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Manjusha P. Kulkarni

Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate and

Executive Director of the AAPI Equity Alliance

Manjusha (Manju) P. Kulkarni is Executive Director of the AAPI Equity Alliance (AAPI Equity), a coalition of more than forty community-based organizations that serves and represents the 1.5 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County. She co-founded Stop AAPI Hate, the nation’s leading aggregator of COVID-19-related hate incidents against AAPIs. Additionally, Manju is a Lecturer in the Asian American Studies Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Manju was recently recognized by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential individuals in 2021 with the co-founders of Stop AAPI Hate, Cynthia Choi and Russell Jeung. 

Manju’s work has been featured in the New York Times, and on CBS News and CNN, as well as in numerous ethnic media outlets. Manju is a member of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and was recently appointed to the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board by CA Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. 

In 2014, she received the White House Champions of Change award from President Barack Obama for her dedication to improving health care access for Asians American communities. In March 2021, she testified before Congress at the House Judiciary Committee on the issue of anti-Asian hate. 

Manju holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law. Manju lives in Los Angeles with her daughters Vaishali and Meghana and her husband Shai Halbe.

Co-Sponsors:

A2J Initiative at Fordham Law 

Asian Pacific American Law Students Association

Center on Race, Law and Justice 

Disabled & Allied Law Students Association

Dispute Resolution Center

Domestic Violence Action Center

Fordham First Generation Students

Fordham Law Advocates for Voter Rights

Fordham Law Moot Court

Fordham Law OutLaws

Fordham Law Student Veterans Association

Fordham Law Women

Housing Advocacy Project

If/When/How Lawyering for Reproductive Justice

Immigration Advocacy Project

Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer's Work 

International Refugee Assistance Project

International Refugee Assistance Project - Fordham

Latin American Law Students Association

Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

National Center for Access to Justice

Stein Center for Law and Ethics

Stein Scholars Program for Public Interest Law and Ethics

Suspension Representation Project