Miriam Yeung (activist)

For the Hong Kong actress and singer, see Miriam Yeung.

Miriam W. Yeung is the former executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum,[1] former Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York City,[2] affiliate of the Social Transformation Project,[3] and co-founder/co-chair/delegate for the We Belong Together Campaign.[4] In 2017, she served as Smith College's Activist-in-Residence.[5] She has served on the boards of Queers for Economic Justice and Generations Ahead,[6] acted as a spokesperson for the National Coalition for Immigrant Women's Rights,[7] and has written for Open Society Foundations,[8] Huffington Post,[9] Washington Post, and scholarly journals, including Barnard Center for Research on Women's Scholar & Feminist Online[10] and UC Berkeley's California Journal of Politics and Policy.[11]

  1. ^ "Miriam Yeung, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum". Ms. Foundation for Women. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ "Miriam Yeung". June 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "Miriam Yeung | Social Transformation Project". stproject.org.
  4. ^ "Miriam Yeung". MomsRising.
  5. ^ ""Lead With Love": Smith's Activist-in-Residence". Smith College.
  6. ^ "About the Contributors". S&F Online.
  7. ^ "Spokespeople". January 26, 2011.
  8. ^ "AZ Immigration Ruling Endangers Women and Families". www.opensocietyfoundations.org.
  9. ^ Poo, Ai-jen; Yeung, Miriam (July 2, 2012). "By Allowing Racial Profiling in Arizona, the Supreme Court Undermines the Well-Being of Women and Families". HuffPost.
  10. ^ "A New Queer Agenda". Barnard Center for Research on Women. May 31, 2012.
  11. ^ [1][dead link‍]