Name: Story Slam
Start: 2018-08-10T17:30:00-0500
End: 2018-08-10T18:30:00-0500

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Story Slam

As journalists, we bring to life every imaginable kind of story, but we’re rarely given a forum to share tales from our own lives. At Story Slam, we'll turn our storytelling skills on ourselves and highlight the best personal stories from the Asian American and Pacific Islander journalist community.

For more information and to meet the finalists, check out aaja18.org/story-slam

Speakers

Evelyn Hsu

Co-Executive Director, Maynard Institute

Evelyn is co-executive director, programming and operations, at the Maynard Institute . She joined the institute in 2004 as director of programs and most recently was senior director for programs and operations. Previously, she was a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle and The... Read More →

Daphne Kwok

Vice President, Multicultural Leadership, Asian American & Pacific Islander Audience, AARP

Daphne Kwok, VP, Multicultural Leadership, Asian American & Pacific Islander Audience Strategy at AARP. Chaired President Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Served as executive director of OCA, Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies... Read More →

Kyung Lah

Sr. National Correspondent, CNN

Kyung Lah is currently a CNN Senior National Correspondent based in Los Angeles, covering politics and breaking news. Lah was previously based in CNN's Tokyo bureau, covering East and Southeast Asia into the Middle East. Lah has worked at CNN's affiliate service, Newsource. Lah has... Read More →