A Covert Crisis: Violence, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Issues facing Asian Americans

This program from the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR) and the Committee Opposed to Violence and Extremism (COVE) and presented by Janet Namkung will provide participants with information on

• Histories of oppression and subjugation of Asian Americans.
• The intersection of race and gender as it pertains to stereotypical perceptions of Asian women and resultant fetishization and violence.
• Strategies for equity and progress at the institutional level (employment, housing, and public spaces) and in society.