<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I encourage everyone to attend the following events if you're free!<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7">**************************************</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7">Jacob M. Chen</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7">Williams College Class of 2023.5</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7">B.A. Major in Computer Science and Concentration in French</font></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7">Pronouns: he/him or they/them</font></i><i><font color="#674ea7"><br></font></i></div><div><i><font color="#674ea7"><br></font></i></div><div><u><font color="#000000">Land Acknowledgement</font></u></div><div><i><font color="#000000">We respectfully acknowledge that Williams College stands on the ancestral homelands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans, who are the Indigenous peoples of the region now called Williamstown. Following tremendous hardship after being forced from their valued homelands, they continued as a sovereign Tribal Nation in Wisconsin, which is where they reside today. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.</font><br></i></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Shawei Wang</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:shawei_wang@yahoo.com">shawei_wang@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 11:04 AM<br>Subject: Upcoming WAAAAN Events: WAAAAN Connects TONIGHT and Career Panel in Law next week<br>To: Akiko Jindo <<a href="mailto:aj8@williams.edu">aj8@williams.edu</a>>, Frances Leung <<a href="mailto:fl5@williams.edu">fl5@williams.edu</a>>, Rachel Chai <<a href="mailto:rhc1@williams.edu">rhc1@williams.edu</a>>, Junhee Lee <<a href="mailto:jl33@williams.edu">jl33@williams.edu</a>>, Desel Pek Dorji <<a href="mailto:dpd1@williams.edu">dpd1@williams.edu</a>>, Priya Rajbhandary <<a href="mailto:pr5@williams.edu">pr5@williams.edu</a>>, Rachel Nguyen <<a href="mailto:rmn1@williams.edu">rmn1@williams.edu</a>>, Daniel Chun Ernn Kam <<a href="mailto:dk18@williams.edu">dk18@williams.edu</a>>, <a href="mailto:jmc8@williams.edu">jmc8@williams.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:jmc8@williams.edu">jmc8@williams.edu</a>>, Williams Asian & Asian American Alumni Network <<a href="mailto:ephwaaaan@gmail.com">ephwaaaan@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hope you're all well!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We wanted to remind everyone of some upcoming Williams Asian & Asian American Alumni Network (WAAAAN) events. Our first WAAAAN Connects of the school year is TONIGHT, October 6, at 8:30pm ET, and our first Career Panel, which will be on the Legal industry, is next Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm ET. Both are on Zoom. Please register for links below.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I understand the Asian American Studies Movement Kick-Off is tonight as well. If anyone has time to join WAAAAN Connects after the event, we'd love to hear how it goes/went.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Look forward to seeing you online! Please feel free to forward this email to your membership and friends!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best,</div><div dir="ltr">Shawei, Class of '96</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="" style="text-align:center">UPCOMING WAAAAN EVENTS:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><table style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;width:640px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><table id="m_-4768737976223857045ydp377726b0yiv5508828548m_-2835344993626968828m_884817531798441286m_1136846405580801105m_2328218860360547100m_7063443986621051532ydpe2ae2517yiv8752177877ydpf7604240yiv5377837446ydp5bee61eyiv8270371663template_container" style="width:640px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding-bottom:10px" valign="top"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><table id="m_-4768737976223857045ydp377726b0yiv5508828548m_-2835344993626968828m_884817531798441286m_1136846405580801105m_2328218860360547100m_7063443986621051532ydpe2ae2517yiv8752177877ydpf7604240yiv5377837446ydp5bee61eyiv8270371663block_cxgezsvc" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding-bottom:10px"><div><div style="text-align:center"><div><div><font size="3"> on Thursday, October 6 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT, the first <b>WAAAAN Connects</b> of the school year, and </font></div><div><font size="3">- on Wednesday, October 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, a <b>Career Panel on Law</b>, featuring Vivia Chen '78, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist and many other lawyer alums!</font></div><div><br style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" clear="none"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">REGISTRATION LINKS BELOW</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">*****</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><i><font color="#000000">Thursday, October 6th at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT</font></i></span></div><p style="font-size:15px;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(32,31,30)" align="center"><b><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><font style="background-color:inherit" size="6">WAAAAN Connects</font></span></b></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center;color:rgb(32,31,30)" align="center"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">Join us on the 1st Thursday of each month for </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">conversation with fellow alumni and current students. <br clear="none"></span></p><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">All are welcome! 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ET / 5:00 P.M. PT</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>ON ZOOM</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#ffffff"><b><a shape="rect" href="https://williams-ephs-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucOGsrjsvEt1BmWK5WJIUa6nTznQFAIAq" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);text-decoration-line:underline;background-color:rgb(217,210,233)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">REGISTER HERE</a></b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b><br clear="none"></b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Please join the Williams Asian & Asian American Alumni Network (WAAAAN) for a Career Panel on Law, featuring <b>Vivia Chen '78</b>, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist. The panel will include a moderated Q&A with Vivia, followed by a discussion with a panel of mid-career lawyers representing paths in government and private practice, including <b>Jean Kim '95, Lana Choi '96, Danny Kim '96, Richard Kim '96, </b>and<b> Dan Chang '97.</b> </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Young alums who are currently in law school will also be available to discuss the law school application process.</font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Hope you can join us! </font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="text-align:left">____________________________________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>ABOUT VIVIA CHEN '78</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><div><div><img src="cid:183aef526279add0da81" alt="vivia_chen_headshot_0158_large_print_adobe98.jpg" style="margin-right:0px;width:179px;max-width:800px"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:1px solid rgb(130,140,147);border-radius:2px"><button title="Download"><span style="width:20px"></span></button></span></div><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:1px solid rgb(130,140,147);border-radius:2px"><button title="Download" style="font-family:YahooSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:4px;line-height:0;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><span style="width:20px"></span></button></span></div><br clear="none"></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><b>Vivia Chen '78</b> is an opinion columnist at Bloomberg Law where she writes the “Unfiltered” column. A journalist with over 20 years of experience, she previously wrote the highly popular Careerist column at The American Lawyer.<br clear="none"> <br clear="none">Incisive, snappy and sometimes irreverent, Vivia’s writings offer an insider look at the business and culture of Big Law. She often writes about gender and race in the legal arena, challenging the profession to improve the promotion of women and lawyers of color in its ranks. Readers have described Vivia’s writing as “honest,” “infuriating,” and “fabulously grumpy.”<br clear="none"> <br clear="none">Vivia has received several honors for opinion writing, including awards from The American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and the Jesse H. Neal Awards. Moreover, the American Bar Association inducted The Careerist to its Blog Hall of Fame, and Business Insider named it one of the 15 most influential legal blogs. In addition, Lawyers of Color named Vivia to its "2020 Power List" that recognizes "the most influential minority attorneys in the nation."<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Born in Taiwan and raised in Houston, Vivia is a graduate of Williams College and New York University School of Law. She resides in New York City with her husband and two daughters.</font></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br clear="none"></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><i>Please email us at <a shape="rect" href="mailto:ephwaaaan@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);text-decoration-line:underline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ephwaaaan@gmail.com</a> if you have a request for a Career Panel industry.</i></font></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-color:rgb(177,0,142)" align="center"><br clear="none"></td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center"><br><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">*****</span></div><div><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>