Focus
Interviews on global affairs and daily life
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Interview Archives: Asian/Pacific Islander
Tuesday September 07, 2010, 11:06 AM
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History
Yunte Huang, Ph.D., Professor of English, University of California, Santa Barbara
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Cultural Studies • Literature • Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander
Tuesday April 07, 2009, 10:06 AM
Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Abroad and in South Asian Immigrant Populations
Shamita Das Dasgupta, Ph.D., Co-Founder Manavi, Inc., and Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York,
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander • United States • Violence • Spousal Abuse • Afghanistan • India • Pakistan
Wednesday April 23, 2008, 11:06 AM
Organ Donation and Transplantation in Communities of Color
Juan Carlos Caicedo, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Hispanic Transplant Program in the Division of Organ Transplantation in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Health • Race/Ethnicity • African-American • Asian/Pacific Islander • Latino/Latina affairs • Native Americans
Thursday February 28, 2008, 10:06 AM
AIDS to Zen: Practicing Social Justice from the Nonprofit Sector
John Manzon-Santos, former Executive Director of Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center in San Francisco and Principal of pearldiving, a consulting practice
Host: David Inge
For more than 20 years, John Manzon-Santos has been an activist on social and policy issues affecting Asian Americans. He has served as Executive Director of the two largest nonprofits in North America working on issues of sexual health and HIV among Asians and Pacific Islanders. This morning, on Focus 580, we’ll talk about the ways that nonprofit organizations have worked to create a more fair distribution of power and resources…and about his belief that activist work is also human rights work.Play now:
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Categories: Gender issues • Health • Nonprofits • Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander
Friday April 29, 2005, 11:06 AM
THE ASIAN MYSTIQUE: DRAGON LADIES, GEISHA GIRLS, & OUR FANTASIES OF THE EXOTIC ORIENT
Sheridan Prasso, Journalist
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander
Thursday February 03, 2005, 10:06 AM
World War II, Japanese American Incarceration: A Social History And It's Implications Today
Roger Daniels, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cincinnati
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander • War
Thursday October 28, 2004, 10:06 AM
THE POLITICS OF ASIAN AMERICANS: DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY
Host: David Inge
Pei-Te Lien, Associate Professor of Political Science & Ethnic Studies, University of Utah
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Categories: Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander
Wednesday November 08, 1989, 11:06 AM
Strangers From a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
Ronald Takaki, Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California-Berkeley
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Cultural Studies • Race/Ethnicity • Asian/Pacific Islander
