
West Coast Membership Forum & Reception (May 2nd)
This was a West Coast Membership Forum held in Burlingame, CA, titled “The Road Ahead for Asian American Communities: Unpacking Trends, Challenges, & Opportunities”. The conversation was moderated by Michelle Rhyu, Former CKA Board Chair and Senior Counsel at Cooley LLP. Speakers included Taeku Lee, the Bae Family Professor of Government at Harvard University and Neil Ruiz, Head of New Research Initiatives, Pew Research Center. The discussion revolved around the current state of AAPI communities from a statistical perspective, as well as a non-partisan analysis of current voting trends.