Congratulations to AAJA-Philadelphia's 2014 Vijaya L. Balaji Scholarship winner, Marianna Sann, a freshman at Temple University! Marianna, who lives in South Philadelphia, is the first in her family to attend college. Her grandparents and father came to this country after escaping the Cambodian genocide in 1975. She has been an advocate and member of Boat People SOS … Continue reading WINNER: Vijaya L. Balaji Scholarship Awarded
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Congrats to Yowei Shaw, chapter co-president in 2015, who recently was awarded a Knight Fellowship.
Congrats to our treasurer Michelle Lee, whose family's story is portrayed in an exhibition, Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion, which runs through April 19 at the New York Historical Society Museum & Library! Michelle wrote a very heartfelt article about this for nbcnews.com. Here's more about the exhibition.
Chai Chats: A Conversation about the Growing South Asian Diaspora in the Philadelphia Region Sponsored by the Philadelphia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) What: Join AAJA and our featured speakers as they discuss the kaleidoscope of cultures and faiths that make up the growing South Asian diaspora in the region. Journalists: Come get story ideas. Community members: … Continue reading EVENT: Chai Chats
Our chapter was involved in organizing a statement from AAJA in regards to a photo caption in the Philadelphia Public Record that used Asian slurs. The Public Record junior employee responsible for the slurs has been fired, and the newspaper has issued an apology on its website. Board member Stephen Jiwanmall has since joined AAJA's MediaWatch committee to represent … Continue reading Philadelphia Public Record Apologizes for Asian Slurs
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