In celebration of #AANHPIHeritageMonth this year, AAPI Data was honored to participate in two panels relating to #DataEquity as part of the White House Forum held on May 3, 2023.
In the first panel, led by Founder and Co-Director of AAPI Data, Karthick Ramakrishnan, we hear from federal agency representatives, including Meina Banh from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rachel Marks from the U.S. Census Bureau, Jordan Matsudaira from the U.S. Department of Education, and Jim Walker from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In the second panel, led by National Director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), Gregg Orton, we hear from community organization leaders and researchers, including Fontane Lo from AAPI Data, Kham Moua from Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Ninez Ponce from UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and Neil Ruiz from Pew Research Center.
During the discussion, Jordan Matsudaira, in particular, made an exciting announcement about innovative initiatives to gather race/ethnicity data on FAFSA forms, aiming to gain deeper insights into economic mobility after post-secondary education.
Watch the full video at aapidata.com/whitehouseforum23.