Corky Lee - Book Panel

On Thursday, May 1st, 2025 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm, the Queens Public Library at Flushing will kick off Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a special paneled book talk on “Corky Lee’s Asian America: 50 years of Photographic Justice.” Moderated by the Jiefei Faye Yuan, Curator of the Queens Memory Project, this panel will include Chee Wang Ng (Co-Editor) and Virgo Lee (Member of the Estate of Corky Lee). They are honored to have opening remarks/reflections by New York Assembly Member Ron Kim and New York City Human Rights Commissioner Rocky Chin.

Join them for a dynamic community gathering to explore the concept of photographic justice through the late Corky Lee’s work. The panel has curated a slide show presentation, coupled with an opportunity for guest’s questions and answers. They will be welcoming their community co-sponsors to table and share resource information in the spirit of Corky Lee’s activist roots. Community Co-Sponsors include: Chinese American Planning Council, Nan Shan Older Adult Center of CPC, Lewis Latimer House, Rise Now Inc., the office of NY Assemblymember Ron Kim, New York City Commission on Human Rights, Forest Hills Asian Association; Social Practice CUNY, the Estate of Corky Lee & the QPL AANHPI Heritage Month Committee.

This program is made possible by the Starr Grant. Young Corky Lee (1947– 2021) was a Chinese American activist, community organizer, photographer, journalist, and the self-proclaimed unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate. His work chronicled the diversity of Asian American culture.

Join them in-person at the Flushing Library, Lower-Level Conference Room. 41-17 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355 or via the Zoom platform: https://queenslib.org/37cd
Meeting ID: 833 9180 7019
Passcode: 383237

For more information please contact Kilusan Bautista, QPL at Flushing – Cultural Arts Outreach Coordinator – Jeremy.t.bautista@queenslibrary.org or call 718-6611200 Ext: 294.