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• AALAM Book Club: Asian American Dreams

  • Start
    Friday, November 14, 2025
  • End
    Friday, November 21, 2025
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    30

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  The AALAM Book Club's third book will be Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia.

  “This groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the Los Angeles riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotypes of Asian Americans.”

  If you are interested in receiving a copy of this book for the book club, please sign up here by Friday November 21st: https://aalam.wildapricot.org/event-6438699

  Members of AALAM can sign-up for $5 and Non-Members for $10. This fee goes towards us shipping a brand new copy of the book to your door.

  As part of the Book Club, there will be one ~1 hour virtual book discussion with AALAM members. The discussion will likely be in early February, so you will have over two months to read the book. If you're looking to get your holiday reading started, sign up!

  Discussion questions will be sent out in advance to facilitate discussion. Upon signing up, you must provide your correct home address so we can send the book to your address. Please double check before submitting.

  Please only sign-up for a book if you plan on attending a virtual AALAM discussion of the book in early February.

  Note that we understand this is a popular book, so you might not need a new copy. We will send a link to coordinate the virtual discussion to all of AALAM, so those who have read the book before can join in the discussion.

  If you have any questions, please email Celene Chen at celene.chen@cooley.com

  
  

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• Demystifying Gov/PI Opportunities and Beyond

  • When
    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Suffolk Law School, 120 Tremont St., Corcoran Room (Room 725)

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  Curious about career paths within government and public interest fields? Come listen to our esteemed panelists talk about their experiences and take away some of the mystery behind this legal sector! This event is open to all law students. There will also be an opportunity to mingle at the networking reception (food and drinks provided).

  Please register to secure your spot as capacity is limited. 

  
  

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• 40th Annual Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund Celebration

  • When
    Friday, December 05, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Empire Garden, Boston Chinatown
  • Spaces left
    19

  The Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund (Dow Fund) will be hosting its 40th Anniversary fundraising dinner on Friday, December 5, 2025 at Empire Garden in Boston Chinatown.  

  AALAM is proud to sponsor the Dow Fund and is offering 20 tickets to current AALAM members. If you are interested in attending, please register and we will confirm your seat in an email response by November 24, 2025. Please note that seats are not guaranteed. Registration will be closing on November 21, 2025.

  The Dow Fund was started in 1985 in memory of Harry H. Dow, the first Asian American admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Harry dedicated his life’s work to underserved Asian and immigrant communities in Boston’s South End and Chinatown. To address the ongoing inequities that our immigrant communities face, the Dow Fund carries on Harry Dow’s legacy through our strong commitment and grantmaking efforts for organizations advocating for Asian Americans in need.

  If you cannot attend but would like to contribute to the Dow Fund, please click here.

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