Month: May 2002

Annie Koshi: So let’s hear what everybody was going to talk about. Brian Schwartz: I came at it from a research point of view, saying that there are a tremendous amount of funds out there. I come from a physics background. We just did it. A lot of people think that writing a proposal is … Read more

Dr. Betty Lee Sung: Well, we only have an hour. I know some people are coming because the people at the table are coming up. But the thing is, we’re getting started on time. Let me introduce Oliver Tan, Assistant to Governor Pataki and liaison to the Asian American community. He just finished putting together … Read more

Dr. Tricia Lin: I’m Tricia Lin, teaching at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for the last eight years, full time. This is been a very special day for all of us who have been working, struggling in Asian American studies. Particularly it’s a great topic because for the last fifteen years, I’ve made Manhattan … Read more

Ching-Leou Liu: This is the session called “Women Leadership Development”. I’m Ching-Leou Liu from Hostos Community College and I’m the presenter for this session. I’m going to introduce the speakers. Each person is limited to ten minutes, so please be brief. If you have anything in writing, please give it to me. We’re going to … Read more

Dr. Ngee Pong Chang: This is the workshop on Asian Americans in Government. The issue that one is addressing here, is why are there so few Asian Americans in government circles and how do we encourage more participation among the Asian American population at large to try to gain a voice inside the government. Because … Read more

Dr. Hiroko Karan: Welcome to Workshop 4B titled “Asian Americans in the Aftermath of 9/11.” We have four distinguished panelists today. I will introduce each of them first and then ask them to each person to speak from five to ten minutes and then we have kind of an interactive session. Our first speaker is … Read more