Lee was the first recipient of AAJAs Lifetime Achievement Award.

vice president of public affairs at California Wellness Foundation.She will be joined by a panel of esteemed local experts.

researcher at University of Melbourne.It is sponsored by Bank of America.this years dialogue examines the urgent contemporary forces shaping these issues.

They will explore the far-reaching policy impacts on young people and examine how to cultivate meaningful opportunities for them to drive the positive transformation they envision for the nation.With a focus on youth empowerment and the role of creative practice in fostering equitable recovery from natural disasters.

Tickets are free and open to the public.

The Smithsonians National Conversation on Race is co-presented by the Smithsonians Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past Initiative.The most gratifying result of our collaboration with the Mexican American community of Crystal City is the solidarity we have developed.

Salazar was so moved by his interactions with Japanese Americans that he joined the pilgrimage committee.the little-known Crystal City U.

My Story Museum is the brainchild of former city manager Diana Palacios – herself one of the 1969 student protest leaders.Salazar is a social studies teacher who has been teaching and coaching for the last 42 years.