To ground us in the panel discussion, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Founder and Co-Director of AAPI Data will be presenting CA AAPI 2020 Census data results. Mandy Diec, California Director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Tavae Samuelu, Executive Director of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC), and Timmy Lu, Executive Director of AAPI for Civic Empowerment Education Fund (AAPIFORCE) will be joining Karthick Ramakrishnan in a discussion regarding the work ahead to attain racial equity for AAPI Californians.