Young Shin
Community Activist
Young Shin is an immigrant from Korea who has worked hard to provide equal employment opportunities and fair treatment for Asian immigrant women.
After graduating from law school in 1983, she helped form Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, an association for Asian women working in the hotel, garment, restaurant, electronics and nursing home industries in the San Francisco Bay Area. Young is a longtime community activist and a committed board member of a number of organizations whose mission is to aid and empower Asian women. She has received honors and awards for her endless efforts in helping to create a better world for women.
Courtesy of the Ms. Foundation.
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At Ellis Island
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At Ellis Island
by Louise Peacock and Walter Lyon KrudopA modern-day girl imagines her great-great-grandmother's arrival at Ellis Island over 100 years ago. "Many readers will find connections with their own family stories." - Booklist
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Kira-Kira
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Kira-Kira
Katie Takeshima's sister Lynn makes everything seem glittering and shining. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering in the future.
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