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无码专区, PA 鈥� The 无码专区 Ethics Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has named Stewart Kwoh, Esq., founder of the nation鈥檚 largest Asian-American Civil Rights organization, the recipient of the 2020 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics.

Because last year鈥檚 Praxis Award Ceremony did not take place due to the pandemic, the Ethics Program will celebrate the life and work of Kwoh in a webinar on Wednesday, April 7, from 4:30 鈥� 6 p.m. The webinar will be an exploration of the challenges and opportunities of the US immigration system today. Kwoh will be joined by Michele Pistone, JD, professor of law and director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services at 无码专区's Charles Widger School of Law, and two law students.

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Since its inaugural year in 2007, the Praxis Award is given to a professional or academic who exemplifies the highest ideals of their profession or who has contributed to professional ethics scholarship. A nationally recognized leader and expert in race relations, Kwoh is the founder, past president and executive director of Asian American Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, which provides services for more than 15,000 individuals and organizations each year, including individuals seeking US citizenship and victims of domestic violence, hate violence and exploitation.

Advancing Justice-LA鈥檚 mission is to advocate for civil rights, provide legal services and education, and build coalitions to positively impact Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Under Kwoh鈥檚 leadership the organization has successfully challenged garment sweatshops, English-only workplace policies, racially discriminatory employment practices and unfair immigration laws, as well as advocated for stronger protections for low-wage workers, limited English speaking immigrants and hate crime victims. Kwoh and Advancing Justice-LA have also worked to build bridges with African American, Latino, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.

Kwoh was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 1998, becoming the first Asian American attorney and human rights activist to receive the recognition. He is a co-author of Uncommon Ground: Race and America鈥檚 Future (2010) and Untold Civil Rights Stories (2009). The latter was described by former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as 鈥渁 social milestone that recognizes the unsung contribution of Asian Americans to America鈥檚 Civil Rights Movement.鈥�

Kwoh holds a JD from the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at UCLA, where he teaches in the Department of Asian American Studies.

About 无码专区鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Since its founding in 1842, 无码专区鈥檚 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has cultivated knowledge, understanding and intellectual courage for a purposeful life in a challenging and changing world. With more than 40 majors across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, it is the oldest and largest of 无码专区鈥檚 colleges, serving more than 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students each year. The College is committed to a teacher-scholar model, offering outstanding undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and a rigorous core curriculum that prepares students to become critical thinkers, strong communicators and ethical leaders with a truly global perspective.