"Mother of the Exile"
2019-05-15 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Campus Auditorium, 350 De Neve Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
RSVP required: laulecturerefugees.eventbrite.com

Comedy Stand-Up
2019-05-15 20:30 | Moore Hall 100, Los Angeles, CA, United States

UCLA 1st Gen Conference
2019-05-17 08:00 - 18:30 | Covel Commons, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join us for UCLA’s first ever 1st Gen College Student Conference: ‘Everyday Superheroes’ on Friday, May 17th in Covel Commons. The conference is geared towards providing a space where first-gen undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni can engage in conversation and build community. The conference also aims to build community and provide a platform to showcase amazing research and creative art by our first-gen students.
The conference schedule includes breakout sessions with academic research presentations from graduate & undergraduate students, pedagogy workshops for faculty, staff and TA’s, creative showcase spaces and community building workshops.
Active and engaged participants will be able to:
• Learn from the creative and academic works of fellow students
• Engage in meaningful discussions with fellow first-gen students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members
• Feel a sense of belonging within the first-gen community
To RSVP, complete the form below by Friday, May 9, 2019. Please distribute to other students, faculty, staff, alumni or community members who might benefit from this opportunity.
https://forms.gle/yHCpvPDuieLbm1AC8

APIDA Night Market
2019-05-17 18:00 - 20:30 | Bruin Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States
In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and
our Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community, Asian Pacific Coalition (APC) is celebrating our diverse backgrounds with a spectacular night market in Bruin Plaza on Friday, May 17, 2019 from 6:00 – 8:30 PM!
The event will include a range of yummy cultural cuisines/snacks and in a marketplace setting for purchase (proceeds go to respective student organizations), complimentary cultural performances, and interactive activity booths from various organizations. APC will be holding a card-making table, where you can create cards for children at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles!
This event could not be made possible without our incredible member organizations: Association of Chinese Americans – ACA, Samahang Pilipino, Samahang Modern, BURSA at UCLA, United Khmer Students, Mixed Student Union at UCLA, Hanoolim Poongmul – 한울림 풍물, VSU Bruins, Ahsucla Bruins, Hui O ‘Imiloa – Hawai’i Club at UCLA, and Asian Pacific Health Corps at UCLA

2019 Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture | Grace Lin
2019-05-19 16:00 - 17:00 | Korn Covocation Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States

AAS Undergrads @ Undergraduate Research Week - May 21st
2019-05-21 11:30 - 17:00 | Pauley Pavillion, Los Angeles, CA, United States
List of Presenters, Times, and Posters
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Come out and support our amazing undergraduate majors and minors as they present their research at Undergraduate Research Week!
With over 1,000 undergraduates participating in Research Poster Day on May 21st and over 100 giving oral presentations throughout the week, I hope you will be able to join us in celebrating the impressive range of undergraduate inquiry and initiative taking place at UCLA.
Undergraduate Research Week events are open to the entire campus community and general public. A complete event schedule can be found at: http://urweek.ugresearch.ucla.edu/.
Thank you to all of you who have mentored and seen our undergraduates through this process!

Painted Nails Documentary
2019-05-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Dodd Hall 146, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative’s mission is to improve the health, safety and rights of the nail and beauty care workforce to achieve a healthier, more sustainable and just industry.
I would like to use this opportunity to invite you to attend a film screening we have put together of the documentary Painted Nails, which tells the story of a Vietnamese immigrant nail salon owner, realizing her health problems are due to the chemicals used in her salon. In addition to the film screening, we will have The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative’s director, Lisa Fu, and Preeti Sharma from UCLA’s Gender Studies Department come and give a talk about the impacts of having safe working conditions and proper knowledge of chemicals that people come in contact with on the daily in relation to the nail salon industry.

