Virtual Discussion: Bringing Asian American History to Schools

What are the best ways to bring more Asian American history into schools? How can Asian American history be incorporated into existing history lessons?

As part of a continuing series Beyond Far East Deep South, join us for an informative panel of education experts who will share insights into where we are now with Asian American history being taught in schools, why it's important, and what the path forward is to introduce more Asian American history to educators.

Our panelists include Dr. Russell Jeung (Co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate), Dr. Jane Hong (Author of "Opening the Gates to Asia"), and Ting-Yi Oei (Education director, 1882 Foundation). Panel will be moderated by Larissa Lam, director of Far East Deep South. (Scroll down for more info on our speakers)

If you haven't seen the award-winning documentary, Far East Deep South on PBS World Channel's "America ReFramed" series, you can stream it on-demand for free at PBS.org Sept 14-Oct 14.

Presented by Chinese Americans Citizens Alliance and Far East Deep South in partnership with 1882 Foundation.

Register here. After you register, you will be emailed a link to join the online session the day before the event.

ABOUT FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH

A Chinese American family’s search for their roots takes them to an unlikely destination, the Mississippi Delta, where they stumble upon surprising family revelations and uncover the racially complex history of Chinese immigrants in the segregated South during the Chinese Exclusion era.

For more about the film, visit www.fareastdeepsouth.com

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

RUSSELL JEUNG: Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Dr. Russell Jeung is author of books and articles on race and religion. He's written Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans (Oxford U Press, 2019); Mountain Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA AAS Center, 2019); and At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors (Zondervan, 2016). In March 2020, Dr. Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate with Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council. It tracks incidents of COVID-19 discrimination to develop policy interventions and long-term solutions to racism.

JANE HONG: Jane Hong is an associate professor of U.S. history at Occidental College and the author of Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion (UNC Press, 2019). Hong is currently writing a book about race and evangelical politics for Oxford University Press. She has appeared in the documentary, Far East Deep South, two episodes of the Peabody Award-winning PBS docuseries, Asian Americans, and has penned op-eds for the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. 

TING-YI OEI: Ting-Yi Oei is the Curriculum and Education Director of the 1882 Foundation. He received his BA in History from Hamilton College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Brown University. He taught middle and high school social studies for 20 years and was a high school administrator for another ten in Virginia. Along the way he served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Korea, was a Fulbright Teacher in Scotland, and spent a year teaching in the Dominican Republic. He was also awarded a one-year research fellowship at Teaching Tolerance, the education project of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. Now he is a curriculum consultant with a particular interest in improving the quality of teaching of Asian Pacific American history.

LARISSA LAM: Larissa Lam is the director of the award-winning documentary, Far East Deep South. Over the past two decades, she has established herself as not only a creative force in music, film and TV but a voice that inspires and empowers others. She was part of the Smithsonian’s History Film Forum Emerging Filmmakers Lab and has been featured on LA Times, PBS and NPR. She is also a speaker who has presented at TEDx, Leadercast, RootsTech and universities such as Yale, MIT and UCLA.

BALDWIN CHIU: Baldwin Chiu aka Only Won is the producer of Far East Deep South. He and his family are the subjects of the film. His family's story has been featured on NBC News, the Boston Globe among many media outlets. He’s a graduate of the ACT One Film Producing Program and produced the award-winning documentary short, Finding Cleveland. He has been a speaker at RootsTech, OCA National Convention among other conferences. Together with his wife, Larissa Lam, he hosts the podcast, Love, Discovery, and Dim Sum, helping people discover more history and an Asian American perspective on race and culture.