{"id":4379,"date":"2022-04-14T23:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/?p=4379"},"modified":"2022-09-14T18:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:45:02","slug":"whos-who-in-civil-rights-community-activism-in-asian-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/whos-who-in-civil-rights-community-activism-in-asian-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #323130\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4405\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/04\/0000200_asian-american-workers-rising-apalas-struggle-to-transform-the-labor-movement_300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"299\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Program date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #323130\"><strong>Who&#8217;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In celebration of national Asian Pacific Heritage Month and with reference to the new book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.labor.ucla.edu\/asian-american-workers-rising\"><i>Asian American Workers Rising &#8211; APALA&#8217;s Struggle to Transform the Labor Movement<\/i>\u00a0(2021)<\/a>, we heard Washington State senator, <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/hasegawa\/\">Bob Hasegawa<\/a> and retired regional director of the Inland Boatmen&#8217;s labor union, <a href=\"https:\/\/labor.washington.edu\/people\/richard-gurtiza\">Rich Gurtiza<\/a> speak about the efforts they made 30 years ago as leaders bringing change to Asian and Pacific Islander workers in the area.\u00a0 As key figures to know about in local Asian American history, and in Washington history, this facilitated panel discussion helped educators understand how their work brought the focus back to Asian and Pacific Islander workers in Washington, ultimately highlighting the broader struggle for democracy and justice for all.\u00a0 The panel was followed by Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<h3>Date and Time<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Tuesday, May 24, 2022,\u00a04:30-6:30 pm, online<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Panelists<\/h3>\n<div><b>Bob Hasegawa<\/b>\u00a0Washington state senator, former Teamsters Local 174 secretary-treasurer, APALA founding executive board member<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Rich Gurtiza<\/b>\u00a0 Inland Boatmen&#8217;s Union Region 37 regional director (retired), APALA founding executive board member and former national secretary<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span class=\"mark8ch230fpf\">Tracy<\/span>\u00a0Lai<\/b>\u00a0Seattle Central College full-time tenured Historian, American Federation of Teachers &#8211; Washington, vice president for human rights, APALA national executive board member (current) and former national secretary, Seattle APALA chapter vice president<\/div>\n<h3>Program Benefits<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Educators received free WA OSPI clock hours and readings from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/books.labor.ucla.edu\/asian-american-workers-rising\"><i>Asian American Workers Rising &#8211; APALA&#8217;s Struggle to Transform the Labor Movement<\/i>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Who&#8217;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History In celebration of national Asian Pacific Heritage Month and with reference to the new book,\u00a0Asian American Workers Rising &#8211; APALA&#8217;s Struggle to Transform the Labor Movement\u00a0(2021), we heard Washington State senator, Bob Hasegawa and retired regional director<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/whos-who-in-civil-rights-community-activism-in-asian-american-history\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-programs","region-western-washington","research-theme-9-12"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who&#039;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History - East Asia Resource Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/earc\/whos-who-in-civil-rights-community-activism-in-asian-american-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who&#039;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History - East Asia Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Program date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Who&#8217;s Who in Civil Rights and Community Activism in Asian American History In celebration of national Asian Pacific Heritage Month and with reference to the new book,\u00a0Asian American Workers Rising &#8211; 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