The event will be held on Wednesday, May 22nd, from 6-8pm at Dodd 146. (UCLA Parking Structure #2 is closest to the event)
This is the Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/693812264371801/

AAS Undergrads @ Undergraduate Research Week - May 23rd
2019-05-23 11:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
List of Presenters, Times, and Posters
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Come out and support our amazing undergraduate majors and minors as they present their research at Undergraduate Research Week!
With over 1,000 undergraduates participating in Research Poster Day on May 21st and over 100 giving oral presentations throughout the week, I hope you will be able to join us in celebrating the impressive range of undergraduate inquiry and initiative taking place at UCLA.
Undergraduate Research Week events are open to the entire campus community and general public. A complete event schedule can be found at: http://urweek.ugresearch.ucla.edu/.
Thank you to all of you who have mentored and seen our undergraduates through this process!

Mountain Movers SoCal Book Launch on Saturday, May 25 in Little Tokyo
2019-05-25 12:00 - 19:00 | 341 E. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90012, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join the UCLA Asian American Studies Center at 341FSN for the Southern California Book Launch of Mountain Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies!
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center will celebrate the Southern California launch of Mountain Movers, a joint book publication with SF State and UC Berkeley on the founding of Asian American Studies (AAS) programs. This 50th Anniversary commemorative volume features the historical roots of Asian American studies at each of the three campuses with oral histories by original founders and students of AAS today.
The day will consist of two programs:

Program 1 (12:30 PM to 1:30 PM) brings together contributors Jean-Paul deGuzman and Preeti Sharma for an informal discussion with audience members on remembering the past and envisioning the future for Asian American Studies.
Program 2 (5:30 PM to 7:00 PM) will showcase poetry by Amy Uyematsu accompanied by bassist Taiji Miyagawa and reflections by Casimiro Urbano Tolentino and other founders on the beginnings of Asian American Studies at UCLA.

Light refreshments will be served during both programs. However, please note that space is limited and RSVP does not guarantee seating or admittance.
The UCLA AASC Press will also host a pop-up shop in the space from 12noon to 7pm. Come by 34FSN during the pop-up to purchase your copy of Mountain Movers for a discounted price of $20!
This event is presented as part of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s 50th Anniversary programming. It also included in Visual Communication’s Centering the Masses and is presented in tandem with the opening day of “At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America”, an exhibition by Visual Communications at the Japanese American National Museum.
Visit the following websites for more information-
Mountain Movers: http://ucla.in/2ILk88H
Centering the Masses: https://vcmedia.org/centerthemass
At First Light: http://www.janm.org/exhibits/at-first-light/

Pacific Ties' Print Issue Launch Party
2019-05-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Campbell Hall 3232, Los Angeles, CA, United States
We cordially invite you to Pacific Ties’ Print Issue Launch Party on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 6 to 8.30 p.m. at UCLA Campbell Hall, room 3232.

This year’s theme is “DREAMS,” inspired by the different definitions and experiences that generations of APIDAs associate with the American Dream. Through this print issue, we aim to explore the nature of this American Dream, to discuss whether it truly can be achieved with faith and perseverance, or whether it would be more appropriately named a “hoax” or a “nightmare.” On Wednesday, we hope to share some of our insights with you through our staff writers, who will be reading short fragments from their published pieces.

Breaking the Silence
2019-05-30 12:30 - 13:45 | Public Affair 2355, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Despite being one of the fastest growing populations in the United States, South Asian communities are oftentimes left out of dominant discourses pertaining to mental health, immigration, housing justice, and more. Join us in a workshop led by Ravina Wadhwani, M.Ed, APCC (South Asian Network) as we explore South Asian American mental health and its various intersections with other social justice issues.
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“You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it, and responsible for changing it.” – Grace Lee Boggs

Community Social hosted by Korean Resource Center
2019-08-10 12:00 - 15:00
If you can attend, please fill out the RSVP form below.
Communities for Education RSVP

"Power to the People": 50 Years of Bridging Research with Community Conference
2019-11-01 17:00 - 2019-11-02 17:00
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-to-the-people50-years-of-bridging-research-with-community-conference-registration-73530903913

Join the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC) and Asian American Studies Department (AASD) as we celebrate 50 years of AAPI research, teaching, social justice education and movement building at UCLA. This conference, co-organized with the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (AP3CON), will bring together diverse and intergenerational communities to appreciate the legacies, genealogies, and futures of Asian American and Pacific Island Studies. With community engagement at the heart of the field, we strive to strengthen the connection between the university, community-based organizations and public decision-makers. Conference panels are designed to encourage dialogue about current research needs and possibilities for collaboration. Students and community members are encouraged to attend to engage with important issues and discover ways to get involved with current movements and organizing.
Plenary Sessions:

