PABA to Co-Sponsor Racial Profiling and Selective Prosecution Seminar

On Wednesday, September 12, 2007, APIforJustice will present a community teach seminar entitled

Equal Justice? Racial Profiling and Selective Prosecution in the API Community

PABA is a co-sponsor of the event, which will be held at the Japanese American Culture and Community Center, located at 244 S. San Pedro, Conference Room A & B, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Registration and a light dinner will commence at 5:30 p.m. The seminar will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

A media panel will examine if mainstream media and entertainment have fanned the negative stereotypes of APIs and paranoia in the country. At the criminal justice panel, legal experts and community activists will examine the issues of racial profiling and selective prosecution in the API community. Intended outcomes include: (1) raised the awareness of these issues among APIs leaders; and (2) calls for action.

This seminar is for community leaders, concerned citizens, legal professionals, and students who care about the welfare of API community members and who believe in upholding the constitutional rights of all citizens in this country.

Admission is FREE, but space is limited. If you plan to attend, please contact Arnold Pamplona. Here is a partial list of speakers:

Guy Aoki, the head and co-founder of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans. He is also a contributing columnist for the Rafu Shimpo.

Warren Furutani, a member of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.

Emil Guillermo, a print and broadcast journalist. The first non-white host of NPR's "All Things Considered," Guillermo is the author of the book "Amok."