Two historic panel discussions – one that reunites original Vincent Chin activists and one that brings together emerging leaders – will examine where the modern Asian American civil rights movement started and where it is going.

Panel 1 - Remembrance

Richard Lui of NBC News and MSNBC moderates the Remembrance panel. This panel will reflect on the beginning of American Citizens for Justice (ACJ), the genesis of the justice movement for Vincent Chin, and the significant and relevant takeaways from the coalition building and legal battles that occurred 40 years ago. Panelists include ACJ co-founders Helen Zia, Roland Hwang, and James Shimoura; Daphne Kwok, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and AAPI Audience Strategy at AARP, and former executive director at OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates; and David Inoue, Executive Director of Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

Panel 2 - Rededication

University of Michigan Assistant Professor Ian Shin moderates the Rededication panel featuring community leaders who will discuss what the AAPI and broader civil rights landscape looks like now and what it should look like for the future, focusing on Detroit. The panelists will cover matters for cooperation and coalition building. Panelists include Rima Meroueh, Advocacy and Community Engagement Director at ACCESS; Horace She eld, III, leader of Detroit Association of Black Organizations (DABO); Celeste Goedert with Rising Voices of Asian American Families; Ceena Vang, Co-founder of Whenever We’re Needed (WWN), and Rebeka Islam, Executive Director of APIA Vote-Michigan and Director of the Vincent Chin 40th Commemoration.