Events

Jun 30, 2022 12:00 PM Please join us for the second session of our ASF Book Club “Know My Name” this Thursday at noon via zoom. You can register below. We will discuss chapters 6-8 plus the afterword. (updated – previously this said chapters 6-9.)We look forward to being in conversation with you.

June 3, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The Annual Forum will highlight innovative workshops developed across Stanford graduate medical education programs. The Diversity & Inclusion Forum will be an enriching opportunity for faculty, trainees, students, postdocs, staff and community members to learn tools and strategies to enable them to become an effective change agent for equity, diversity and inclusion in medical education. Held in person at LKSC, or you can register to attend via zoom.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12pm-1pm In 1988, Congress passed, and President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act, a historic piece of legislation that sought, for the first time, to provide a measure of justice to Japanese Americans nearly 40 years after their incarceration during World War II. The Office of Redress Administration was established to process payments and apology letters to Japanese Americans interned, finding over 48,000 eligible persons and securing funding for the payments.The Office of Redress Administration (ORA) Oral History Project is an effort to capture and preserve the first person recollections of those tasked with carrying out this historic government program, as well as the community leaders that made it possible.Join ASF in a discussion with the leaders of the Oral History Project – Emi Kuboyama from the Graduate School of Education, Todd Holmes from UC Berkeley and Jon Ayon, a filmmaker from Los Angeles.Questions or to request disability related accommodations to attend – please contact stanfordasf@stanford.edu

May 13 at 10:00am Join us in honoring the multiple generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders this month in our next Stanford Earth Coffee Convo. Don’t miss our book raffle and this time we will have also movie theater tickets! Coffee, boba tea, mango lassis, and ube donuts will be served! See you at the Mitchell Patio as usual.

Saturday, May 7, 2022 - 1 p.m. Author and Professor Russell Jeung of San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Stanford alumni Class of ’84, discusses the shifting media landscape amidst anti-Asian hate incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic.For accommodations (such as ASL interpretation) call (415) 557-4400 or email accessibility@sfpl.org. Please include your name and phone number in your email. Requesting at least 72 hours in advance will help ensure availability.Hosted by The Magazines & Newspapers Center at the San Francisco Public Library and supported by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.