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  • 9/18/2024 11am PDT AAPI Joint Keynote with Marisa Hamamoto

    By: John Chen John Chen , 7 months ago

    This event is scheduled for 2pm Eastern Daylight Time/11am Pacific Daylight Time.

    The NACE AAPI Caucus will join in education provided by the AAPI Joint Caucus.

    AAPI Caucus with Marisa Hamamoto 9/18/2024 11-12pm PST, Awesomely Autistic & ASIAN! - The nail that sticks up doesn't have to be pushed down.

    The AAPI Joint Caucus Keynotes is a collaboration between NACE, NSA, and MPI. The AAPI Joint Caucus are Asian Pacific Islander (API) event professionals and allies who strive to improve API representation in the meetings and events industry.

    Through education, advocacy and allyship, they elevate and amplify API voices and create a community to ensure visibility, inclusion and belonging. These meetings feature a top speaker with the mission to elevate and amplify.

    This month, the AAPI Joint Caucus presents - Awesomely Autistic and Asian: The Nail that Sticks Up Doesn't Have to be Pushed Down with Marisa Hamamoto.

    One of Marisa Hamamoto's Instagram reels recently went viral a couple of months ago, climbing to 1.6 million views. The text-on-screen reads, "I was diagnosed with Autism at 40. I'm 42 now. Shortly after my Autism diagnosis, I told a respected Asian American leader about it, and their response was, 'I'm sorry to hear that.' My response: I'm not broken. I'm a badass autistic. It's time to dismantle that cultural shame in our Asian culture." 

     

    Let's unpack this together and hear from Marisa Hamamoto, whose journey has been about challenging the expectations placed on her by both society and culture and paving her own path. 

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