September 30,2009

 Curtis Chin is a writer, producer, and political activist based out of Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He received his degree in Poetry at the University of Michigan and currently serves on the board for Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP), a national network of progressive Asian Americans with chapters and contacts throughout nation.He produced “ Vincent Who,” a documentary telling a story about a historic murder case and its impact on the Asian American society.

October 27-28, 2009

  Dr. Brown is a percussionist, composer, ethnomusicologist and Guggenheim Fellow. He has earned his Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Music from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Ethnomusicology. He also holds a Master of Music in Jazz Performance from the Rutgers University as well as a B.S. in Music and Psychology from the University of Oregon. Since the late 1990s, Dr. Brown directed the nationally and internatilonally recognized Asian American Orchestra.The orchestra's recording of Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn's Far East Suite received a 2000 Grammy normination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.

November 10, 2009

  Meizhu Lui is a writer, an educator and activist for economic justice and gender equality.Meizhu received an M.A. from the University of Illinois, and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.She currently serves as Director of the Closing the Racal Wealth Gap Initiative at the Insight Center for Community Economic Development. Before, she was a kitchen worker for 10 years and rose through the ranks to become the first Asian to be elected President of a local union in Massachusetts. She previously served on the Center for American Progress’ National Initiative to End Poverty and United for a Fair Economy. The YWCA, the Immigrant Workers’ Resource Center, Mass Senior Action Council, and the Boston Women’s Fund, among others, have honored her work in racial and gender equality.Additionaly, she co-authored the book, The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the US Racial Wealth Divide.

December 7, 2009

Dr. Pham is currently a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, San Diego. He has earned his Ph.D. in History from the Cornell University. His areas of research focuses on the culture,organizational development and leadership.

February 24, 2010

Kimiko Hahn is a distinguished poet in the field of Asian American literature. She received B.A.n English from the University of Iowa and her M.A. degree in Japanese Literature from the Columbia University. She published seven collections of poetry, including the award-winning piece The Unbearable Heart (1995).

April 24, 2010

Peter Bacho is a writer and a lecturer at The Evergreen State College, University of Washington, Tacoma. He received his J.D. from the Unviersity of Washingotn School of Law. He has published a number of books that explore Filipino experiences in the U.S., including his award-winning pieces Cebu (1991) and Dark Blue Suite (2005). Currently, he serves on the Board of Asian American Literary Review.