RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: Impacts of Welfare Reform on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)

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Sponsored by:
UCLA Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
UCLA Department of Social Welfare
UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AAPI Nexus and UC AAPI Policy Initiative)
UC Center Sacramento

One of the most troubling outcomes of a decade of welfare reform is the disproportionately high number of AAPIs who are unable to transition to work and have exhausted their benefits. The symposium will bring together university and government researchers, as well as community representatives and legislative staff. The symposium will examine current research on this population, discuss the implications for policies and programs, and identify new research.

Conveners:
Professor Paul Ong (School of Public Affairs and Asian American Studies)
Professor Ailee Moon (Department of Social Welfare)

Presenters and Discussants:
Mr. Dennis G. Arguelles, A3PCON
Dr. Rikki Baum, UC Office of the President
Professor Evelyn Blumenberg, UCLA (via telephone from Hawai’i)
Professor Julian Chow, UC Berkeley
Mr. Ben de Guzman, LEAP
Dr. Manuel Moreno, L.A. County
Dr. Julie Park, USC
Professor Grace Yoo, San Francisco State University
California Legislative Staff (via video conference)

The Lewis Center is endowed by a generous gift from Ralph and Goldy Lewis.For further information, visit http://lewis.spa.ucla.edu.