Miriam Yeung

Executive Director | National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Miriam W. Yeung, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) guides the country’s only national, multi-issue, progressive organization dedicated to building a movement for social justice and human rights for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls in the US. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the projects of Brooklyn, Miriam is a proud queer Asian-American immigrant woman who is committed to movement building and raising her two daughters to be courageous.

Presentations from Facing Race 2014

Racing Up Your Movement

Race plays a role in every issue, but is often ignored in crafting strategy. In this workshop, three national leaders will reveal how their organizations and allies asserted a race frame on movements that were predominantly white. From stories about shifting the good food, reproductive rights and media reform movements, attendees will learn principles and gather ideas for research, leadership development and communications to blast through resistance to a race frame.

Speakers: Malkia Cyril, Saru Jayaraman, Miriam Yeung, Paris Hatcher

Presentations from Facing Race 2012

Reproductive Rights at the Intersection of Class, Race and Immigration Status

In 2011 and 2012, the nation has seen a record number of restrictions on women?s reproductive health and rights- from efforts to restrict access to abortion to deny coverage of contraception. In this workshop, participants will learn and discuss the ways in which factors such as class, race and immigration status affect the debate on reproductive rights and justice. Panelists will highlight the impact of draconian policies and harmful rhetoric on women of color, immigrant women and low-income women.

Speakers: Jessica González-Rojas, Marielena Hincapie, Miriam Yeung

Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing: Sexual Health as Wedge Issues in Communities of Color and Among Young People

The Far Right has long used reproductive health and rights issues as wedges targeting communities of color and young people. Cloaked in language of feminism, civil rights and human rights, these attacks intend to weaken support among people of color for progressive policies. Panelists will share examples of how this strategy is playing out across the country, and what activists are doing to fight back.

Speakers: Pamela Merritt, Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Miriam Yeung