Portals to Asian American Community Mobilization: An Evening of Dance and Dialogue

A photo of three Asian American women dancing

Saturday, April 26, San Francisco

Performance of Two Doors followed by a panel discussion with SanSan Kwan, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ben Wang on Asian American mobilization and the ways that the arts, research, and community healing can all shape each other.

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