This edition: "Roots and Routes: Our Immigration Story"
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Original tape date: April 21, 2025. First aired: May 13, 2025.For the last 13 years, Asian American Life have told the stories of our communities’ history which is often missing in our U.S. classrooms. To celebrate Asian American Pacific Heritage Month, we take you on a journey and trace important moments in history from the gold rush of 1800’s to Trump’s anti-immigration policies of 2025.
Guest List
David C. Baluarte Professor of Law Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, CUNY School of Law
Charlotte Brooks Chair, Program in Asian and Asian American Studies, Baruch College/CUNY
Ph. D. Ava Chin Professor , CUNY Graduate Center and College of Staten Island
Rose Cuison-Villzor Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar , Rutgers-Newark School of Arts and Science
Chaumtoli Huq Professor of Law, City University of New York School of Law
Renee Tajima Pena Professor and Documentary Filmmaker “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”
Ph. D. Emma Tsui Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy, Community Health and Social Services
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