The first Asian American woman to serve as the Assistant Attorney General, Rose Ochi's presidential appointment was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 20, 1997. Ochi has been lauded by Asian Pacific American and civil rights communities for her extensive experience in building collaborative partnerships between multi-racial communities, law enforcement, and governmental agencies. Her fervent commitment to pursuing equal justice stems from her family's first hand experience with racial discrimination. During WII, Ochi and her family were among the 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent unfairly interned in detention camps. This painful experience left her with a strong desire to make a positive difference for all Americans. Well-recognized for her achievements, Ochi has received the U.S. Department of Justice Award for Public Service, The YWCA Silver Achievement Award for Women Leaders, and the City of Los Angeles Courage Award.
ROSE OCHI
	Giles Lung-Hwa Li grew up in and around Boston. He is proud to have attended public school from kindergarten to college graduation. A committed activist, he has conducted workshops in various cities across the country on hate crimes in the Asian Pacific American community. He sits on the board of Asian Pacific American Film, a Washington, DC organization that puts on the annual DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival. He kicked his first spoken word piece as a junior in high school, stopped for four years, and then decided to blow it up again. In ten years he hopes to be sitting around with Leah, waxing poetic about all the suckas they left in the dust.
GILES LIN Poetry