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9 am-9:30 am (and through day):

REGISTRATION



9:30-10:00 am:

BRIEF WELCOME: Dr. Greg Kimura; Jeff Yang



10:00-11:00 am:

Opening Plenary: IS THIS STEREOTYPE REALLY NECESSARY?

[moderator] Keith Chow, editor at large, SHATTERED

Parvesh Cheena, actor, NBC's OUTSOURCED

Beau Sia, poet, author, THE UNDISPUTED GREATEST WRITER OF ALL TIME

Andrew Ti, blogger, YO IS THIS RACIST?

Jen Wang, blogger, DISGRASIAN

Gene Yang, graphic novelist, AMERICAN BORN CHINESE and LEVEL UP



11:00-12:00:

Keynote Conversation: ORIENTATIONS

[moderator] Professor Jack Tchen, author, NEW YORK BEFORE CHINATOWN: ORIENTALISM AND THE SHAPING OF AMERICAN CULTURE, 1776-1882

Jack Shaheen, author, REEL BAD ARABS; former CBS News Middle East consultant and Professor Emeritus of Mass Communications from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

William F. Wu, author, THE YELLOW PERIL: CHINESE-AMERICANS IN AMERICAN FICTION, 1850-1940



12:00-1:00:

Keynote Conversation: SEXTYPES

[moderator] Jeff Yang, columnist, Wall Street Journal Online, editor-in-chief, SHATTERED

Helie Lee, director, MACHO LIKE ME, documentary on six months as a man

Keni Styles, adult film star



1:00-2:00 Lunch Break



2:00-3:00 Breakouts A: "What We Teach and Show"



TAMING TIGERS:

GETTING BEYOND STEREOTYPES IN PARENTING AND EDUCATION

[moderator] Daren Mooko, associate dean of students, Pomona College

Julie Kang, blogger, Geisha School Dropout

Cynthia Liu, cofounder, K-12 News Network

Jason Sperber, cofounder, Rice Daddies

Paula Yoo, author, GOOD ENOUGH; producer, EUREKA



SCREEN ADJUSTMENTS:

GETTING BEYOND STEREOTYPES IN MEDIA

[moderator] Jocelyn Wang, blogger, 8Asians

Stephen Dypiangco, National Film Society

Patrick Epino, National Film Society

Brian Hu, artistic director, Pacific Arts Movement (organizers of the SDAAFF)

Jerry Ma, art director, SHATTERED

Steve Nguyen, Channel APA

Jude Narita, theater artist and activist, FROM THE HEART



3:00-4:00 Breakouts B: What We Do and Say



MOVE THIS: CAMPAIGNS THAT WORK

[moderator] Lisa Lee, blogger, Thick Dumpling Skin; diversity program manager, Facebook

18 Million Rising (Jenn Pae/Cynthia Brothers)

Eileen Chow, Visiting Associate Professor, Duke University

Generations of War (Traci Akemi Kato-Kiriyama, founder, Tuesday Night Café)

Racebending (Michael Le)



THE POLITICS OF PERCEPTION

[moderator] Ling Woo Liu, executive director of the Fred Korematsu Institute

Tanzila Ahmed, voter engagement manager at Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Jay Chen, Hacienda Heights school board member, congressional candidate



4:00-5:00

Special Panel A: WHEN IS IT OKAY TO LAUGH? Ethnic Humor that Works

[moderator] Jenny Yang, comedian, organizer, DIS/ORIENT/ED comedy tour

D'Lo

Kiran Deol, director and comedian

Andrew Fung (The Fung Brothers)

David Fung (The Fung Brothers)

Joe Luu, comedian

Greg Watanabe (18 Mighty Mountain Warriors)



Special Panel B: MAN BITES DOGHow Stereotypes Shape the News

[moderator] Richard Lui, anchor, MSNBC

Leslie Berestein Rojas, Immigration and Emerging Communities reporter, Southern California Public Radio

Mei Fong, Pulitzer Prize winning former reporter, Wall Street Journal

Wendy Lee, Business Reporter, Southern California Public Radio

Andrew Lih, associate professor, USC Annenberg School of Communications

COPRESENTED BY THE ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATIONLOS ANGELES CHAPTER



5:00-6:00

Closing Plenary: CHANGING THE GAME

[moderator] Oliver Wang, cultural critic, Assistant Professor of Sociology, CSU-Long Beach

Christopher Chen, producer, LINSANITY

Jay Caspian Kang, editor, Grantland; author, THE DEAD DO NOT IMPROVE

Ted Kim, EVP, CJ Entertainment America

Deepa Jeeva, head of production, YOMYOMF Network

Mike Le, creator and executive producer, K-TOWN

Benson Lee, director, PLANET B-BOY and BATTLE OF THE YEAR: DREAM TEAM

Parry Shen, actor, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW; managing editor, SHATTERED



6:00-6:30

"ALL IN": CLOSING Q&A/ROUNDTABLE



6:00 to closing



SHATTERED:

The Asian American Comics Anthology Reception

(open to all attendees and others by invitation) Location Japanese American National Museum (View)

100 N Central Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90012

United States 100 N Central AveLos Angeles, CA 90012United States Categories Education > Conventions Other

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