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 Education Fund (AALDEF) will be speaking about his experience as a
 local voting rights advocate who is involved in working with Asian American communities a the grassroots level in New York.

2. National Advocacy: Terry Ao from the Asian American Justice Center will be speaking about her experience as an advocate who lobbies Congress and works on a national level on Asian American voting rights

3. Legal Perspectives: Professor Dan Tokaji from Ohio State University will moderate the panel and speak to not only potential legislative changes, but also the role of the courts and legal academia in addressing voter rights reforms.

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 Cambodia to America.  This documentary gives voice to her family's
story on their way to becoming Americans.
NEW YEAR BABY premiered at the International Documentary Festival in
Amsterdam in December 2006.  It won Amnesty International's "Movies that
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
Cambodia to begin outreach programs.  In Cambodia, her generation knows very
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).