Building Power
Elevating Voices and Building Solidarities
Alternative Imaginaries and Futures

Workshops:

Navigating Gentrification through the Intersection of Communities, Governance, and Research
Census 2020
Caregiving Across Generations
Introducing a Multi-Generational Domestic Violence Prevention Framework
Human Trafficking
Evolution of Asian American LGBTQ+ Community-Based Research: Exploring Capacity-Building and Collaboration
Migration, Resettlement and Deportation of Refugee Communities
Labor
Housing and Homelessness in the AAPI Community
API’s and the Green New Deal Movement
API’s and Mental Health
DisEDvantage: Barriers to AAPI Equality and Access to Education

Conference is organized by the UCLA Asian American Studies Department, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) and is co-sponsored by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Institute of American Cultures, and Division of Social Sciences.
This event is part of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center’s 50th Anniversary events in 2019-2020.
For more information on the plenaries, workshops, and speakers, visit http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/aasc50/conf19/
To register for Day 1 of the conference featuring Jeff Chang with Tanzila Ahmed, visit: https://aasolidarity.eventbrite.com.
PARKING
Visitors who plan on driving to the Luskin School should enter campus through the Hilgard entrance and park in Structure 3.
Structure 3 has Pay-by-Plate spots. You can purchase an all-day ($13) or short-term parking pass ($3/hr) at one of the self-service pay stations or through the ParkMobile App. Please take note of your license plate number before proceeding to a self-service pay station.
You may also purchase an all-day parking permit ($13) from the UCLA Information Parking Booth at Westwood Plaza and Strathmore before proceeding to Structure 3. Please note: Information & Parking Booths only accept cash and BruinCard payments.
For more information on parking at UCLA, please visit https://www.transportation.ucla.edu/campus-parking/visitors.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
For public transportation, the Metro bus line 2/302 has a stop at Hilgard and Wyton by the Luskin School. The Santa Monica Blue Bus also has stops nearby at the bus terminal on Hilgard and Strathmore.

David Wong Louie Memorial Conference
2019-11-15 10:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Royce Hall 314, Los Angeles, CA, United States
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
UCLA ROYCE HALL 314
Internationally recognized as a literary pioneer in Chinese-American writing in several genres— novel, short story, and personal essay—Louie forged a powerfully eloquent voice that mapped with deep sensitivity and darkly comic wit the trials and hard-won insights born of inhabiting and navigating the difficult and often invisible spaces between white America and Chinese America. This conference will commemorate David Wong Louie’s writing and teaching legacy by bringing together scholars, writers, and students that were and continue to be influenced and inspired by Louie’s work.
SPEAKERS
Viet Thanh Nguyen Pultizer Winning Author, and Professor, USC
King-Kok Cheung Professor, UCLA
Marilyn Chin Professor Emerita at San Diego State University and Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets
Fred D’Aguiar Professor, UCLA
David Eng Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Russell Leong Editor, Retired Adjunct Professor, UCLA
Jennifer Tseng Award-winning poet and fiction writer
Wenying Xu, Professor, Jacksonville University.

Fall 2019 Undergraduate Check-In!
2019-11-20 15:30 - 18:30 | 2125 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Join us for our undergraduate check-in this Fall 2019! Come have all of your Asian American Studies questioned answered! Anyone is welcome!
There is a limited space and we will only be taking the first 25 RSVP!

We will be serving snacks: Halo-Halo

4th Annual Turkey Day Food Box Giveaway Program
2019-11-21 13:00 - 17:00 | White Benches between Kerkoff & SACs, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The CPO Food Justice Program will be offering its 4th Annual Turkey Day Food Box Giveaway Program, which will be presented to students in need, and will consist of all the ingredients for a dinner for 7 people. This will happen from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the White Benches between Kerckhoff Hall and the Student Activities Center.

