Week of April 24:
1st Annual Alumni Awards Banquet
Please click on "Upcoming Events" to find out more. This promises to be an exciting event and space is limited! RSVP is closed at this time. Please e-mail emily.liu@yale.edu to place your name on the waiting list.
Asian American Voting Rights Panel - April 24, 2007
PANA will be hosting an exciting panel to explore the
Asian American voting experience with prominent voting rights experts from
three different
perspectives:
1. On the Ground: Brian Redondo from the Asian
American Legal Defense and
local voting
rights advocate who is involved in working with Asian
2. National Advocacy: Terry Ao from the Asian American
Justice
3. Legal Perspectives: Professor Dan Tokaji from
Film Screening: New Year Baby
***Discussion with Director Socheata
Poeuv afterwards.***
When: Tuesday, April 24th. 7 pm.
Where: Yale Law School Room 129
NEW YEAR BABY is the first documentary directed by a Cambodian-American
woman about her family's survival from the Khmer Rouge genocide. It is a
story of love, joy, and pardon, told by Director Socheata Poeuv, who was
born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, as the family made their
way from
story on their way to becoming Americans.
NEW YEAR BABY premiered at the International Documentary Festival in
Matter" Award, and has taken top honors at the San Francisco
Asian-American
Film Festival and the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. The film is
sponsored by PBS and will air in 2008. Socheata has also taken the
film to
little about their history; this film will tell the story.
Sponsored by the Lowenstein Human Rights Project and the Pacific Islander,
Asian, and Native American Law Students Association (PANA).










