HELEN ZIA
(謝漢蘭 pinyin: Xiè Hànlán) born in 1952 is a
second generation Chinese American and an award-winning journalist and scholar
who has covered Asian American communities and social and political movements
for decades. She was born in New Jersey to first generation immigrants from
Shanghai She was also a vocal anti-war activist, voicing her Opposition to U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War, and a firm believer in feminism.
Zia has been outspoken on issues ranging
from civil rights and peace to women's rights and countering hate violence and
homophobia. In 1997, she testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
on the racial impact of the news media. She traveled to Beijing in 1995 to the
United Nations Fourth World Congress on Women as part of journalists of color
delegation. She has appeared in numerous news programs and films; her work on
the 1980s Asian American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is
documented in the Academy Award nominated film, "Who Killed Vincent
Chin?" and she was profiled in Bill Moyers' PBS documentary,
"Becoming American: The Chinese Experience." Zia received an honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from the Law School of the City University of New York
for bringing important matters of law and civil rights into public view.
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