APALA and Eugenia Beh, APALA President 2013-2014, will be hosting the APALA President’s Program on Sunday, June 29, 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, N258. 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Asian Americans are the second fastest growing immigrant population in the US, yet little attention has been paid to their role in the debate over immigration reform. This program will focus on the impact of immigration reform to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and how libraries and librarians can help Asian immigrants navigate the immigration system.
Please join us for a stimulating panel discussion, featuring the following presenters:
Evan Louie is a local Las Vegas, Nevada business owner and one of the original founders of the first Pacific Islander Fraternity, Tau Omega Alpha. He was a spokesperson for the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, advocated the FDA to approve new cancer treatments, and helped create the first NHPI (Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) disaggregated national demographic report in history. Evan also helped organize local and national groups to support immigration reform for AAPIs (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders). In October 2013, he was appointed by the Nevada state legislative committee to be the Nevada State Commissioner of Minority Affairs. Some of the awards Evan has received include the National Parent of the Year Award, Unsung Hero of Las Vegas Valley from Greenspun Media, Clark County School District and Nevada PTA award, accommodation awards from US Congress and US Senate, and several local community awards.
Jade Alburo is the Librarian for Southeast Asian Studies, Pacific Islands Studies, and Religion at the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. She is currently APALA’s Immediate Past President and Co-Chair of its 35th Anniversary & Symposium Steering Committee. Born and raised in the Philippines, Jade immigrated to the US with her family when she was a teenager. She has a BA in English and Religious Studies from UC Berkeley, an MA in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and an MLS from the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to UCLA, she was a Reference Librarian in the Humanities & Social Sciences Division of the Library of Congress and a CIRLA Fellow with the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Her research interests include: Filipino/Filipino-American culture & diaspora, folklore/ethnography, and social media and fandoms.
Loida Garcia-Febo is an international librarian, consultant, author, speaker, researcher and writer of topics such as human rights, advocacy and services to multicultural populations. Loida is President of Information New Wave, an international non-profit seeking to enhance the education of ethnically diverse communities in the USA and in developing countries. She collaborates with worldwide organizations to help diverse populations internationally. Loida also frequently speaks to the media including ABC, CNN, NPR, Univision, Telemundo and New York Times. She has taught in 19 countries in five continents and has spoken at United Nations events and others coordinated by the US Embassies in Spain, Mexico and Tokyo. Loida is a member of the Governing Board of IFLA and the Council of the American Library Association. She was born, raised and educated in Puerto Rico.
Rex Velasquez is from Velasquez Immigration Law Group.
Roberto C. Delgadillo is a Humanities, Social Sciences and Government Information Services Librarian at the Peter J. Shields Library at the University of California, Davis. His areas of responsibility include: Literatures in English, Education, Chicana/o Studies, Religious Studies, Disability Studies, and Military Science. Born in Managua, Nicaragua, Roberto’s family moved to the United States in 1975. Roberto has a BA in Modern German and Russian History from UC Santa Cruz, and a MLIS and a PhD in Modern Latin American History, both from UCLA. His research interests include urban folklore, civil military relations and the information-seeking behavior of undergraduate and graduate students. He is a former reference and acquisitions librarian with the Hispanic Services Division of the Inglewood Public Library and former copy cataloger with the Beverly Hills Public Library. Roberto currently serves as a Member-at-Large for ALA Council. Since 2005, Roberto has also served as the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)’s Rapporteur General (2005-2012), Member-at-Large (2008-2011) and immediate Past President (2013-2014), recently having overseen its annual meeting in Brigham Young University. Roberto is also a 2012 recipient of The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.
Rozita Lee is from Rozita V. Lee Consulting.
Editing assistance provided by Melissa Cardenas-Dow.