Event

Join us for free lunch and conversation with Mary Yee about "Asian American Youth Activism in Philadelphia."

Dr. Yee holds degrees from Princeton University in East Asian Studies and the University of Pennsylvania in City Planning and TESOL. She recently completed her doctoral degree in literacy studies at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. While her dissertation research focused on first generation Asian immigrant youth activists, her other research interests include educational issues in immigrant communities, community organizing, university-community partnerships, and the interrelationship between health and educational disparities.She was founder of Asian Americans United and Yellow Seeds, and former officer and member of the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, she has been involved in challenging the encroachment into Chinatown of public works projects. As director of the Office of Family Engagement and Language Equity Services, she created the infrastructure for translation and interpretation services and partnered with community-based organizations across the city to engage families, including immigrant and refugee families, in their children’s education.