The wait list starts at 4:00pm for those that fail to sign up on time or if registration closes due to high demand. No guarantees are made for those on the waitlist. Please encourage students to sign up for a box @ http://www.cpo.ucla.edu/turkeybox/

The Lawson Legacy Project Annual Lecture: Senator María Elena Durazo
2019-11-25 14:00 - 16:00 | UCLA Northwest Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Rev. James Lawson Jr. has taught Nonviolence at UCLA for the past 17 years. In 2018, he received the UCLA Medal, the University’s highest honor. In carrying on his legacy, we will be sponsoring an annual Nonviolence lecture and awarding scholarships to UCLA students engaged in the theory and practice of nonviolence.
The first Nonviolence Speaker will be State Senator María Elena Durazo, who became President of the Hotel Workers Union #11 thirty years ago. She worked with Rev. Lawson to embrace the philosophy of nonviolence to transform the organization into one of the most dynamic unions in the country, led mainly by immigrant workers.
Event Details:
Monday, November 25, 2019
2 – 4 PM
UCLA Northwest Auditorium
350 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90024
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For more info or to RSVP, contact
Shukry Cattan
SCattan@irle.ucla.edu

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Empire's Tracks: Dr. Karuka
2020-01-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room, Los Angeles, CA, United States
In the Winter Quarter, AASD will be hosting Dr. Manu Karuka for a book talk and student workshop.

Date: Monday, January 13, 2020
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Location: Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room

In this talk, Dr. Manu Karuka will give an overview of his new book, Empire’s Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad(University of California Press, 2019). Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multi-sited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism.

Bio: Manu Karuka is an assistant professor of American Studies at Barnard College. His work centers a critique of imperialism, with a particular focus on anti-racism and Indigenous decolonization.
Please RSVP to the talk for an accurate headcount.
Following the talk, Dr. Karuka will be hosting a workshop for students from 5:00-6:00pm in Rolfe 2125. Snacks will be provided.

Winter 2020 Undergrad Check-in!
2020-02-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Rolfe 2125, 345 Portola Plaza, Room 2125, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
RSVP: https://forms.gle/cdzgsVZ2yFpbBKLs5

Winter 2020 MA Check-In!
2020-02-28 12:00 - 14:30 | Campbell Hall 3232, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Come join us for our quarterly MA/Graduate Check-In! Voice your concerns, ask our SAO and graduate adviser your most burning questions! Or just come and check-in with your fellow Asian Am MA peers and enjoy some free food! Take a study break you deserve it!
RSVP!

PBS "Asian American" Series - May 2020, 8:00pm
2020-05-01 - 2020-05-31

Spring 2020 Undergraduate Check-In Bingo Night
2020-05-13 18:30 - 20:00
Need a break from midterms studying? Want a chance to win an Amazon gift card while celebrating Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) history with fellow students and faculty? Say no more!

The Department of Asian American Studies and the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA are proud to present our Spring Quarter Undergraduate Check-in: APIDA Bingo Night! Join us on Wednesday, May 13th from 7pm-8:30pm via Zoom for an evening of fun and friendly competition with a chance to win some BIG PRIZES. We’ll be playing a game of APIDA-themed bingo with key figures, events, and ideas from Asian American Studies, all while quizzing each other on random facts and trivia from our field. Who says studying can’t be fun?

In addition, we are excited to have our very own Student Advisory Officer Greg Pancho joining us for drop-in advising sessions from 6:30pm-7pm. If you have any questions about being an Asian American Studies major or minor, stop by to chat with Greg before our event (and make sure to stay for Bingo Night too)!
If you are interested in participating in our event, please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/328o6iWbPaeJQBPn6. For security reasons, we will only be giving the Zoom link to those who have RSVPed.

