2022 WLP #5 | Educational Equity: Where do we stand?

This session will discuss educational disparities within the AANHPI community as well as the experiences of AANHPIs within the education system. Topics include the integration of AAPI history into school curriculum, affirmative action, the model minority myth, as well as access to educational resources.
Speakers include:
🔹 Shital C. Shah, Senior Advisor on Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Department of Education (Opening Remarks)
🎓 Rebecca Lee, 2010 CAPAL Scholar & 2013 Board Chair; Deputy Director at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Moderator)
🔹 Solomon Chen, Research Associate at the Cato Institute
🔹 Kani Ilangovan, Board Member of Make Us Visible NJ
🔹 Benetick Kabua Maddison, Assistant Director & Project Specialist for Youth, Climate, and Nuclear Issues at the Marshallese Educational Initiative
🔹 Dr. Victor C. Thompson, Executive Director at the National Pacific Islander Education Network
🔹Roby Chatterji, Associate Director for K-12 Education, Center for American Progress