Stop AAPI Hate: Perspectives w/ Experts & Olympic Athlete Sakura Kokumai

900 University Avenue,Riverside CA 92521

30 May, 2023

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Stop AAPI Hate: Perspectives w/ Academic Experts & Olympic Athlete Sakura Kokumai Panelists will discuss the historic and current issues regarding anti-Asian hate, their experiences, and what the future holds. This event is organized by the Japanese Culture & Karate-do Club at UC Riverside. The event is sponsored by the Asian Pacific Student Programs at UCR and the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at UCR. Event Information: Date and Time: May 30, 2023 | 3 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: CHASS INTS 1128, UC Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521.Light refreshments will be served. (Cookies, tea, lemonade, water).Panelists: Dr. Edward Park, Chair and Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University. Carol K. Park, author of Memoir of a Cashier, Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots, co-president of JC Culture & Karate-do Club, and Ethnic Studies graduate student at UCR.Sakura Kokumai, Olympic Athlete (2020/2021 Tokyo Games), and senior member of the USA National Karate Federation team.