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WGBH Celebrates Asian-Pacific American Culture

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With support from: Lowell Institute
Date and time
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

WGBH celebrates Asian Pacific American culture with a discussion of these specially selected films: American Experience's _The Chinese Exclusion Act_, _Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story_, _Unbroken Glass_ and _Forever, Chinatown_. The celebration spotlights Asian Americans who have made it in America, becoming top leaders in their industries and communities. Leaders from a variety of sectors offer real-world advice as part of a panel discussion on crucial topics. Liz Cheng, general manager of WGBH Television and the WORLD, moderates the discussion with the panelists, including Dr. Pam Y. Eddinger, president of Bunker Hill Community College and WGBH trustee, Nam Pham, assistant secretary of business development and international trade in the Baker-Polito administration, and Brian Chu, Special General Partner at Cue Ball and Senior Advisor at HighVista Strategies. These panelists share their personal experiences and professional successes with event attendees.

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Nam Pham
Nam Van Pham has been a community activist for more than 20 years. He has traveled to many states and countries to inform the American and international public about human right abuses in Vietnam by the current Vietnamese government. In 2002 he co-founded the Massachusetts Commission for Human Rights in Vietnam, a coalition of Vietnamese American organizations and leading activists to advocate for respect of religious freedom and other individual rights for Vietnam. He has established the Next Vietnam Foundation, whose goal is to advocate for a democratic Vietnamese society.
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Liz Cheng
Liz Cheng is WGBH’s General Manager for Television, overseeing local channels WGBH 2, WGBX 44, ’GBH Kids, Create, and Boston Kids & Family TV as well as the national public television multicast channel World. She joined WGBH in December 2011 to serve as General Manager for World, a 24/7 service offering original content from independent filmmakers and emerging producers complemented by public television’s signature nonfiction documentary, science, and news programming. With a focus on new and diverse voices, emerging technology, and social media, World offers unique programs such as Global Voices, AfroPop, Pacific Heartbeat, and the co-produced documentary series America ReFramed and Local, USA.
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Pam Y. Eddinger
GBH Board of Trustees
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