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Lunch and Learn: Stop Asian Hate
May 26, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In Partnership with Justice Institutes
Grab your meal and join us for a lunchtime workshop with guest Russel M Jeung, Professor, Asian American Studies
San Francisco State University, Co-Founder, Stop AAPI Hate.
About Russel:
Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Dr. Russell Jeung is an author of books and articles on race and religion. He’s written Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans (Oxford U Press, 2019); Mountain Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA AAS Center, 2019); and At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors (Zondervan, 2016).
For his research and activism, the Association of Asian American Studies awarded Dr. Jeung as Engaged Scholar in 2017. He received the Excellence in Professional Achievement Award from San Francisco State University in 2021.
In March 2020, Dr. Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate with Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council. It tracks incidents of COVID-19 discrimination to develop policy interventions and long-term solutions to racism.
Stop AAPI Hate was awarded the 2021 Webby Award for “Social Movement of the Year.” In 2021, Dr. Jeung was named as one of the TIME 100, Bloomberg 50, and Political 40 most influential.