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Meet the author, deputy national editor at the New York Times, Jia Lynn Yang, as she discusses her book “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924 - 1965" with the Chinese American Museum featuring guests Ted Gong, Executive Director of the 1882 Foundation, and immigration lawyer, Gordon Quan.
Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 7-8pm ET (4-5pm PT)
Jia Lynn Yang, a deputy national editor at the New York Times, was previously deputy national security editor at the Washington Post, where she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Trump and Russia. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Ted Gong retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2009 as a Senior Foreign Service Officer. He worked on policies, laws and operations related to visas, border security, immigration, refugees, citizenship, and consular services. He served in U.S. Embassies and Consulates in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei, Manila, and Sydney and at the Departments of State and Homeland Security. He is the Founder-Director of the 1882 Project Foundation, a non-profit organization that broadens public understanding of the history of Chinese in America through programs to preserve oral histories and sites, conduct teacher workshops and curriculum development, and build collaborations and best practices among APA museums and public educators. He received a Frederick Douglass FD200 Award in 2019.
Gordon Quan is an attorney based in Houston, Texas. Quan is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Naturalization Law. He has served on the board of the American Immigration Lawyer Association and was a founding member and chair of the Immigration Section of the State Bar of Texas. He has earned inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers and received the highest rating given by Martindale-Hubbell. He writes and regularly lectures on immigration law issues.