Thread by @DrHowardLiu

Excited to kick off #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth at @unmc @NebraskaMed with incredible panelists and thought leaders.

As we have learned in the last year, we all have much to learn about inclusion and it is helpful to approach with a sense of humility.

#StopAAPIHate

"The #AAPI community is critical to building our future.

All voices need to be heard in our community and our med center."

- Chancellor @jeffreypgold on #AAPIHeritageMonth

"I have had dear friendships with members of the #AAPI community since high school and college. We have so much to learn from our colleagues."

- @NebraskaMed CEO Dr. Jim Linder

"Even though my family has spent multiple generations in the US, some will still question whether we belong. Like we are perpetual foreigners."

- Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan, board member of the Japanese American Citizens League Omaha, #AAPIHeritageMonth @unmc @NebraskaMed

"The term is used 'internment camps' but the more accurate term is 'incarceration camps' as a result of Executive Order 9066. Japanese Americans, including my family, were forced into these camps in 1942."

- Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @unmc @NebraskaMed, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

"Despite an overall drop in hate crimes, there has been an increase in violence and bias against Asian Americans in the last year. Well over 3,800 hate incidents have been documented by #StopAAPIHate."

- Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @unmc @NebraskaMed, #AAPIHM

"Interrupt discrimination when you see it happen."

- Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @unmc @NebraskaMed, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

"Our employee resource groups (ERG) offer support and training specific to employee interests.

They are open to all colleagues at @unmc @NebraskaMed and at least 1,000 employees have participated."

- Anna Cramer, @NebraskaMed chief legal officer, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

"Both of my parents were Vietnam war refugees. I am thankful for this space, but I want to issue a call to action for my classmates and teachers to keep having these conversations."

- Linda My Huynh, @unmc M1 class president and Vietnamese American, #AAPIHM, #StopAsianHate

"Growing up in Australia, I was the only Asian kid in my class and was teased. I so much wanted to be White as a kid. Later, I got called 'banana' for not being Asian enough."

- Dr. Yun Saksena, Associate Dean, @UNMCCOD, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

"The model minority myth about Asians holds us back. I was ashamed to ask for help because my teachers would assume I'm good at math and science.

In reality we are so diverse."

- Dr. Yun Saksena, Associate Dean, @UNMCCOD, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

"At the @UNMCCOPH's Center for Reducing Health Disparities, we increasingly realize that we must address systemic racism as a public health issue."

- Dr. Dejun Su, Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities, #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate

Powerful quotes at @unmc @NebraskaMed #AAPIHM

"We will face major demographic shifts as the US is moving towards becoming a majority minority country in 2041-2046.

We have so much work to do to be a more inclusive country."

- Panelists at the @unmc @NebraskaMed panel on #AAPIHM #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate

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