A one-day conference on Asian American leadership: healing and rebuilding New York is held in New York on Friday, May 10, 2002. The conference is jointly sponsored by Asian American Federation of New York; Asian American Higher Education Council; Bernard Baruch College, CUNY; Chinese Community Center; Con Edison; Organization of Chinese Americans New York; Queens, CUNY and others. The conference chaired by Betty Lee Sung, Professor Emerita and former Chair, Department of Asian Studies, City College of New York, consists of the following topics:
What is the impact of 9/11 on Asian Americans?
How is Chinatown affected?
How about Queens and Brooklyn?
How are South Asians affected?
Where is the voice in rebuilding New York?
Where is our voice in government circles?
How can we gain political influence?
How to build up our faculty leaders?
How do we counsel Asian American students?
What's next for Asian American Studies?
For further information, contact Asian American/Asian Research Institute, Queens College, The City University of New York (Tel.: 212-869-0182. Fax: 212-869-0191. Email:AAHEC@hotmail.com