Stop AAPI Hate: The Role of Communicators - Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021 (ON-DEMAND VIDEO)
The Museum of Public Relations hosted its 2nd Annual “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month” observance on Wednesday, May 12. Please join us for this on-demand event, which focuses on the heartbreaking rise of anti-Asian hate and violence in the U.S., including the recent shootings in Atlanta where eight people were killed—six of them Asian women. Our discussion focuses on the role of communicators in helping to #StopAAPIHate.
Event Organizers
Angela Chitkara, World in 2020, Researcher and Consultant
Shelley Spector, Founder, Museum of Public Relations; President, Spector & Associates
Patrice Tanaka, Founder, Joyful Planet LLC; Co-Founder, Padilla, CRT/tanaka and PT&Co.
Keynote
Srikant Ramaswami, MS., JD, Head, U.S. Pharma Communication, GSK
Moderators
Bill Imada, Chairman and Chief Connectivity Officer, IW Group
Joanne Tabellija-Murphy, National Director, Public Affairs-Corporate Affairs, Walmart.
Panelists
Helen Ames, Partner, FINN Partners
Suzy An, Vice President, Porter Novelli, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Leader
Jennifer Choi, Director, Equity Initiatives at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
Debbie Ebalobo, Director, Global External and Financial Communications, The Coca-Cola Company
May Lee, Host and Executive Producer of “The May Lee Show”
Carolyn Lok, National President, Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
Elliot Lum, Executive Vice President, Growth and Community, Association of National Advertisers (ANA), and author of Entrepreneurial Confessions
Ted Nguyen, Department Manager, Public Communications & Media Relations at Orange County Transportation Authority
Bey-Ling Sha, Dean, College of Communications at California State University, Fullerton
Rema Vasan, President, Marina Maher Communications (MMC)
Natasha Vuppuluri, SVP, Director of Marketing at MSL, VP/President-Elect, PRSA Chicago
Crystal Witter, Account Supervisor, Golin
Stephanie Chang, MAIP 2021 Fellow, Advertising Student at University of Florida
Wrap-up Moderator
Richard Lui, MSNBC anchor/civil rights reporter; author of Enough About Me
Sponsors
This year’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month event is sponsored in part by the Bonnie Yablon Foundation, Hunter:; Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia; Page; Talkwalker; Finn Partners; APCO Worldwide; The Stevens Group; Pat Ford; James Lukaszewski; CommPRO; Joyful Planet; World In 2020; and Muck Rack.
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month event is part of the Museum of Public Relations’ ongoing “Diversity Series,” showcasing PR Women in History, Black PR History, Latino PR History and the LGBTQ Experience in Public Relations.
Watch the On-Demand Video
