My Dad: One of the Many Invisible Chinese American Heroes of World War II
May 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Our May 2024 program features Ken Fong, director, host and producer of Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast.
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 7:00 PM. Free to attend.
Speaker bio from asianamericapodcast.com:
Dr. Ken Fong
Ken is a third-generation Chinese American from Sacramento, CA. Graduating in 1976 from Cal Berkeley with a degree in biology, he moved to LA in 1978, graduating from Fuller Theological Seminary with an M.Div. and a D.Min. He helped lead Evergreen Baptist Church of LA to become one of the first English-only multiethnic, majority pan-Asian churches in America. He also was the first Executive Director of Fuller’s Asian American Center and was an affiliate associate professor of Asian American church studies. Over the years he has served as a trustee for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Westmont College, IWA, and the Asian American Drug Abuse Program. He is a noted speaker, author, and social influencer. In 2017 he was given Congressional Recognition by Rep. Judy Chu in 2017 as the Community Leader of the Year in the West San Gabriel Valley. He retired from pastoring in 2017 and from teaching in 2019. He is an avid cyclist and a dedicated photographer. He and his wife ‘Snoopy’ have a daughter and reside in the shadows of the San Gabriel Mountains in Sierra Madre, CA.