2019
2019 was the second year in Washington, D.C. The conference again took place at Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., and the local committee from the 2018 conference added Steven Lee and Abe Pachikara.
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Keynote Speakers included Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee, Professional Outreach Specialist at Seattle Girls School and a diversity speaker and trainer on various topics, having presenting at numerous conferences and nonprofit organizations. The other Keynote Speaker was Dr. Taharee Jackson, Assistant Professor of Minority and Urban Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee is
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Sponsors were Edmund Burke School, Episcopal High School, Georgetown Day School, Lowell School, Sidwell Friends, Strategenius, and Whittle School & Studios.
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2019 Conference Information
Saturday, April 6th
Session 1
10:15am - 11:15am
Role Models and Representation: How We Got Here When There Was No One (really) Before Us​
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Susan Chung Fontaine, Washington International School
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Emilia Bautista King, Sidwell Friends School
Married to Whiteness: The Politics of Interracial Relationships ​
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Tim Rosenwong, Pacific Ridge School
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Drew Ishii, Sage Hill School
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Alison Park, Blink Consulting
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Hiring for Diversity
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Joel Sohn, Episcopal High School
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Laura S. Yee, Georgetown Day School
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Kavan Yee, Lowell School
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Session 2
​11:30am - 12:30pm
Student Panel
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Students from: Georgetown Day School, Edmund Burke School, Sidwell Friends, and Episcopal High School
Live Performance
1:45pm - 2:00pm
Praveen David
Keynote Speaker
2:00pm - 3:00pm
“It’s time to KonMari our house”
Alison Park, Blink Consulting
Session 3
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Asian International Narratives
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Katy Lee, Park School​
Asian American Independent School Leadership: Trials, Tribulations, Triumphs
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Steven Lee, Edmund Burke School
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Laura S. Yee, Georgetown Day School
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Suzanna Jemsby, Washington International School
Quiet and Passive: Facing These Stereotypes as APISA Adults in School
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Jessica Feng, Friends Central School
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Petra Laohakul, Poly Prep Country Day School
Sunday, April 7th
Session 4
9:00am - 10:00am
Combating Anti-Black Sentiments in Asian-American Communities
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Susan Chung Fontaine, Washington International School​
The Ins and Outs: A Conversation about Navigating Internal and External Expectations in the Workplace
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LeeAnn Brash, The Cambridge School of Weston​
Contemporary Visual Artists of the Southeast Asian / American Diaspora: Post-Colonialism and Beyond
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Isabel Manolo, Edmund Burke School​
"Unconference"
​10:15am -11:30pm