Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with Chinatown Community Ambassador and lifelong activist Rev. Norman Fong. A captivating storyteller and truth-teller, he talks with Vice Dean of Grace Cathedral, Greg Kimura, at The Forum, and preaches from the pulpit at the Choral Eucharist service, also on May 28.  

 

About the Guest 

The Rev. Norman Fong is the Parish Associate of the Presbyterian Church in Chinatown, which is the oldest API Church in America. He was ordained as a Presbyterian Minister and has been serving his home church since 1981. He has also worked from1990 to 2023 for the Chinatown Community Development Center, including serving as its Executive Director (and since 2020 as its “Community Ambassador”). Born and raised in Chinatown, he continues to serve his home base doing justice and loving kindness, which is his lifelong commitment. Norman (little Dragon) is also the recipient of the White House Champion of Change award during the Obama administration. Currently, he also is part of the Coalition for Community Safety & Justice (CCSJ) serving API victims of hate crimes in San Francisco.     

 

About the Moderator  

The Rev. Greg Kimura, Ph.D. (Cantab.) joined Grace Cathedral as Vice Dean in 2022. He is a fourth-generation Alaskan with a Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, and is an international expert on philosophical pragmatism. Most recently Kimura served as the Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ojai, California. Before that, he was President and C.E.O. of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Kimura also served as the President and C.E.O. of the Alaska Humanities Forum, and he has taught at Alaska Pacific University and at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He is married to Joy Atrops-Kimura with two children. 

 

About The Forum 

The Forum is a series of stimulating conversations about faith and ethics in relation to the important issues of our day. We invite inspiring and illustrious people to sit down for a real conversation with the Forum’s host and with you. Our guests range from artists, inventors and philosophers to pop culturists and elected officials, but the point of The Forum is singular: civil, sophisticated discourse that engages minds and hearts to think in new ways about the world.   Gracecathedral.org/the-forum.  

 

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