Angela E. Oh

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Angela E. Oh is an attorney, teacher, and public lecturer best known for her role as spokesperson for the Korean American community after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and her position on President Bill Clinton's One America Initiative. [ [http://clinton2.nara.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica/BIO-AO.html President's Initiative on Race Advisory Board ] ]

Biography

She is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts and Masters in Public Health degrees. Her Juris Doctorate is from King Hall, the University of California, Davis School of Law.

In 1992, Ms. Oh gained national prominence as a spokesperson and mediator for the Asian American community in connection with the Los Angeles riots. In June 1997, she was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the President’s Initiative on Race. She served as part of a seven-member Advisory Board to the President in an effort directed at examining how race, racism, and racial differences have affected the United States. [ [http://www.asianamericanforum.org/2007%20Speakers.htm 2004 Speakers ] ]

Oh has also designed and made presentations for businesses and organizations seeking to prevent claims of discrimination and harassment. She has provided services as a consent decree monitor in matters involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as an external investigator for claims of discrimination or harassment in employment, and as a private consultant to leaders faced with discrimination or harassment cases in their organizations. [ [http://www.healingandthelaw.org/Centre_Trustees.html The Center for Law and Renewal ] ]

Oh was the Chair of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer’s Federal Judicial Nominations Committee for two years, she was a Lawyer Delegate to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and served as a member of the Federal Magistrate Judge Selection Panel in the Central District of California, for three years. [ [http://www.healingandthelaw.org/Centre_Trustees.html The Center for Law and Renewal ] ]

Between 1998 and 2002, Ms. Oh left the full-time practice of law to study, teach, and write. Her speeches and writings reflect the opportunities and challenges that diversity presents. Ms. Oh’s lectures have taken her into both national and international arenas, including China, Korea, the Middle East, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.apa.si.edu/Curriculum%20Guide-Final/angelabio.htm Angela Oh biography ] ]

Ms. Oh has taught at the University of California, Irvine, University of Southern California, U.C.L.A., and other institutions. In 2002, she finished a collection of essays entitled Open: One Woman’s Journey, published by UCLA’s Asian American Studies Department. [ [http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aascpress/tocs/openowj.htm Open: One Woman's Journey ] ] Ms. Oh is also an ordained Priest, Zen Buddhist Priest - Rinzai Sect. [ [http://www.asianamericanforum.org/2007%20Speakers.htm 2004 Speakers ] ]

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