SOUL OF A NATION – 5/27/22 – ABC Information groundbreaking Soul of a Nation returns with a particular presentation, Collectively As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage, the networks first-ever primetime program celebrating the variety and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the colourful Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) group. The primetime presentation, hosted by actor, New York Instances bestselling writer and social justice activist George Takei, underscores the energy, magnificence and resilience of the AANHPI group towards a backdrop of ongoing hate assaults and a historical past of exclusion, marginalization and invisibility. Collectively As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage A Soul of a Nation Presentation airs Friday, Might 27, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT on ABC. (Photograph by Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC by way of Getty Photos) GEORGE TAKEI; WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 12: Lisa Ling attends the 2022 Baby2Baby Gala introduced by Paul Mitchell at Pacific Design Middle on November 12, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (Photograph by Araya Doheny/Getty Photos for Baby2Baby); NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 11: Simu Liu speaks onstage through the sixteenth annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute on the American Museum of Pure Historical past on December 11, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Kevin Mazur/Getty Photos for CNN)
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Simu Liu, Lisa Ling, and extra celebrities are expressing outrage and heartbreak within the wake of a Lunar New 12 months mass capturing in California.
A gunman killed 10 individuals and injured a minimum of 10 others at a ballroom dance venue on the tail finish of a Lunar New 12 months competition in Monterey Park, a largely Asian suburb of Los Angeles, on Saturday evening. The shooter, who’s believed to be an Asian male between 30 and 50 years outdated, stays at giant and should have focused one other ballroom venue within the close by metropolis of Alhambra.
The capturing marks the deadliest assault since a teenage gunman killed 21 individuals at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas final Might. Day two of the brand new yr festivities in Monterey Park, which has drawn hundreds of attendees in previous years, has been canceled Sunday within the wake of the capturing.
In a Twitter thread, Liu mentioned that he was “shocked, saddened, angered, and heartbroken” for the group.
Ling mentioned she was “shattered” to listen to the information on the group’s most celebrated vacation.
George Takei and Little Fires All over the place writer Celeste Ng, amongst others, additionally reacted to the information.
