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A COMMUNITY UNITED: A National Convening Against Anti-AAPI Hate Attendee Briefing Book [email protected] 1 . 949 . 751 . 8634 TABLE OF CONTENTS AGENDA 4 DOUGLAS EMHOFF 6 ATTORNEY GENERAL RACINE 7 ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG 8 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 9 PANELIST BIOS 12 A COMMUNITY UNITED A N A T I O N A L C O N V E N I N G A G A I N S T A N T I - A A P I H A T E TUESDAY, MAY 4 12:00-6:30 PM ET | LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTED AND EMCEED BY ATTORNEYS GENERAL TONG & RACINE, IN CONJUCTION WITH AGA 12:00 PM OPENING REMARKS DOUGLAS EMHOFF, SECOND GENTLEMAN OF THE UNITED STATES KARL RACINE, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM TONG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT 12:20 PM KEYNOTE | AMANDA NGUYEN 12:40 PM PANEL | THE HISTORY OF HATE AGAINST THE AAPI COMMUNITY ADMIRAL A.B. CRUZ III, NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOHN YANG, ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE – AAJC MIKE KEO, #IAMNOTAVIRUS SIM J. SINGH, THE SIKH COALTION 1:20 PM ACTION PLEDGE 1:25 PM PANEL | THE RISE OF ONLINE ANTI-AAPI HATE & ITS REAL- WORLD IMPACT AARON FORD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEVADA MANJUSHA P. KULKARNI, STOP AAPI HATE VIDHYA RAMALINGAM, MOONSHOT ADAM NEUFELD, ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE 2:05 PM BREAK 2:15 PM KEYNOTE CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY CHU, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE MENG, NEW YORK 2:35 PM PANEL | LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY RESPONDING TO HATE KAREN WHITE, ATTORNEY GENERAL ALLIANCE AG SEAN REYES, UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE KIM POYER, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION LT. DAVID HONG, DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE 1 THIS EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE AND IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. TUNE-IN BY CLICKING HERE. A COMMUNITY UNITED A N A T I O N A L C O N V E N I N G A G A I N S T A N T I - A A P I H A T E TUESDAY, MAY 4 12:00-6:30 PM ET | LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTED AND EMCEED BY ATTORNEYS GENERAL TONG & RACINE, IN CONJUCTION WITH AGA 3:20 PM PANEL | REPRESENTATION & EQUITY ACROSS SECTORS HAROLD KIM, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ERIKA MORITSUGU, WHITE HOUSE LINDA AKUTAGAWA, LEADERSHIP EDUCATION FOR ASIAN PACIFICS MARCUS WANG, ZYTOGEN 4:00 PM BREAK 4:10 PM KEYNOTE | LEE WONG 4:30 PM PANEL | THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF ANTI-AAPI HATE MAR JORIE HSU, ASIAN AMERICAN FEDERATION SUNG YEON CHOIMORROW, NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN’S FORUM SUE ANN HONG, CENTER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN BEN DE GUZMAN, MAYOR’S OFFICE ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AFFAIRS 5:20 PM PANEL | STANDING UP TO HATE, SUPPORTING SURVIVORS NANCI NISHIMURA, COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP AND THE LEADERS FORUM PHILIP TAJITSU NASH, THE ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND EMILY MAY, HOLLABACK! ANNE MARTIN-MONTGOMERY, THE YELLOW WHISTLE PROJECT 6:00 PM CLOSING REMARKS MIGUEL CARDONA, UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF EDUCTION KARL RACINE, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILLIAM TONG, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT PAGE 2 THIS EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE AND IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. TUNE-IN BY CLICKING HERE. Douglas Emhoff Second Gentleman of the United States White House Doug Emhoff is a lawyer and the husband of U.S. vice president Kamala Harris. He is the first-ever Second Gentleman in the United States. Emhoff began his legal career in 1990 as an associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and then Bingham McCutchen. Moving on to Belin Rawlings & Badal at the end of the decade, the young attorney achieved the ranK of partner and enjoyed his first extensive taste of entertainment law through his work with Hollywood Video and the industry's studios. He teamed with two colleagues to launch Whitwell Jacoby Emhoff in 2000, eventually convincing them to incorporate their commercial litigation practice into the larger firm of Venable LLP. Emhoff subsequently joined a high-profile lawsuit over the rights to the creation of the infamous Taco Bell chihuahua, and also represented pharmaceutical behemoth Merck, arms dealer Dolarian Capital and former NFL star Willie Gault in major cases. After helping to found Venable's San Francisco branch, he was named managing director of the firm's West Coast operations in 2015. In 2017, Emhoff became a partner at DLA Piper with a focus on intellectual property in its media, sport and entertainment division. While not professionally connected to the firm's lobbying clientele, Emhoff tooK a leave of absence in August 2020 to head off potential conflicts of interest during wife Harris' vice-presidential campaign and announced his intention to leave Venable by Inauguration Day in January 2021. 