Lily Cheng-Schulting
Lily Cheng-Schulting
Police killings protest
International Workers Day
Speakers
- Ryan Letts Kent-Ionia Labor Council
- Jesse Perez Teamsters
- Jess Westra IATSE
- Adam Schurman Grand Rapids Service Industry
- Lindsey Katerberg IATSE
- Israel Siku
- County Commissioner Robert Womack Michigan House
- Lily Cheng-Schulting Michigan House
- Hillary Scholten US Congress
- Dr. Jose Flores Michigan House
Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Democratic Socialists of America, Industrial Workers of the World.
Asian violence rally
Tom Burke March 21, 2021 Grand Rapids, MI - Over 300 people rallied to denounce the racist and woman-hating murders in Georgia of six Asian American women and two other men. Speakers and organizations representing people of Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese and Pacific Islander descendent spoke at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids on March 20.
Lily Cheng-Schulting, a progressive Democrat and candidate for Michigan’s 72nd State House District introduced Kent County Commissioner Robert Womack, who criticized the statements by police officials in Georgia. The rally ended with a speech by NAACP President Cle J. Jackson, calling for unity and the need to fuse the various movements in this country to stop racist attacks.
The Grand Rapids Asian-Pacific Foundation asked for solidarity, “as we remember and honor the victims from the mass murder in Atlanta and denounce the rapidly growing hate crimes against Asian Americans.”[1]
IATSE Political Action Forum
Stan Sacha - IATSE local 26, Political Action Forum, September 2020.
Michigan Asian American Progressives endorsement
In 2020 Michigan Asian American Progressives endorsed Tania Ganguly, Ranjeev Puri, Sommer Foster, Rashida Tlaib, Mary McCormack, Mai Xiong, Linh Song, Lily Cheng-Schulting, Kelly Breen, Julia Pulver, Abraham Aiyash, Ernesto Querijero, Elizabeth Welch.