California State Senator Dave Min hosted the second Asian American & Pacific Islander Empowerment Summit to celebrate the AAPI Heritage Month at South Coast Chinese Cultural Center on May 6, 2023.
Congratulations to all the community leaders who were honored at this uplifting event! On the photo from the left to right are: Joseph Jonghyun Jeon (Director of Center for Critical Korean Studies, UC Irvine), Dr. Edward Kim (Physician-in-chief, City of Hope), Shani Moslehi (Founder & Executive Director of Orange County Iranian American Chamber of Commerce), Jay Ungos（Small Business Diversity Network), State Senator Dave Min, Lucy Sun (President & Chair of Orange County Museum of Art), Rose W. Tsai (Principal Attorney of Law Office of Rose W. Tsai & Associates), Dr. Gurpreet Ahuja (Division Chief & Medical Director of Pediatric ENT, Children’s Hospital of Orange County), Naz Hamid (Chair of Community Services Commission, City of Irvine).
代表加州第37選區的韓裔州參議員閔大衛(Dave Min)，6日在南海岸中華文化中心舉辦第二屆亞太裔高峰會(Empowerment Summit)，表揚對社區貢獻卓著的八位亞太裔領袖，希望在慶祝亞太裔傳統月之際，促進社區對亞太裔文化的認識與接納。
接受表揚的亞太裔領袖分享他們在美國奮鬥成功的故事，並獲閔大衛頒贈表揚獎牌，合照中左起：爾灣加大韓國研究中心主任Joseph Jonghyun Jeon、橙縣希望城癌症中心主任醫師Edward Kim、橙縣伊朗裔商會創辦人Shani Moslehi、小型企業多元聯盟創辦人Jay Ungos、州參議員閔大衛、橙縣美術館董事會主席Lucy Sun、華裔律師蔡玟慧（Rose Tsai）、橙縣兒童醫院耳鼻喉科主任Gurpreet Ahuja及爾灣市社區服務委員會主席Naz Hamid。