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- For Chinese American groups concerned about our rights. There was a conference call this morning with Congressional members Judy Chu and Ted Lieu about the racial profile cases against Sherry Chen and Professor Xi. They will have a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on 11/18 and a prior press conference on 11/17. While it is not likely to yield any significant immediate result, such as an apology, it is important in putting the Justice Department on notice that someone is keeping an eye on them in the future. Attending the conference call were the major Chinese American civil rights organizations, mostly those with experience going back to the Wen Ho Lee case. These are the key outcome of the call: 1) the meeting with Attorney General on 11/18 as above and the preceding press conference on 11/17. 2) we need to outreach to civil rights establishment outside of Chinese American community. 3) proposed an organized effort to have local educational events for Chinese American scientists (and others) on how to protect themselves. APAPA Bay Area will host such a forum, supported by experts from the Committee of 100, early next year. 4) Ongoing task force to monitor future events. One additional thought I ...
