UCLA Asian American Studies Department

"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

Book Talk by Dina Gilio-Whitaker:As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice,from Colonization to Standing Rock
2019-05-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Bunche Hall 6275, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Book Talk by Dina Gilio-Whitaker:
As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice,
from Colonization to Standing Rock
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
4–6 PM
Bunche Hall 6275

RSVP: http://bit.ly/GilioWhitakerTalk

Bruin Day for Transfers
2019-05-11 08:00 - 14:30
Meet Asian American Studies at Bruin Day for Transfers!
This is a wonderful opportunity for the admitted/incoming undergraduate students to get an inside perspective of being an Asian American Studies student and UCLA student, in general. Check out our Department Facebook page for pictures from Transfer Bruin Day 2016, Freshmen Bruin Day 2017, and Transfer Bruin Day 2017: https://www.facebook.com/uclaaasd/

Opportunity to Volunteer with the UCLA Labor Center
2019-05-09 13:00 - 22:00 | The Center at the Cathedral Plaza, 555 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Banquet Volunteer Flier

ECC and Reslife Present our 2nd annual Climate Justice Forum: UCLA Community Call to Action!
2019-04-30 17:00 - 20:00 | Carnesale Commons, Los Angeles, CA, United States
About this Event

ECC invites all student organizations and departments to attend our 2nd Annual Climate Justice Forum. Our event will feature a keynote speaker, plant-based dinner, live performances, cross-community dialogue, and the premiere of our documentary Reframing Environmentalism: People of Color and Sustainability. Anyone from any background is welcome and encouraged to attend!
We will be featuring Mesoamerican food made with plant-based indigenous ingredients from Alchemy Organica!
We aim to be low-waste as possible so please bring reusable utensils and tupperware if you can! If not, we will have dining utensils available at the event.
Parking is available at the Sunset Village Parking Lot. There are elevators on the 1st floor on Carnesale Commons. Photo and video will be taken. Please contact us at ecc.ucla@gmail.com if you have any concerns or need any dietary or accessibility accommodations!

Transforming Justice to Transform Community panel w/ Prof. Grace Hong
2019-04-30 17:00 - 19:00 | UCLA School of Law Room 1420, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Given the political climate in the United States, we are seeking to explore the power of Transforming Justice to Transform Community. Expert panelists from UCLA, CSU Fullerton, and Harvard University will discuss the power of restorative and transformative practices in addressing unjust social and political inequity and ultimately transforming our community into a space where all people feel safe, respected, and valued. Tuesday, April 30th from 5-7:30 at UCLA School of Law, Room 1420. Food provided. Let us know you’re coming.

The CARE Program invites you to an evening with experts in restorative and transformative justice featuring:
Grace Hong, PhD (she/her)
Professor, Gender Studies and Asian American Studies at UCLA
Ramsey Champagne, M.A. (she/her)
Community Advocate at Harvard University
Xhercis Méndez, PhD (she/her)
Assistant Professor at Cal State Fullerton
Panelists will discuss the power of restorative and transformative practices in addressing unjust social and political inequity and ultimately transforming our community into a space where all people feel safe, respected, and valued. To do that, we will need your voice. Come join the conversation!

Hidden Identities, Hidden Lives: When Data Obscures Health Disparities
2019-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Please join us this Tuesday for the last Marschak talk of spring quarter. RSVP

Hidden Identities, Hidden Lives: When Data Obscures Health Disparities
Ninez A. Ponce
Professor, Health Policy and Management
UCLA
Tuesday, April 30 at 3 p.m.
Charles E. Young Research Library Main Conference Room

In this talk, Ponce will focus on health survey data in California and in national surveys for American Indian Alaska Native and Asian subgroup information. A health economist, Ponce’s research contributes to the elimination of racial/ethnic and social disparities in health and health care in three areas: multicultural survey research, social penalties in health access, and global and immigrant health.

Ponce is a professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Department of Health, and Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She is the Principal Investigator for the California Health Interview Survey, the largest health survey in the nation. Ponce received a BA in science from UC Berkeley, an MA in public policy from Harvard University, and a PhD in health services at UCLA.

Light refreshments will be served. Reservations are requested. RSVP

Supporting Undocugrads Workshop - 4/23/2019
2019-04-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Student Activity Center Conference Room 2 and 3 (Basement Level), CA, United States

Asian American Studies Turns 50! Please join us for a roundtable on the past, present, and future of AAS!
2019-04-18 11:45 - 13:45 | Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center, University of California, Irvine , Irvine, CA, United States
Asian American Studies Turns 50!

Asian American Studies was established 50 years ago through historic student protests at San Francisco State College and UC Berkeley in 1968-1969.
Join us to reflect on the past, present, and future of Asian American Studies!

