Jimmy Lai’s Jailing: What it Means for Hong Kong and for Freedom
Sun Apr 7, 2024 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
UC Berkeley Campus, 94704
Description
4/3/2024 Update:
- Mrs Anna Kramer, congressional candidate of CA14 has confirmed to join us this Sunday.
"Anna Cheng Kramer (Congressional Candidate for CA-15) was born in Taiwan after her parents escaped from Communist China. She immigrated to the United States for college, obtaining a BA in Economics from Whitman College in Washington State. She went on to get her MBA from the University of Santa Clara and became a US Citizen in 1984. Her family background, with parents escaping Communist China, has instilled in her a profound understanding of the negative impact of oppressive regimes and the power of individual liberty. With her strong foundation in economics, Anna envisions a community where free market principles thrive."
- Proceeds generated from charity sales and received donations will be directed towards supporting the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC), the DC-based, nonpartisan voice for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and US Hong Kong.
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Join us for a screening of The Hong Konger, featuring the remarkable story of Jimmy Lai, a penniless immigrant who became Hong Kong’s most prominent freedom fighter. Following the movie, Jimmy’s colleagues and Hong Kong activists will take part in a discussion of what the crackdown in Hong Kong means for the city and for freedom everywhere.
Our panelists, moderated by Mark Clifford, include Cindy Au, Brad Hamm, and Ed Chin. They will discuss Jimmy Lai’s ongoing trial and analyze the erosion of civil liberties, the crackdown on dissent, and the impact of the Beijing-imposed National Security Law on what had been a famously freewheeling city.
Join us as we examine one of the most important geopolitical standoffs of our time and explore avenues for solidarity and support for the people of Hong Kong in their fight for democracy and freedom.
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
1:00pm - 4:00pm
UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley (Location to be shared with participants after RSVP)
Movie Screening of
The Hong Konger
Panel Discussion with
Cindy Au
Rev. Dr. Cindy Au, BCC, is a Board-Certified Chaplain and currently works as a Psychiatric Chaplain in the Bay area. Rev. Au preaches and speaks in various conferences on the topics of Spirituality and Art, Grief and Loss, Suffering and Healing, Death and Dying, Bereavement Counseling, trauma growth, culturally sensitive and social justice. Her research project includes Spiritual growth, Psychotherapy; Spirituality, Theology and Health on how Spirituality/Religion impacting our mental and physical Health. She has recently started counseling diaspora HKers who suffered from PTSD.
Brad Hamm
Bradley J. Hamm is a professor of journalism and former dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. From 2005 to 2012, he was dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism in Bloomington and Indianapolis. He earned a PhD in mass communication research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served on the board of directors for Next Digital media company, the owner of Apple Daily, in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Ed Chin
Edward Chin (錢志健) has enjoyed a lengthy career in hedge funds and the media. Chin is also a staunch advocate for democracy and press freedom. In response to the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong in 2020, he counteracted and started a social media platform in the same year, continuing to share the true Hong Kong story. Chin’s ongoing projects include the Global Prayer Movement for Hong Kong and the World Hong Kong Forum. He led the Christian Prison Alpha in Hong Kong's Stanley Prison for a 12-year period.
Moderated by
Mark Clifford
Mark Clifford is the President of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and the author of Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China’s Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere. Previously, Clifford was a director of Next Digital (publisher of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper), the editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post, and publisher and editor-in-chief of The Standard. He held senior editorial positions at BusinessWeek and the Far Eastern Economic Review in Hong Kong and Seoul.
Hong Kong art will also be featured.
Refreshments will be provided.
Copies of Mark Clifford’s book, Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China‘s Crackdown Reveals About its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere
will be available.
Location
UC Berkeley Campus, 94704