100 AZNS is here to document and showcase the immense talents, creativity, and leadership among Asian-Americans in 2017. Heavily influenced by The Root 100, 100 AZNS was born out of initial skepticism that enough Asian-Americans could even fill a list. The result was the compilation of a wildly long list of many hundreds. The following represents only a selection of many who are putting in the work, livin their best lives, and inspiring positive change. Congratulations to this year's 100!!
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Created & Designed by Leah Nichols
Contributors: Vicky Chao, Elisa Gyotoku, Suejean Kim, Lindsay Meyer, Binh Nguyen, Maddie Raffel, Andrew Stenson, Diana Wu
ADAM CHAU | website
Slant Eye for the Round Eye
ALICE SOLA KIM | twitter instagram website
Brooklyn 100 Influencer .. Whiting Award Winner
BO THAO-URABE | twitter website
(NBC News) Self-Starters: RedGreen Rivers .. (Pollen) Meet Bo Thao Urabe
DANIEL DAE KIM & GRACE PARK
(HR) Daniel Dae Kim Responds to 'Hawaii Five-0' Controversy .. (Variety) Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park Exit ‘Hawaii Five-0’
JUSTIN CHON | twitter instagram
(HR) Ava DuVernay Interviews 'Gook' Director Justin Chon: "Isn’t It Nice to Hear Filmmakers of Color Talk About Craft?" .. (LA Times) Justin Chon aims for cross-cultural understanding with 1992 L.A. riots drama 'Gook' .. (Deadline) Filmmaker Behind ‘Gook’ Will Direct Next Feature For Macro
KATERINA JENG & KRYSTIE MAK | twitter instagram website
(CBS) New magazine upends Asian-American stereotypes
NADIA BOUJARWAH | twitter instagram website
(NYT) How Nadia Boujarwah, Fashion Entrepreneur, Spends Her Sundays .. (Bustle) Nadia Boujarwah, Co-Founder Of Dia&Co, Is Making The Fashion Industry More Size-Inclusive .. (Forbes) This CEO Turned A Gap In The Plus Sized Clothing Market Into A Company With 350 Employees
PRAMILA JAYAPAL | twitter instagram website
(Miami) Pramila Jayapal: A Washington state freshman gets noticed in her first 100 days .. (C-SPAN) Representative Pramila Jayapal on the Future of DACA .. (Seattle) Watch: Rep. Pramila Jayapal grills Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Russia contacts .. (C-SPAN) Special Order on the #GOPTaxScam
TAMMY DUCKWORTH | twitter instagram website
(NYT) Illinois U.S. Senate Results: Tammy Duckworth Wins .. (WP) Congress wants to make Americans with disabilities second-class citizens again .. (Glamour) Senator Tammy Duckworth on Trump's Trans Military Ban: 'This Man Is Not Fit to Be Commander-in-Chief'
TANZILA AHMED & ZAHRA NOORBAKHSH
Good Muslim Bad Muslim .. (Call Your Girlfriend) #112 Political Bodies .. (MotherJones) Finally, a Podcast That Explores the Travails of Being a Muslim Woman in America
WONG FU PRODUCTIONS (Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, Philip Wang) | twitter instagram website
(YouTube) Why is Santa Asian? .. (HuffPost) 'Asian Bachelorette' Is The Reality Show We All Need Right Now
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