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By Aurora de Peralta Photos credit: Will Kim On the warm spring evening of May 6, 2014, many of the AAPI community’s most influential members gathered for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 20th annual Gala Awards Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The founder of APAICS, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, was present to celebrate the …

Washington DC – When Frank H. Wu, Chancellor and Dean of the University of California, Hastings College of Law was a child, he was teased mercilessly for being Asian American. He was upset at his parents for not doing more to help but now he says he understands how hard it was for them. It was because of his experiences, …