Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA)

Our mothers, our waters, our peace by Korean American artist Gyun Hur reflects upon the Atlanta Asian community’s resilience and love. Created in response to the escalation of Asian hate crimes during the pandemic, followed by the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, Hur’s project explores grief by inviting communities to reflect on their immigrant experience and offering a way for them to heal. A music score by Hahn Rowe accompanies the installation. Last year, Hur began installing glass vessels within public and private spaces amongst Asian American communities. Holding local river or creek water, a total of 100 dispersed glass sculptures have served to seed conversations around intergenerational work and healing. Hur will recollect these vessels to create a communal site of reflection, gathering, and connection at Goat Farm. In the spirit of remembrance, lamentation, and celebration, “Our mothers, our waters, our peace” will remain on view for two weeks and offer performances, workshops, and artist talks – all free to the public. Our mothers, our waters, our peace, Gyun Hur’s immersive installation of more than 125 handblown, tear-shaped glass vessels, opens at the Goat Farm on Saturday, March 15 and showing until Sunday, March 30. Our mothers, our water, our peace is commissioned by Flux Projects. To learn more visit fluxprojects.org or follow us on social media @fluxprojects. Gallery Hours: Opens Saturday, March 15 at noon M - F: 11am - 6pm Sat: 12pm - 7pm Sun: 12pm - 5pm Saturday, March 15 12:15pm – 12:45pm: Opening performance by Catching Mangoes Dance, I’m sorry for your loss, a movement memoir. 1pm – 2pm: In conversation with Gyun Hur, Louis Corrigan and Cinque Hicks 2pm – 4pm: Meet the Artist Saturday, March 22 Noon – 1pm: In conversation with Gyun Hur and Le’Andra LeSeur: Grief, Poetics, Prayers, and the South. Facilitated by Jenny Gerow, Chief Curator at Akron Museum of Art 2pm – 3pm: In conversation with Gyun Hur and Jean Shin: Solidarity, Monumentality, Community, and Agency. Facilitated by Claire Kim, Manager of Programs and Collections Asia Art Archive in America (AAAA) Saturday, March 29 Evening: Project will be open as part of Night of Ideas Sunday, March 30 2pm – 3pm: Performance by Yun Lee https://lnkd.in/ekNaYsSr

It's been 4 years since the March 16th Atlanta #AAPI Spa Shootings. #GAPABA remembers: "The shootings sparked a nationwide reckoning with anti-Asian violence, leading to increased advocacy and political engagement within the AAPI community. Bonnie Youn of the Georgia Asian American Bar Association (GAPABA) noted that the tragedy, coupled with the rise in hate incidents during the pandemic, had a profound impact on Georgia’s political landscape. “It was the result of nationwide racism during the COVID-19 pandemic and the March 16 tragedy that deeply impacted the Asian American communities,” Ms. Youn said. “The rise of hatred and social violence has prompted 13 AAPI individuals to be elected to the Georgia Assembly, the largest number ever elected in the state’s history.” READ: https://lnkd.in/ejsqGWYz

Calling all young aspiring #Video #Artists and #creative #teens (ages 13-18) to join this #AAPI #AsianAmerican #VideoContest - with a grand #prize of $5000! Length: 3 Minutes max. To enter: https://lnkd.in/eiFRBxBm OUR HISTORY | OUR VOICE - Open to students ages 13-18 - DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 - Prizes: Grand Prize: $5,000; 3 Finalists: $1,000 each Video entries will highlight an important civil rights legal case in Asian American history. National Asian Pacific American Bar Association #NAPABA in collaboration with the Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham University School of Law and the #AAPI Crime Victims and Education Fund, invites middle and high school students to participate in the “Our History, Our Voice” Video Contest. Through this project, we challenge young Americans to learn about and retell the hidden stories of Asian American civil rights struggles through short, engaging videos. Flyer design credit: Asian American Voices for Education Weonhee Anne Shin

