Thu May 8, 2014
Museums and the Fight for Social Justice: An Evening with Ron Chew
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University of San Francisco’s newly founded Museum Studies Graduate Association cordially invites you to a free lecture, discussion and reception with Seattle-based social activist and leading museum innovator Ron Chew, introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center Oakland Museum of California.
Ron will speak about his many years as Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle and his community work and activism, the challenges he’s faced, and what it really means to be an effective advocate for social justice in today’s world. Join us on Thursday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm.
Ron Chew began his career as a journalist for the International Examiner in Seattle where he was instrumental in a movement to improve housing and healthcare conditions in the local Chinatown-International District. In 1991, he became Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and under his leadership the museum was recognized both locally and nationally for its numerous community-based exhibitions including Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years Before and Fifty Years After, tracing the stories of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest from their earliest settlement, through the World War II relocation and afterward. Now Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation in Seattle, Ron is a prolific author and spokesperson for social justice work. Recognized by the American Alliance of Museums as one of the nation’s most important museum visionaries, Ron’s most recent book is Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism (University of Washington Press, 2012). Ron will be introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center OMCA.
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Ron will speak about his many years as Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle and his community work and activism, the challenges he’s faced, and what it really means to be an effective advocate for social justice in today’s world. Join us on Thursday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm.
Ron Chew began his career as a journalist for the International Examiner in Seattle where he was instrumental in a movement to improve housing and healthcare conditions in the local Chinatown-International District. In 1991, he became Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and under his leadership the museum was recognized both locally and nationally for its numerous community-based exhibitions including Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years Before and Fifty Years After, tracing the stories of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest from their earliest settlement, through the World War II relocation and afterward. Now Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation in Seattle, Ron is a prolific author and spokesperson for social justice work. Recognized by the American Alliance of Museums as one of the nation’s most important museum visionaries, Ron’s most recent book is Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism (University of Washington Press, 2012). Ron will be introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center OMCA.
University of San Francisco’s newly founded Museum Studies Graduate Association cordially invites you to a free lecture, discussion and reception with Seattle-based social activist and leading museum innovator Ron Chew, introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center Oakland Museum of California.
Ron will speak about his many years as Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle and his community work and activism, the challenges he’s faced, and what it really means to be an effective advocate for social justice in today’s world. Join us on Thursday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm.
Ron Chew began his career as a journalist for the International Examiner in Seattle where he was instrumental in a movement to improve housing and healthcare conditions in the local Chinatown-International District. In 1991, he became Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and under his leadership the museum was recognized both locally and nationally for its numerous community-based exhibitions including Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years Before and Fifty Years After, tracing the stories of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest from their earliest settlement, through the World War II relocation and afterward. Now Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation in Seattle, Ron is a prolific author and spokesperson for social justice work. Recognized by the American Alliance of Museums as one of the nation’s most important museum visionaries, Ron’s most recent book is Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism (University of Washington Press, 2012). Ron will be introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center OMCA.
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Ron will speak about his many years as Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle and his community work and activism, the challenges he’s faced, and what it really means to be an effective advocate for social justice in today’s world. Join us on Thursday, May 8th from 5:30-7:30pm.
Ron Chew began his career as a journalist for the International Examiner in Seattle where he was instrumental in a movement to improve housing and healthcare conditions in the local Chinatown-International District. In 1991, he became Executive Director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and under his leadership the museum was recognized both locally and nationally for its numerous community-based exhibitions including Executive Order 9066: Fifty Years Before and Fifty Years After, tracing the stories of Japanese Americans in the Pacific Northwest from their earliest settlement, through the World War II relocation and afterward. Now Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation in Seattle, Ron is a prolific author and spokesperson for social justice work. Recognized by the American Alliance of Museums as one of the nation’s most important museum visionaries, Ron’s most recent book is Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism (University of Washington Press, 2012). Ron will be introduced by Lisa Sasaki, Director, Audience and Civic Engagement Center OMCA.
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