
APAICS in Conversation

Overview
APAICS in Conversation is an exciting weekly series of virtual fireside chat teleconferences to learn and hear from leading AAPIs in their field. Each teleconference is approximately 30 minutes and includes a Q&A session with the participant.
September 7, 2021
2:00 PM ET
Dr. Sheri Daniels
Executive Director, Papa Ola Lokahi

October 29, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Professor
Lorraine K. Bannai
Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality And Professor Of Lawyering Skills.

September 11, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Maria Castaneda
Secretary-Treasurer of the 1199UHE (AKA as 1199NY) and President of the SEIU API Caucus.

August 21, 2020
2:00 PM ET
Donald Tamaki
Managing partner of Minami Tamaki LLP and served on the legal team that reopened the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case of Fred Korematsu, overturning his criminal conviction for defying the removal of almost 120,000 Japanese Americans.

July 30, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Lucy H. Koh
Judge - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

July 8, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Major General
William Chen, USA ret
Major General William Chen, U.S. Army, Ret. is the first Chinese American 2-Star General in the U.S. Army.

June 16, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Raag Singhal
Judge - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

May 20, 2020
12:00 PM ET
CAPAC in Conversation
Join Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) for an informative and entertaining event in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sec. Norman Mineta, CAPAC Chair Rep. Judy Chu and 12 members of Congress.

May 6, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Patrick Shen
Partner, Fragomen and Former Special Counsel for Immigration-related Unfair Employment Practices, US Department of Justice.
February 18, 2021
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
David S. Kim
Cabinet Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency

October 21, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
J. Traci Hong
Fmr. Judge, U.S. Immigration Court and national immigration policy expert.

September 2, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Denny Chin
Judge - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

August 10, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Michelle K. Lee
Vice President, Machine Learning Solutions Lab, Amazon; Fmr. Undersecretary of Commerce & USPTO Director.

July 24, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Nani A. Coloretti
Senior vice president for financial and business strategy at the Urban Institute and former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

June 30, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Karen Gren Scholer
Judge - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

June 10, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Frank H. Wu
President Designate, Queens College and William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Hastings School of Law.

May 18, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Nisha Desai Biswal
President, U.S.-India Business Council and Senior Vice President for South Asia,U.S. Chamber of Commerce; former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

April 29, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Norman C. Bay
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

November 10, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Jenny R. Yang
Senior fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute and former Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

October 8, 2020
3:00 PM ET
Konrad Ng
Executive Director of the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design and former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center in Washington DC.

October 8, 2020
3:00 PM ET
Major General
Robert G.F. Lee, USA ret.
Major General Robert G. F. Lee, U.S. Army, Ret.; fmr. Adjutant General, State of Hawaii

August 6, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Maeley Tom
Author and Fmr. Chief Administrative Officer of the California State Assembly and Chief of Staff to the President of the California Senate.

July 15, 2020
2:00 PM ET
The Honorable
David M. Louie
Partner at Kobayashi Sugita & Goda (KS&G) and Former Attorney General of Hawaii.

June 25, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Paul M. Igasaki
Former Chairman and Chief Judge of the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board; former Acting Chair and Vice Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

May 27, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Dr. Karen Korematsu
Karen Korematsu is the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu.

May 14, 2020
12:30 PM ET
The Honorable
Jill Aiko Otake
Judge - U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

April 21, 2020
12:30 PM ET
Dr. Leana Wen
Visiting Professor, George Washington University School of Public Health.