Event
Asian America Across the Disciplines: Lecture with Akemi Kochiyama
Event Speaker
Akemi Kochiyama
Scholar-Activist
McNeil Building 403 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA
Join us for a lecture with Akemi Kochiyama, hosted by ASAM Lecturer Rob Buscher in his course Asian American Activism.
Featured Speaker
Akemi Kochiyama-Ladso is a Harlem-based scholar-activist, community builder and non-profit consultant. The granddaughter of human rights activist, Yuri Kochiyama, Akemi is co-director of the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project and co-editor of Passing It On: A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama. Akemi’s writing and work is focused on social justice, BIPOC solidarity and education.