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Why I Joined NABEA – Jordan Brunner

Why I Joined NABEA – Jordan Brunner

I’m what you might call an analyst. Actually you would be more likely to call me by the title on my law license. But I like to think of myself as an analyst because my entire job—and indeed, the job

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Why I Joined NABEA – Leland Lazarus

Why I Joined NABEA – Leland Lazarus

I was at my desk at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing when a small entourage whizzed by. I had to do a double take to confirm who I just saw. “Was that Jackie Chan!?” A half hour later, after sitting

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Why I Joined NABEA – Tabatha Anderson

Why I Joined NABEA – Tabatha Anderson

When I was 12 years old, I was presented with the opportunity to be one of the first students in my suburban school to begin studying Chinese as part of a brand new county-wide foreign language curriculum. What began as

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Why I Joined NABEA – William D. Frazier

Why I Joined NABEA – William D. Frazier

Hello! My name is William D. Frazier, and I am the author of “Black American Entrepreneur in China: Connecting Industry and Cultural Differences.” During the summers of 2000 and 2001–as an Urban Studies graduate student at Savannah State University–I left

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Why I Joined NABEA – Mark Akpaninyie

Why I Joined NABEA – Mark Akpaninyie

The year 2012 is one I will never forget. After graduating from college, I accepted a fellowship that took me to China for the first time. China had long been an interest of mine as I had closely followed its

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The National Association for Black Engagement with Asia

NABEA connects Black Asia specialists in both the public and private sectors and seeks to increase the representation of Black Americans engaging with Asia. Through our programming, we work towards building a mutually beneficial economic, political, social and cultural relationship between Black America and the Indo-Pacific.

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  • Because of NABEA – Raven Witherspoon
  • Program Spotlight: Japanese Chat Club
  • Program Spotlight: Chinese Language Group
  • Why I Joined NABEA – Brandy Darling
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