Calling all young aspiring #Video #Artists and #creative #teens (ages 13-18) to join this #AAPI #AsianAmerican #VideoContest - with a grand #prize of $5000! To enter: https://lnkd.in/eiFRBxBm OUR HISTORY | OUR VOICE - Open to students ages 13-18 - DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 - Prizes: Grand Prize: $5,000; 3 Finalists: $1,000 each Video entries will highlight an important civil rights legal case in Asian American history. NAPABA - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in collaboration with the Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham Law and the #AAPI Crime Victims and Education Fund, invites middle and high school students to participate in the “Our History, Our Voice” Video Contest. Through this project, we challenge young Americans to learn about and retell the hidden stories of Asian American civil rights struggles through short, engaging videos.

Relive the moments of the #GAPABA #LunarNewYear Celebration -- Welcome to the Year of the Serpent! Full Photo Album: https://lnkd.in/efNF7bDb

On Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, #GAPABA celebrated the Year of the Serpent at our annual Lunar New Banquet & Leadership Installation Ceremony. Held for the first time OTP at the fabulous new Canton House event space in Gwinnett County, it was our largest LNY ever with more than 300 attendees. Justice Carla Wong McMillian of the Supreme Court of Georgia did the honors of inducting our new GAPABA Leadership. With festive lion dancers and a Year of the Snake martial arts showcase presented by Phoenix Wellness Arts, our attendees flashed red hongbao envelopes and chowed down on a delicious multi-course meal. Over four dozen elected officials, judges, and VIPs were recognized during the event. In addition to the swearing-in ceremony, GAPABA presented the 2025 Han C. Choi Mentor Award to Dean Usha Rodrigues of the The University of Georgia School of Law. Dean Rodrigues is a trailblazer -- she is the first AAPI law school dean in the State of Georgia. Fun door prizes included a Lunar New Year barbie and a gold money tree. Thank you so much to our generous sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible: Serpent Sponsor: Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP Corporate Table Sponsors: Alston & Bird, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Consilio LLC, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Knight Palmer, LLC, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP and Troutman Pepper Locke LLP Law School Sponsor: The University of Georgia School of Law Decor & Prize Sponsor: The RMN Agency

#GAPABA thanks our Sponsors for this Saturday's #LunarNewYear Banquet & #Leadership Installation. Thank you so much always for your support, which makes our programming possible! #SERPENT #SPONSOR: Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP #CORPORATE #SPONSORS: Alston & Bird Barnes & Thornburg LLP Consilio LLC Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Knight Palmer, LLC Troutman Pepper Locke LLP #LAW #SCHOOL SPONSOR: University of Georgia School of Law

Congratulations to our 2025?#GAPABA?Leadership! introducing our Officers, Board Members and Committee Co-Chairs, as well as the Leadership and Board of the GAPABA Law Foundation! The?#Leadership?will be sworn into office officially by?Justice Carla Wong McMillian of the Supreme Court of Georgia?this Saturday, Feb. 8th, at the sold-out?#GAPABA?#LunarNewYear?Banquet & Leadership Installation. See you there! For a complete list of our Leadership: Board & Officers:?https://gapaba.org/Board Committee Chairs:?https://lnkd.in/eusAt3M Managing Director:?https://lnkd.in/ezrubfCg GAPABA Law Foundation:?https://lnkd.in/dGXAhMS GAPABA #Officers: President: William Min, LexisNexis Risk Solutions President-Elect: Alina Lee, Your Ad Attorney, Inc. Treasurer: Shawn Chang, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Secretary: Prathyusha Chenji, U.S. Courts

#GAPABA remembers #MartinLutherKingJr and his #Legacy of fighting for #Justice

Thank you to our #GAPABA #LunarNewYear Banquet #CORPORATE + LAW SCHOOL SPONSORS! - Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Consilio LLC - Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP - Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP - Knight Palmer, LLC - Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP - Troutman Pepper Locke LLP - University of Georgia School of Law #YearoftheSerpent