will explore how digital connectivity has changed the process of self-identity for this generation. Come see and hear examples of youth-created media that explore different facets of AAPI identity, and stay to discuss how creative media moves youth to connect to the larger world in a meaningful way.
Speakers:
 | Stephanie Hoang Student University of California, Berkeley |  | Steve Hosik Moon Former Director Multi-Cultural Youth Project |  | Ju Hong Member ASPIRE |  | Jasmine Ehrhardt Blogger I Will Not Love You Long Time |  | Alisha Saville Community Organizing Associate Americorps VISTA |
When the Census Is Not Enough: Building Bridges through Research and Data in AA and NHPI Communities
Date: Thursday, October 27th
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Place: Kyoto
Data drives everything from program planning to policy making but for many AAPI communities, we often don't have the ethnic specific or other relevant data we need on our communities. Meet several organizations who have tackled that hurdle by creating their own research projects to generate the data they needed in order to move their work or issues forward, using tools such as participatory research (Cambodian community) and focus groups (LGBT attitudes in Chinese and Filipino communities). As policy analysts, advocates, and organizers in the API community, we know how important it is that we understand our diverse communities. Oftentimes, however, our issues and needs are framed for us and we rely only on our anecdotal experiences as companions. This is precisely the challenge groups like Khmer Girls in Action, API Equality–Los Angeles and Northern California have confronted in their own work in moving API communities on sexual orientation and gender justice issues. To overcome these obstacles, we successfully secured funding to do research that has recently been completed. Come be the first to learn about this groundbreaking research and walk away with an increased understanding of empirically tested API cultural values and attitudes with particular focus towards API LGBT and Cambodian young womyn issues. Learn how to build bridges along intersectional issues with people on the margins to establish a stronger narrative for our community.
Speakers:
 | Eileen Ma Director API Equality-LA |  | Mari Rose Taruc State Organizing Director Asian Pacific Environmental Network |  | Miho Kim Executive Director DataCenter |  | Tawal Panyacosit Director, API Equality - Northern California API Equality - Northern California |  | An Le Statewide Network Manager Asian Pacific American Legal Center |  | Christina Fletes Research Fellow DataCenter |