The Elm

On Monday, April 5, at noon, the Francis King Carey School of Law is hosting its final Anchor Event for this spring in a continuing series of conversations on racial justice and inequality.

Taunya Banks, Robert Chang, and Marita Etcubañez  will present “Understanding and Confronting Anti-Asian Hate.” The conversation will address the roots and nature of the current rash of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The speakers will discuss the history of anti-Asian violence and cross-racial alliances; reasons for the current wave of violence targeting Asian Americans; and possible action plans, including bystander interventions. The event will be moderated by associate professor Will Moon.

Taunya Lovell Banks is the Jacob A. France Professor of Equality Jurisprudence at the Carey School of Law. As a leading expert in antidiscrimination law and critical race theory,  Banks has written on the impact of skin tone discrimination and coalition-building among minority groups.

Robert S. Chang is a professor of law and executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at the Seattle University School of Law. Chang writes primarily in the area of race and interethnic relations and has authored pathbreaking articles about legal issues affecting Asian Americans in the United States. 

Marita Etcubañez is the senior director of strategic initiatives for Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC). Prior to joining AAJC, Etcubañez was director of legal services for the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center in Washington, D.C. Her 10 years of experience providing direct legal services to low-income communities includes advocating on behalf of migrant and seasonal farm workers with Texas Rural Legal Aid as well as working with labor pool workers as part of the Homeless Persons Representation Project in Baltimore.

William J. Moon is an associate professor of Law at the Francis King Carey School of Law. He teaches and writes in contracts, corporate law, and private international law.

All students, alumni, staff and faculty and members of the broader Maryland legal community are invited and encouraged to attend.

This event is sponsored by the Asian/Pacific-American Law Student Association.

Here is the Zoom link to register: https://umaryland.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIscuChqT0pG9drI9o_CZcU78CBE6IeJ9Ih