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Advancing Justice as Asian Americans

Sponsored by Department of Asian American Studies

Advancing  Justice as Asian Americans

Karin Wang, Vice President of Programs and Communications, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, and Sylvia Kim, Regional Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Orange County
Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017
Time: 12:30-1:50pm
Place: 1100 Donald Bren Hall, UC Irvine

Karin Wang is the Vice President of Programs and Communications, overseeing Advancing Justice-LA’s programs, pro bono, and communications work. Wang has been active in local, state, and national organizations that seek to improve the legal system for immigrants and low-income communities. She has served as a past president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County; past board member of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association; former chair of the State Bar's Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services; past board member of OneJustice; and past co-chair of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Pro Bono & Community Service Committee. She has also served on the State Bar's Council on Access & Fairness. Wang graduated from the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law, where she was the editor-in-chief of the Asian American Law Journal, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Sylvia Kim is Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA's Orange County Regional Director. Sylvia provides vision and strategic leadership for the organization’s work and is responsible for securing resources to sustain and expand the Orange County satellite office. Prior to joining Advancing Justice, Sylvia was the Executive Director of a multi-ethnic collaborative advocating to reduce racial disparities in accessing mental health, and she currently sits on the Advisory Committee of California's Office of Health Equity. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she co-founded Canada's largest human rights organization for North Korea human rights. After law school, she practiced criminal law as both a defense attorney and as an Assistant Crown Attorney. Sylvia earned her Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and recently completed her Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law (LL.M. equivalent) at Oxford University.
For additional info, contact Linda Vo voltuci@gmail.com
Seating is limited.