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TODAY o July 27, 2000
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Asian summit on civil rights kicks off today
Saeed Ahmed - Staff
Thursday, July 27, 2000
An estimated 1,200 Chinese and Asian Pacific Americans are expected to convene in Atlanta this week
for four days of workshops and symposiums designed to reaffirm the need for social justice and equal
opportunity for minorities.
The National Convention of the Organization of Chinese Americans begins its 22nd annual
convention at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead today.
"Atlanta was a major hub of the civil rights movement
in the 1960s, so it is fitting that we, as a civil rights organization, choose to gather here for our first
convention of the millennium," said George Ong, president of the organization.
The convention kicks off this evening with a reception honoring Chinese-American veterans of World
War II --- among them Atlanta native Col. Ernst Eng --- and culminates in a banquet Sunday recognizing
Asian-Americans who have made a significant impact on American society.
This year's honorees will
include Bill Lan Lee, acting U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, and Rear Adm. Ming Chan, a
Navy veteran who retired as one of the highest-ranking Chinese Americans in the U.S. military.
An event that brings together African-American and Asian-American leaders to discuss the need to
work together on common issues is also on the program, as is a symposium on women's business
development that will deal with the achievement of diversity in the workplace and the "glass ceiling"
preventing women from advancing beyond a certain level.
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