6-28-05 JOIN HELEN ZIA APALC!

Join us for an evening of advocacy, activism, and inspiration…

mention: SpeakAsianAmericans had sent you!

“Filipino American, Joseph Ileto was a victim of racially-motivated crime. However, his death was at first overshadowed by the media's portrayal of a purely anti-Semitic act. Asian Americans united to elevate this tragedy to honor Joseph Ileto. His name has gradually become synonymous to political empowerment…”

~SpeakAsianAmericans

Date: Friday, August 26, 2005
Time: 6:00 pm – Reception, 7:00 pm – Program
Location: National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Los Angeles 90012
(Next to the Japanese American National Museum)
Sponsor: Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Cost: Free

RSVP to Cathy Dang at cdang@apalc.org or (213) 241-0254
www.apalc.org/iletoevent

From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Mohandas Gandhi to Dalai Lama -- For generations peace has been on the agenda for many activists. However, peace is not an object that can easily be obtained, but rather an objective that takes dedication from many to accomplish. In tribute and remembrance to Filipino American postal worker Joseph Ileto, victim of a hate-motivated shooting in 1999, the Joseph Ileto Fellowship Lecture Event will both inform and open up dialogue on the goals and tactics of peace advocacy and activism in search of a nonviolent society.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and Ileto family, in conjunction with the Japanese American National Museum and the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, are delighted to have journalist, author, and activist, Helen Zia, as the speaker for the Joseph Ileto Lecture Event.

For over twenty years, Helen Zia has continuously involved herself with advocating social justice for the Asian Pacific Islander community. Ms. Zia is an award-winning journalist, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, and a Contributing Editor to Ms. Magazine, where she was formerly Executive Editor. In 2001, she was named one of the most influential Asian Americans of the decade by A. Magazine. Her work on the Asian American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy Award nominated film, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"

FEATURED SPEAKER
Helen Zia, Author, journalist, activist