List of Some Past Keynotes, Speeches, & Workshops by Emily P. Lawsin

• Keynote Speaker, Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND) Spring Conference, Drexel University, March 28, 2009.

• Invited Workshop Facilitator for APA Heritage Month, “This is the History That We Share: Asian Pacific American Historical Timeline”, Retired Persons’ Association, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, May 11, 2009.

• Roundtable Panelist, Filipina Women & Power, Finding Filipino Identity Symposium, University of Michigan Union Arts & Programs, April 11, 2008.

• Keynote Speaker, “Empowering the Bayanihan Spirit: Learning Our Past for the Future”, Filipino Americans Coming Together (FACT) Conference, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, November 2-4, 2007.

• Guest Lecturer, Immigration & Community Issues for Asian Americans in Detroit, for American Culture 214: Introduction to Asian American Studies, October 25, 2007.

• Invited Speaker, Filipino American History Month, Samahang Pilipino and Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, October 15, 2007.

• Guest Lecturer, How to Conduct Oral Histories, for American Culture 210: Introduction to Arab American Studies, October 2, 2007.

• Invited Workshop Facilitator, “Empowering Our Communities Through Oral History”, Allied Media Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, June 23, 2007.

• Guest Lecturer, Filipino American & Asian American Activism in Detroit, for Women’s Studies 240: Introduction to Women’s Studies, December 11, 2006.

• Invited Workshop Facilitator, “Where Are You From? Poetry Workshop” Asian Pacific American Women’s Conference, Michigan State University, April 9, 2005.

• Guest Lecturer, How to Conduct Oral Histories, Lives of Urban Children & Youth (LUCY) Initiative, School of Education, & Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU), University of Michigan, April 7, 2005 & September 11, 2002.

• Invited Speaker, Filipino American History, Midwest Association of Filipino Americans Conference, Michigan State University, February 26-27, 2005.

• Invited Panelist, “Filipino American Women: Pioneers and Trailblazers”, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, October 29, 2004.

• Keynote Speaker, Filipino American National Historical Society Midwest Regional Conference, Springfield, Illinois, October 25, 2003.

• Guest Lecturer, How to Do Oral Histories, Detroit Summer & Environmental Protection Agency Project, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Teenage Mothers, Detroit, April 14, 2003.

• Keynote Speaker, Project Lighthouse Campus Day, University of Michigan, April 11, 2003.

• Invited Speaker, “Balagtasan: Spoken Word & Performance” and “preSERVING Our Communities: The Filipino American Oral History Project of Michigan”, Midwest Association of Filipino Americans Conference, Ohio State University, February 21-23, 2003.

• Keynote Speaker, Association of Chinese Americans’ 19^th Annual High School Achievement Awards Banquet, Warren, Michigan, December 1, 2002.

• Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator, EmpowerAPA: Asian Pacific American Student Leadership Retreat, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 11-13, 2002.

• Keynote Speaker, Pilipino Graduation, California State University, Northridge, May 25, 2002.

• Invited Speaker, “Pinay Power”, Midwest Association of Filipino Americans Conference, Michigan State University, February 22-24, 2002.

• Keynote Speaker, Filipino American History Month, California State University, Northridge, October 1, 2001.

• Invited Workshop Facilitator, “Power of the Pen: Creative Expression”, Midwest Asian American Students Union Conference, University of Michigan, March 23-25, 2001.

• Keynote Speaker, Asian Pacific American Youth Summit, Univ. of Michigan, February 17, 2001.

• Keynote Speaker, Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Sorority’s Charity Ball for Breast Cancer Research, University of Michigan, October 7, 2000.
• Invited Workshop Facilitator, “Filipino American Studies”, Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND) Conference, Rutgers University, March 10-12, 2000.

• Featured Radio Guest, “Filipino American History Month Special” Street Science with Dominique DiPrima, 92.3 FM The Beat, Live Radio Show, October 5, 1997.

• Invited Panelist, “Pinay History,” Feminist Research & Community Forum, Northwest Center for Research on Women, University of Washington, Seattle, January 11, 1996.