WASHINGTON DC (April 30, 2012) – The Sikh Coalition and other prominent national civil rights leaders released a game-changing mobile application that enables users to report instances of airport profiling in real time.
The Monday launch event at the offices of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Washington, D.C. was also streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sikhcoalition.
Appointments, Government, Japanese, Women
Stewart Ishimaru
WASHINGTON (April 30, 2012) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Stuart Ishimaru has been selected to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in January 2012. Mr. Ishimaru comes to the CFPB from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Chinese, Government, Human Rights, International
BEIJING (May 3, 2012) — United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke spoke with media Thursday regarding the dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped custody to the U.S. Embassy and brokered a deal with the Chinese government to let he and his family apply for student status in New York where he would heal from torture but not make the United States home and never asked for asylum at the Embassy.
Asian American Studies, Awards/Recognition, Government, Human Rights, Japanese, National
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on April 26, 2012 named the late Gordon Hirabayashi as one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on Jan. 2.
Appointments, Government, National, Women
Stewart Ishimaru
WASHINGTON (April 30, 2012) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Stuart Ishimaru has been selected to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in January 2012. Mr. Ishimaru comes to the CFPB from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Ishimaru, on the recommendation of Sen. Tom Daschle, to be one of the five members of the Commission in 2003. In 2009, President Barack Obama named Mr. Ishimaru Acting Chairman of the Commission.
WASHINGTON — The Sikh Coalition, together with the national civil rights community, will unveil a mobile application that allows users to report instances of airport profiling in real time during a launch event at the offices of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Washington, DC on April 30.
The launch event will also be live-streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sikhcoalition.
Awards/Recognition, Community, Hmong, Social Issues
MINNEAPOLIS (April 19, 2012) — The Humphrey School of Public Affairs will honor MayKao Hang, president and CEO of the Wilder Foundation, with the Alumni Leadership Award for her commitment to the provision and delivery of critical health and social welfare services and the strengthening of local communities.
“Through her work at the Wilder Foundation and in the community, Maykao Hang is setting a standard for a new generation of young leaders who are delivering critical health and social welfare services and offering the prospect of a brighter future for people of Minnesota,” says Humphrey School Dean Eric Schwartz.
Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Television
ST. PAUL — The United Nations announced a panel discussion and screening of tpt’s locally produced program Slavery by Another Name to be held this Wednesday evening.
The panel will feature Slavery by Another Name producer and director Sam Pollard. The Slavery by Another Name event is part of a series of U.N. events to observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. More information may be found here: http://www.un.org/events/calendar/.
Editorial, Human Rights, Indonesia, Veterans/Military
BROOKLYN, NY (March 30, 2012) — Ninety organizations today urged the U.S. government and Congress not to provide deadly attack helicopters to Indonesia. Indonesia has announced that it plans to buy eight AH-64 Apache attack helicopters from the United States.
The groups warned that the helicopters will escalate conflicts in Indonesia, especially in the rebellious region of West Papua: “Providing these helicopters would pose a direct threat to Papuan civilians.”
Buddhism, Human Rights, International, Social Justice, Tibetan
MINNEAPOLIS (March 28, 2012) — The Tibetan community of Minnesota is mourning the death of 27 year-old Jamphel Yeshi who passed away Monday in New Delhi.
The Tibetan Youth Congress announced the death of Jamphel Yeshi, 27, who set his body on fire for the cause of Tibet in New Delhi. They consider Yeshi a of martyr. He is survived by his mother and four siblings, who are all in Tibet.
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