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Standing Against Racism: A Conversation on Community-Building Towards Overcoming the U.S. Divide

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Caption: The Tokyo Cotton (Jazz) Club in Tokyo, Japan has played host to musical icons such as Duke Ellington and Lena Horne.

Following the LA Riots in 1992, Toyota established a technical training center on Crenshaw Boulevard to provide local youths with automotive training and new job opportunities. In 2020, after the death of George Floyd, the Japanese Consul General took a page from history and laid the groundwork for an ambitious community-building initiative in collaboration with local institutions, such as the Los Angeles Urban League, and with the support of the Japanese business community. 

This initiative was recently launched and is largely focused on the next generation. The pillars upon which the initiative's foundation rests includes African-American delegations visiting Japan, internships and job opportunities at Japanese corporations and Japanese language programs, as well as cultural exchange workshops and events. What will be this initiative's impact upon the economic and social fabric of Los Angeles? Can these efforts be replicated elsewhere? Please join ASSC for a conversation of import with Consul General Muto, President and CEO of the Urban League Michael Lawson, and the CEO of Global LA Debbie Adler as the panel explores how community-building can lead to a more prosperous and inclusive society.

Panelists:

CG Muto

Consul General Akira Muto has served as Consul General in Los Angeles since 2019. He has over 25 years of experience in the Foreign Ministry of Japan with background in Russia and policy planning. He served as director of the Russian division, deputy director general (Ambassador) in charge of former Soviet Union states, as well as director of policy coordination division. Additionally, he served as director of free trade agreement and economic partnership division and the director of the fourth division of Intelligence Service. As a diplomat, his previous assignments included Washington D.C., Moscow and Boston (Consul General).

Michael Lawson

Michael Lawson served as a U.S. Ambassador in the Obama administration prior to joining the Los Angeles Urban League as its President and CEO in February, 2018. He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and Harvard Law School. He retired as a partner after 31 years with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. During his tenure with the firm, he was appointed to the Los Angeles Airport Commission, and served as its President. In addition, Mr. Lawson has been a board member of several charitable organizations, Loyola Marymount University and Morehouse College.

Debbie Adler

Debbie Adler is GlobalLA's first President and CEO. She is responsible for the leadership, strategy, membership, and delivery of GLOBAL LA, working closely with the board and its partners. Previously, Adler worked for the British government as the North America Sector Director for the Creative, Media, and Sports Economy team with the UK's Department for International Trade (DIT).

Moderator:

Jonathan Karp

Jonathan Karp served as Asia Society Southern California’s executive director from 2014 through mid-2019 and has since consulted for ASSC and other nonprofit organizations. He joined Asia Society after a distinguished career in journalism, including a decade of reporting in Asia. Karp began his journalism career in Israel in 1986 and continued as a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, New Delhi and Sao Paulo, Brazil, the last two posts as a staff writer for The Wall Street Journal. In 2004, he transferred to the Journal’s Los Angeles Bureau and later served as senior editor at Marketplace Radio, leading the business and finance coverage for their family of public radio shows. Karp studied Middle Eastern History at Princeton.


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Not Pictured: Asian Pacific Community Fund  

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