6 Karl Racine Attorney General Washington D.C. Attorney General’s Office Karl A. Racine was sworn in as the District of Columbia’s first elected Attorney General in 2015 and was reelected to a second term in 2018. Attorney General Racine is honored to serve again and will use the next four years to expand work on priorities, including preserving affordable housing, employing evidence- based juvenile justice reforms, cracking down on slumlords, holding unscrupulous employers accountable for wage theft, and protecting consumers from scams and abusive business practices. He is also committed to making investments in new efforts to protect seniors and other vulnerable residents, interrupt violence in the District, address childhood trauma, and more. Through his work as president of the bi-partisan National Association of Attorneys General and as Chair Emeritus of the Democratic Attorneys General Association's Executive Committee, Attorney General Racine also speaks out for D.C. autonomy at the national level and pushes back against federal government policies that harm District residents. Attorney General Racine draws on over 25 years of legal and leadership experience in his work on behalf of District residents. Over the course of his career, he has worked at the D.C. Public Defender Service, where he represented District residents who could not afford a lawyer, served as Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, and worked on criminal cases and complex civil litigation at private firms. While in private practice, he was elected managing partner of his firm, Venable LLP, and became the first African-American managing partner of a top-100 American law firm. Born in Haiti, Attorney General Racine came to the District at the age of three. He attended D.C. public schools, including Murch Elementary, Deal Junior High, and Wilson High, and graduated from St. John’s College High School. He earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was captain of the basketball team, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he volunteered in a legal clinic supporting the rights of migrant farm workers. His commitment to equal justice was inspired by his parents, who fled authoritarian rule in Haiti to start a better life in the United States, and by the lawyers of the Civil Rights Movement, who used the law to make positive social change. Outside of his official role, Attorney General Racine remains involved with a variety of causes, including youth literacy and mentoring. He lives in Ward 3. 7 6 William Tong Attorney General Connecticut Attorney General’s Office William Tong is the 25th Attorney General to serve Connecticut since the office was established in 1897. He took office on January 9, 2019 as the first Asian American elected at the statewide level, in Connecticut. Before his election as Attorney General, Tong served for 12 years in Connecticut’s General Assembly representing the 147th District, which includes North Stamford and Darien. Most recently, Tong served as House Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. In this position Tong was responsible for all legislation related to constitutional law, criminal law, civil rights, consumer protection, probate, judicial nominations and the Judicial branch, and major areas of substantive law. During his service in the legislature, Tong helped lead passage of landmarK legislation, including the Connecticut Second Chance Act, Domestic Violence Restraining Order Act, Lost and Stolen Firearms Act, the Act Protecting Homeowner Rights, and the Act Protecting Schoolchildren. A Connecticut native, Tong grew up in the Hartford area and attended schools in West Hartford. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Brown University and the University of Chicago Law School. He has practiced law for the last 18 years as a litigator in both state and federal courts, first at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, in New YorK City and for the past 15 years at Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, in Stamford. Tong is the oldest of five children and grew up working side-by-side with his immigrant parents in their family’s Chinese restaurant. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Stamford with their three children and too many pets. Elizabeth is Vice President of Tax for North America for Diageo Corporation. 8 Keynote Speakers 9 Amanda Nguyen Founder & CEO RISE Amanda Nguyen is an internationally acclaimed social entrepreneur. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. Amanda penned her own civil rights into existence by unanimously passing the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights. She has trained hundreds of activists using her theory of organizing, "Hopeanomics," to pass 34 laws protecting more than 85 million sexual violence survivors. Recently, her viral video sparked national coverage on anti-Asian hate crimes. Amanda is the CEO and founder of Rise, a social movement accelerator where she teaches grassroots organizing. In recognition of her work, Amanda is a Heinz Laureate, Nelson Mandela Changemaker, Forbes 30 Under 30, Foreign Policy 100, Time 100 Next, Frederick Douglass 100, and Marie Claire Young Woman of the Year.
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