We proudly partnered with the National Association of Asian Professionals for a special livestream event where we talked about the importance of representation both in the workplace and culture at large and the best ways in which to move our communities towards equity in the face of anti-Asian sentiment . If you missed our conversation or would like to revisit the discussion, you can do so below.
Meet the Panelists
Phi Nguyen
Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta
Monica Modi Khant
Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
Dr. Gulshan Harjee, MD
Co-founder of Clarkston Community Health Center, Inc.
Hon. Alvin T. Wong
Judge, State Court of DeKalb County
Sophia Choi
News Broadcaster, WSB-TV
Phi Nguyen
Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta
Monica Modi Khant
Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
Dr. Gulshan Harjee, MD
Co-founder of Clarkston Community Health Center, Inc.
Hon. Alvin T. Wong
Judge, State Court of DeKalb County
Sophia Choi
News Broadcaster, WSB-TV
The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating, supporting and promoting Asian American leaders through professional development programs, community services engagements, and diverse industry connections. Visit NAAAP Website
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This is Home: We Love Buford Highway
For Ching Hsai and many others, Buford Highway is "home-home". It's a place to honor the traditions of their families' homelands while building something unique and sustainable for the generations to come.
We partnered with We Love Buford Highway to document just some of the families who have made Buford Highway a destination not just in Atlanta, but the country over.
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Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by over 300% in 2021, but these incidents aren't isolated or happening far away. The millions of Americans that identify as AAPI are our friends, our neighbors, our coworkers, and ourselves.
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#WovenTogether
Phi Nguyen
Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta
In her previous role as Litigation Director, Phi focused on impact litigation in the areas of voting rights and immigrant justice.
Nguyen graduated from the Georgia State University School of Law in 2009 and practiced as a medical malpractice trial lawyer for eight years before dedicating herself to community-centered civil rights litigation.
She is a 2020 recipient of the National Asian Pacific Bar Association’s Best Under 40 award.
Monica Modi Khant
Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
As an experienced trainer and national speaker, she shares her expertise on gender-based violence, immigration law, and the intersection of immigrant rights, human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and asylum.
Khant is passionate about impacting systemic changes at the local and national levels, strengthening communities, and creating a broader understanding to influence culture and lives of AAPI survivors and their families.
Dr. Gulshan Harjee, MD
Co-founder of Clarkston Community Health Center, Inc.
Dr. Gulshan Harjee is a granddaughter of Indian Immigrants - born in Tanzania and educated in Pakistan, Iran, and at Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University in Atlanta Georgia.
She co-founded the Clarkston Community Health Center in 2013, practicing there solely since 2016.
Dr. Harjee views her work with immigrants, refugees, and the marginalized as her opportunity and privilege to give back. Her experiences of enduring war, religious persecution, ethnic cleansing, political turmoil, and the loss of her spouse to gun violence, have made her a courageous spirit in the face of insurmountable losses and immense suffering.
Hon. Alvin T. Wong
Judge, State Court of DeKalb County
Alvin T. Wong won election to DeKalb County’s State Court bench in 1998, in a grassroots campaign that galvanized the Asian-American community like never before. He was the first AAPI to run for public office in metro Atlanta and the first to be elected judge in the Southeast.
He serves on the board of LifeLine Animal Project and is the current president of the Council of State Court Judges. Before that, he was a longtime Fernbank Museum of Natural History trustee and NAPABA Law Foundation board member. Over the years, he has received many awards for citizenship, leadership, and trailblazing. In 2014, GAPABA -- the Georgia Asian Bar which he co-founded – established its highest award, the Judge Alvin T. Wong Pioneer Award, in his honor.
Al Wong immigrated to the U.S. from Hong Kong at age 14. He lives in Atlanta with wife Jeannie Lin, a creative communications consultant, their three cats, and Coco, a special-needs dachshund mix.
Sophia Choi
News Broadcaster, WSB-TV
Sophia Choi anchors Channel 2 Action News Saturday and Sunday AM and is a general assignment reporter for Channel 2 Action News. Prior to joining WSB-TV, Choi worked as the 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. anchor at KVBC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas.
Before moving to Las Vegas, Choi worked as the prime-time anchor for CNN Headline News where she covered various breaking stories, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
Choi has also worked as an anchor or reporter in Los Angeles, Birmingham, and Lynchburg. She is an Emmy nominee and has won two Electronic Media Awards as well as an Associated Press Award for her work.