A Thousand Cuts: On Media, Policing, and Authoritarian Brutality
2020-10-01 08:00 - 23:30
A Thousand Cuts: On Media, Policing, and Authoritarian Brutality
October 1, 2020

In collaboration with Cornell University, UCLA, Barnard College (Columbia University), University of Toronto, Rutgers University, and Los Angeles’ Visual Communications (VC), you are invited to an international screening of A Thousand Cuts by Ramona Diaz, followed a panel featuring Maria Ressa (Rappler), Jinee Lokaneeta (Drew University), and Gina Dent (UCSC). This panel will be moderated by Neferti Tadiar (Barnard College).
Film Screening Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020 (Film available for streaming in US and Canada)
Film Screening Location: Film viewing instructions will be sent after you.
Film Description: With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the news media. Produced, written, and directed by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND).
Film Registration Information: Register for the Screening by Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 8pm EDT.
Film Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-thousand-cuts-media-freedom-and-authoritarian-brutality-registration-120320332353
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Panel Discussion Date and Time: October 1, 8pm EDT (8am+1 Philippines)
Panel Description: Following the screening of A Thousand Cuts, please join us for a panel featuring Maria Ressa (Rappler), Jinee Lokaneeta (Drew University), Gina Dent (UCSC), moderated by Neferti Tadiar (Barnard College). The film focuses on the current effects of Rodrigo Duterte’s infamous “war on drugs” and the shutting down of independent news outlets as well as the arrest, detention, threats and humiliation of journalists, including Maria Ressa. This post-screening panel focuses on policing, state violence, and how the media and ideological landscapes enable populism and authoritarianism across the Philippines, U.S. and India. The discussion also serves as the staging ground for transnational forms of creativity, solidarity, and resistance.
Panel Registration Info: https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__uiiWtuvRUmcoAr1CzHziQ

Undergraduate Check-In Fall 2020: Wine, Whine, and Unwind
2020-10-14 17:00 - 18:30
Bring your favorite wine and besties as you embark on an interactive and informative journey to “escape” UCLA together with staff and faculty from the Asian American Studies Department! The fastest group to escape wins mystery giftcards!

Come hang out with us and other Asian American Studies Major/Minor Peers!
You don’t have to be a major or minor to attend! Just bring yourself and your enthusiasm for Asian Am!

Meet, Greet, and Celebrate UCLA's Newly Established Pilipino Studies Minor!
2020-10-26 18:00 - 19:30
This event is co-organized by the UCLA Asian American Studies Department and UCLA Samahang Pilipino
RSVP Link HERE!

Pandemics and Vulnerable Communities
2020-11-13 13:00 - 14:30
This event is sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, the UCLA Asian American Studies Department, the Carlos Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies. With support from the UCLA Center for the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
RSVP here

UCLA Institute of American Cultures Fall Forum
2020-11-18 15:00 - 17:00
You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) Annual Fall Forum, featuring the 2020–21 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Scholars representing the four centers will talk about their research and goals.
Featuring:
Nicholas Barron, PhD, Associate Faculty of Anthropology at Mission College, Santa Clara, interviewed by Associate Professor Erin Debenport (Anthropology)
Topic: Salvaging Anthropology, Unsettling Sovereignty
AJ Kim, PhD, Associate Professor of City Planning in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University, interviewed by Professor Karen Umemoto (Urban Planning and Asian American Studies)
Topic: (un)Sanctioned Atlanta: Immigrants Making Place in the New South
Farzana Saleem, PhD, UCLA Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow – Bunche Center, interviewed by Professor Tyrone Howard (Education and African American Studies)
Topic: Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma and Utilizing Racial Socialization in Families in Schools
José A. Muñoz, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, San Bernardino, interviewed by Professor Matt A. Barreto (Political Science and Chicana/o and Central American Studies)
Topic: Hidden Burdens: The Experiences of Latino First-Generation and Working-Class Sociologists
Moderated by: Christopher Soto, Assistant Director of Development, UCLA Institute of American Cultures
Organized by the Institute of American Cultures and co-sponsored by the American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, Chicano Studies Research Center, American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program, Department of Asian American Studies, Department of African American Studies, César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, and UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives.
RSVP/ REGISTER Here!

LA Rising: Book Talk by Professor Kyeyoung Park
2020-11-19 12:15 - 13:45
The Department of Anthropology’s colloquium series, “Culture, Power, and Social Change (CPSC),” is hosting a book talk by Professor Kyeyoung Park.
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Studies Center and the Asian American Studies Department.
Please refer to Zoom link here.

