Asian Americans, Fastest Growing Minority in U.S. Becomes More Visible…(and a More Visible Target, Too)
On May 27, the Museum of Public Relations presented its first-ever “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month” event to explore the many issues impacting the fastest growing population in the U.S. today: the changing Asian American and Pacific Islander (APIs) demographic. During this online webcast, we explored identity; stereotypes; intersectionality; the Asian Model Minority Myth; Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI); and changing API demographics in the U.S. Senior and younger API professionals—representing public relations, advertising, media, journalism and entertainment—shared their personal stories and discussed why DEI is critical for organizations who want to survive and thrive beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
Watch the program (approx. 2 hours)
Webcast via Onstream Media
Event Organizers
Angela Chitkara, World in 2020, researcher and consultant
Shelley Spector, Founder, Museum of Public Relations; president, Spector & Associates
Patrice Tanaka, Founder, Joyful Planet LLC; co-founder, Padilla, CRT/tanaka, and PT&Co.
Keynote
May Lee, Host and Executive Producer, “The May Lee Show” at Lotus Media House and NextShark
Topics
Changing Asian-American identity (historical perspective, composition of AA ethnicities, changing migration patterns)
Stereotypes (past and present, including the Covid-19 crisis)
Identity (Pan-Asian, global identity, intersectionality, changing demographics)
Panelists
Curtis Chin, Senior Fellow, Asia, Milken Institute; former Managing Director, Burson-Marsteller
Fred Katayama, Content Producer and Anchor with Reuter News
Soon Mee Kim, EVP, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader, Porter Novelli
Patrice Tanaka, Founder, Joyful Planet LLC; co-founder, Padilla, CRT/tanaka, and PT&Co.
Pallavi Damani Kumar, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Director for Public Communications Division, American University
John Onoda, Senior Advisor, Gagen MacDonald
Panel 2
Moderator
Bill Imada, CEO, Chairman and Chief Connectivity Officer, IW Group
Panelists
Valerie Lopez, Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cision
Elliot Lum, Senior Vice President, Talent Strategy and Program Development, Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
Doua Moua, Actor in Disney’s Mulan, Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, etc.
Ted Nguyen, Department Manager, Public Communications & Media Relations at Orange County Transportation Authority
Palak Patel, Founder & President, Asian Public Relations Students Association, University of Florida
Azka Pirzada, Associate Media Planner, MediaCom (WPP)
Wrap-up: Kipp Jarecke-Cheng, Chief Communications Officer, Publicis Health
Kipp Jarecke-Cheng, Chief Communications Officer, Publicis Health
Sponsorship Opportunities
We hope you will consider supporting the Museum’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2020 event as a sponsor of this first-of-a-kind discussion by leading Asian-American communications professionals. The Museum relies entirely on the generosity of your sponsorship to produce events like this.
Thanks to Our Sponsors
“ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH 2020” is sponsored in part by:
Bill Imada; Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Department of Advertising and Public Relations at University of Georgia; Commpro.biz; Joyful Planet; World in 2020; Renee Edelman, Brown Leaf Promotions; Black Public Relations Society–New York; and Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA).
Sponsorship Levels
CORPORATE
Your logo or name appear in the program.
BRONZE $1,000 | SILVER $1,500
| GOLD $2,000
| PLATINUM $5,000 | OTHER
