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Woori Show and Sesame Street Puppeteer Kathleen Kim To Be Honored With the Changemaker Award at Advancing Justice – AAJC’s American Courage Awards Event
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Washington, D.C. — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC1) will recognize co-creator of the Woori Show, Kathleen Kim, with the 2022 Changemaker Award at the 2022 American Courage Awards2 event.
We are right here with you. That is the promise that Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC has kept with the Asian American community for over thirty years now. Three decades ago, we were founded on the need for our community to have a voice at the national level in all branches and offices of our federal government.
Every generation has a moment of awakening. This year provided a few seminal moments that threatened to either rip the Nation apart or bring us together. The Asian American community became the target for those looking to blame COVID-19 on someone. Instantly, our community was dealing with the dual pandemic of the coronavirus and racism. Several politicians stoked those embers of hate with rhetoric that firmly put a bullseye on the back of every Asian American.
We urge Speaker Pelosi and Leaders Schumer, McConnell and McCarthy to swiftly pass the Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act introduced by Reps. G.K. Butterfield and Steven Horsford and the Broadcast Varied Ownership Incentives for Community Expanded Service Act (Broadcast VOICES Act) introduced by Sens. Gary Peters and Robert Menendez. Supporting these pieces of legislation would eliminate barriers and create new opportunities for women, people of color and socially disadvantaged individuals to own local TV and radio stations.
A new webtoon series titled “Illuminated” began on Naver’s global Webtoon platform on June 26, with each episode based on interviews of high-profile Asian women who have spoken out about the racial prejudices they have experienced in their lives.
ILLUMINATED Is a Beautiful Webcomic That Highlights the Importance of Listening to Asian Voices
88rising5, alongside WEBTOON6 and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC1 recently released the webcomic series ILLUMINATED. ILLUMINATED tells the stories of music artists Stephanie Poetri, Wolftyla, mxmtoon, and Olympic figure skater Mirai Nagasu.
A new webtoon series titled “Illuminated” began on Naver’s global Webtoon platform on June 26, with each episode based on interviews of high-profile Asian women who have spoken out about the racial prejudices they have experienced in their lives.
Webtoon are teaming up7 with 88rising and the advocacy group Asian American Advancing Justice (AAJC) for a new webcomic called “Illuminated.” The series focuses on Asian women in high-profile fields, and is designed to dispel myths surrounding Asian people in modern society. The comic features stories based on the lives of Olympic athletes, musicians, and more. Additionally, “Illuminated” is being used to help bring attention to the #StopAsianHate movement while empowering Asians from all walks of life.
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- https://advancingjustice-aajc.org/
- https://americancourageawards.org/
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- http://bit.ly/AAJCemail
- http://www.88rising.com/
- http://www.webtoon.com/
- https://www.cbr.com/webtoon-illuminated-highlighting-aapi/