Asian American Solidarity from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
2020-11-20 11:00 - 12:30
“Asian American Solidarity from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter”
November 20, Friday, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
RSVP to https://asianamactivists.eventbrite.com for Zoom webinar info
Speakers are Ed Nakawatase, Marion Kwan, Kabzuag Vaj
Speakers:
Ed Nakawatase worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta, Georgia from 1963-64. He then went on to work with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) . He joined their Third World Coalition national staff and became AFSC’s National Representative for Native American Affairs, a position he held for 31 years. He is currently on the boards for Asian Americans United, and the Folk-Arts Cultural Treasures Charter School both in Philadelphia, and Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center in New Jersey.
Quote by Ed Nakawatase :“Racism remains deeply rooted in American society…I am encouraged by the anti-racist movement that now includes a full spectrum of people of color, as well as an unprecedented number of white people who now see themselves as antiracists in the struggle. I believe that Black Lives Matter is a continuation of the civil rights movement and applaud its militancy and energy. They seem much like SNCC in that way. They most certainly are part of the long civil rights movement.”
Marion Kwan was active with the Delta Ministry from 1965-66 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She returned home to the San Francisco Bay area where she worked in jobs and roles involved with grass-roots organizing, social protests and education such as Chinatown YWCA Young Adult Program Director, Peace Caravan with the American Friends Service Committee, social work with International Rescue Committee in Hong Kong, anti-Vietnam War protests, academic counselor for low-income students at City College of San Francisco, trainer for Community Boards, Inc. a dispute-resolution neighborhoods program; consultant for Stanford Intercultural Communications Institute. She is now retired and is an active member of San Francisco Bay Area Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
Quote by Marion Kwan :“There is hope. For a while I thought the “Movement” stopped altogether, but the Movement is “moving again.” I saw it on the day after President Trump’s Inauguration in January 2017, in the Million Women March in Oakland – where I couldn’t believe that I saw a young Asian father with his wife and baby in tow in a baby stroller, among the crowd of multiracial, multi-generational, including young men and their girlfriends, and LGBTQ demonstrators. We also now have spotlights on younger people throughout the world (so much more aware of the deterioration of our planet than I ever was in my generation) – the Sunrise Movement (youth for climate change) and March for Our Lives (student led against gun violence). Are Asian Americans ready for building connections and becoming more openly present in society?”
Kabzuag Vaj is the Founder and co-Executive Director of Freedom Inc based in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a strong believer that those who are most deeply impacted must be at the forefront of the movement. Those who are most impacted must have opportunities and resources to advocate for themselves and tell their own stories. In the past 20 years, Kabzuag has spent her life working to build collective power and social change within Southeast Asian and Black communities. She was recognized as a Champion of Change at the White House during Domestic Violence Awareness month in 2011, and was named one of “20 Women of Color in Politics to Watch in 2020” by She the People. Her first love is the movement.
Moderator: Kelly N. Fong, Professor, UCLA Asian American Studies Department
Organized by UCLA Asian American Studies Center & Department; East Wind ezine

Winter 2021: Undergraduate Check-In
2021-01-19 17:00 - 18:30
Declaring your major or minor can be kind of anti-climactic. New and old majors alike, come celebrate it with us!
Clear out your schedules– majors and minors old and new come join us January 19th, 2021 to “renew your vows” as an Asian Am major/minor. It was rough in 2020 but we want to start off on a new foot this 2021 and celebrate something we can all relate to– being an Asian Am student (the best kind). Join us and other Asian Am students in declaring your major in this mini-ceremony we have planned for check-in. We also want to recognize the mental toll that Zoom university has taken on everyone these past few quarters, therefore mental health wellness and discussion will also be a part of this check-in.
Did we also mention that if you RSVP by January 4th, 2021 we will be sending out FREE declaration/care packages?!?! What are you waiting for? Hurry and claim your package and seat at our next check-in!
*** Our check-in welcomes all undergraduate students but only majors and minors will be able to receive a care package (while supplies last). You must RSVP and follow the instructions in order to receive the zoom link for the event.
RSVP Link Here
