| Asian American Voices Symposium: "Mixed Race Asians: Why it Matters to Asian America" |
The UW-Madison Association of Asian American Graduate Students (AAAGS), in cooperation
with Asian Pacific American Law Student Association/South Asian Law Student Association and
UW Asian American Studies Department, presented the Second Annual Asian American Voices
Symposium, titled above, on April 5, 2008, at the UW-School of Law. The day-long event
featured three concurrent sessions on Identity, Health, and Activism. The keynote speaker was
UW Prof. Michael Thornton, director of Morgridge Center and professor of Afro-American Studies
and Sociology.
The video report below is limited to parts of the keynote address and the discussion on
Identity (Session 1), facilitated by Lynet Uttal and Thornton. (Pease read the full report in the May
2008 issue of Asian Wisconzine.)
with Asian Pacific American Law Student Association/South Asian Law Student Association and
UW Asian American Studies Department, presented the Second Annual Asian American Voices
Symposium, titled above, on April 5, 2008, at the UW-School of Law. The day-long event
featured three concurrent sessions on Identity, Health, and Activism. The keynote speaker was
UW Prof. Michael Thornton, director of Morgridge Center and professor of Afro-American Studies
and Sociology.
The video report below is limited to parts of the keynote address and the discussion on
Identity (Session 1), facilitated by Lynet Uttal and Thornton. (Pease read the full report in the May
2008 issue of Asian Wisconzine.)