April 8, 2021 — Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd delivers opening remarks at Asia Society Northern California's third annual Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala and addresses the recent wave of racism faced by Asians and Asian Americans, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Rudd also acknowledges the contributions made by the four Asia Game Changer West honorees: Zheng Chongbin, a light and space installation artist based in the Bay Area; Grace Lee, a Centers for Disease Control advisor on vaccine safety and a professor of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine; Tsu-Jae King Liu, the first female dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley; and Eun Sun Kim, the first female music director at a major American opera company, the San Francisco Opera. (8 min., 14 sec.)