Stories of Stranded Deportees

Lives and Voices Not Heard—Stories of Stranded Deportees: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ Experiences Facing Deportation
Featuring Readings by Nghiep Lam and Eddy Zheng
Panel to follow with lawyer and social justice advocate.
Organized with Bonnie Kwong
Sunday March 26th
4pm

Listen to excerpts from journals kept while incarcerated and through the deportation process, as well as a panel discussion about the reality of the prison to deportation pipeline in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities in Oakland.

Eddy Zheng is the Co-Director for the Oakland based Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC.) APSC provides support to Asians and Pacific Islander prisoners and educates the broader community about the growing number of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States being imprisoned, detained, and deported. Eddy spent 21 year of his life in prison for crimes he had committed at the age of 16. Since his return to the free world, Eddy has dedicated his life to serving the youth and communities of the greater Bay Area. Eddy is the subject of the award winning documentary, “Breathin’ The Eddy Zheng Story.”

Nghiep “Ke” Lam is the Reentry Coordinator of Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC), based in Oakland, California. Ke and his parents fled Vietnam in 1978 and was rescued to Hong Kong Refugee Camp. Two years later he and his brother and parents were issued visas to enter America. At the age of 17, Ke committed a crime that lead to his imprisonment for 23 years. Ke was active in social justice work on the inside and continues to do so upon returning home.