Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Webinar: Standing Against Racism in the Time of COVID
Join Asia Society Southern California for a special virtual event to raise awareness and combat the escalating violence and intolerance towards those of Asian descent and other communities of color following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The USC U.S.-China Institute is a supporting organization.
When:
May 3, 2020 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Join Asia Society Southern California for a special virtual event to raise awareness and combat the escalating violence and intolerance towards those of Asian descent and other communities of color following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy makers and advocates, journalists and authors, student leaders and actors will come together for this vitally important conversation. They will discuss and explore the impact of COVID-19 related racism, government and public responses to preventing discrimination, and the significance of remaining engaged and empowered within our own communities.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League will offer pre-recorded remarks.
Lisa Ling, host of CNN’s This is Life with Lisa Ling, and Van Jones, CNN political contributor and host of the Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project, will both be joining the program.
Other participants include:
Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33rd District) | Stewart Kwoh, founding President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles (formerly known as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center) | Max Sevillia, Vice President, Government Relations, Advocacy, and Community Engagement for the Anti-Defamation League | Janet Yang, Governor of the Motion Picture Academy | Wang Leehom, renowned singer/actor and a 2019 U.S.-Asia Entertainment Summit Game Changer Award honoree | Joan Chen, award-winning actor and director | Tzi Ma, actor | Kelly Yang, award-winning author | Charlotte Wu & Bincheng Mao, The East Coast Coalition for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination | Eileen Kwan, Regional Marketing Director for Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Events
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.