Amid wave of violence, Asian Americans, Black communities build coalitions. “White supremacy has always pitted racial groups against one another,” Jenkins said in an email, “These communities have long fought against violence and hatred while many in the Asian American community have stayed silent in the past. So yes, Asian American leaders do realize that we must find strength in combating this violence -- but, we also recognize that our African American brothers and sisters deal with this hatred and violence every single day of our lives.”
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Mike Farah and Brad Jenkins of Funny or Die and Scott Aukerman and Zach Galifianakis of Between Two Ferns will be honored with the Humanitarian Award for their work in promoting the Affordable Care Act and social issues. Joan E. Herman will take home VFC’s Irma Colen Leadership Award.
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Presidential Inaugural Committee Set Program To Honor Diversity. Confirmed participants include Phenomenal Productions’ Meena Harris and Brad Jenkins; former Olympian Michelle Kwan; actors Kal Penn, John Cho, Kumail Nanjiani, and Chloe Bennet; performances by Japanese Breakfast, Ari Afsar, Raja Kumar; and more
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Hosts Chloe Bennet and Brad Jenkins of RUN AAPI raised champagne glasses to a new day, and the dozens of speakers who followed spoke to the hope the new administration, particularly Harris, gives them and their families.
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RUN AAPI (RUN), a voter outreach campaign focused on building political power among AAPI youth (and the organization behind that poll), is fighting to change that. Led by Obama White House alum Brad Jenkins
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That has real consequences when it comes to participation, says Brad Jenkins, former Obama White House Associate Director and co-founder of the RUN AAPI political advocacy group. In September, RUN AAPI released the first-ever political opinion poll focused exclusively on Asian Americans between the ages of 18 and 34.
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