April 18, 11:45-1:45
Orange County & Southeast Asian Archive Center, University of California, Irvine
(Gateway Study Center – opposite of Langson Library, Lower Level – towards Aldrich Park)
Lunch served at 11:45
Panel starts at noon
Moderated by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (UC Irvine)
Panelists:
Crystal Baik (UC Riverside)
Keith Camacho (UCLA)
Dorothy Fuijta-Rony (UC Irvine)
Nayan Shah (USC)
Linda Vo (UC Irvine)
Tessa Winkelmann (UN Las Vegas)
Please rsvp by April 11 to help us plan refreshments by visiting bit.ly/AASTurns50.
For more information, contact Prof. J. Wu (j.wu@uci.edu).

2nd Annual Asian American Mental Health Awareness Week
2019-04-15 08:00 - 2019-04-19 22:30
UCLA’s Asian Greek Council is proud to announce our 2nd Annual Asian American Mental Health Awareness Week!
Mental health is a part of everyone’s life and can create unique challenges for us depending on our environment, cultures, and experiences. With such a large scope provided by the topic of mental health, our hope this week is to narrow it down and address how it manifests itself within the Asian American community. We hope to increase awareness by providing information, support, and a comfortable space.
Though in recent times there has been increased awareness and acceptance, it is still difficult for many of us to not only share our struggles but also feel sincerely acknowledged. Specifically within the Asian American community, it is very common to overlook mental health and remain silent. Our goal is to empower each other to “find your voice,” whether that may be through speaking about your own experiences, learning how to be there for others, or simply getting comfortable with the topic.
Remember, you are not alone. Together we can #breakthestigma.
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EVENTS:
Tabling on Bruinwalk:
Monday 4/15 – Thursday 4/18
To start off our week, members of AGC will be on Bruinwalk handing out stickers and flyers! We may have some fun activities/surprises so make sure you stop by!
ECHO’s Mental Health Matters Awareness Night:
Tuesday 4/16 | Ackerman Grand Ballroom | 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Our friends at Enriching Community Health Outreach (ECHO) at UCLA are hosting their first awareness night: Mental Health Matters! Please join them for a night of free food, prizes, and performances all while helping support our mission to raise awareness on mental health to the UCLA community and to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)!
Check out the event page to see what this exciting night holds: https://www.facebook.com/events/252732365610081/
“Find Your Voice”: Asian American Mental Health Panel and Discussion:
Thursday 4/18 | Haines A02 | 8:00pm – 9:30pm
In our main event for the week, we will present a panel and facilitate guided discussion about how mental health looks in our communities. The panelists will share a mix of research findings, clinical experiences, and personal stories; the panelists will be released throughout the week, so stay tuned! We will also share the data from the Google form (anonymously, of course).
Psypher: Mental Health & Dance Workshop
Friday 4/19 | Parking Lot 4, P1 | 8pm
AGC is excited to announce a partnership with Psypher, a club at UCLA that aims to address and discuss mental health issues in the space of a dance workshop. The topic for the workshop will be “Asian American Mental Health” and we will focus on unpacking some of the information from the day before.
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We wholeheartedly encourage any questions and suggestions! Please feel free to contact any of the following:
Brandon Ye | AGC President | (925) 683-5288
Lilly Wang | AGC Publicity Chair | (856) 889-4957

Youth Studies in Oceania
2019-04-13 08:00 - 17:00 | UCLA Luskin Conference Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Convened by Professor Keith L. Camacho of UCLA’s Asian American Studies Department, the conference will explore the rise of Pacific Islander youth cultures in urban locales across Aotearoa, California, Guåhan, Hawai‘i, the Marshall Islands, Sāmoa, Tonga, Utah, and Vanuatu. Featuring speakers from community organizations, research universities, and student associations, the symposium will be held at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center on April 13, Saturday, from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Bruin Day for Freshmen
2019-04-13 08:00 - 15:00
Meet Asian American Studies at Bruin Day for Freshmen!
This is a wonderful opportunity for the admitted/incoming undergraduate students to get an inside perspective of being an Asian American Studies student and UCLA student, in general. Check out our Department Facebook page for pictures from Transfer Bruin Day 2016, Freshmen Bruin Day 2017, and Transfer Bruin Day 2017: https://www.facebook.com/uclaaasd/

MSA- UCLA presents: Islam Awareness Week!
2019-04-08 08:00 - 2019-04-12 17:00
On behalf of MSA-UCLA, we invite you to join us during Islam Awareness Week! This week-long event will take place Week 2 (April 8-12) of Spring Quarter.
We will have day-time events on Bruin Walk/ Plaza followed by evening discussions relevant to the theme of the day.
In the wake of events such as Christchurch and Mali, our organization deemed it necessary for UCLA students to gain a deeper understanding of our faith and for us to help build solid relationships with other communities in these times of distress.
Moreover, the overarching theme this year is: United We Stand, Divided We Fall, so please do come out to support the Muslim community at UCLA! We really cherish your support and are excited to see you there.

Come out to increase your knowledge about Islam and bring a friend!
Check out the events for the week below and on the flyer!

For more information and to RSVP visit: Islam Awareness Week 2019

Indigenous Self-Determination in Defense of the Earth
2019-03-20 12:00 - 13:30 | UCLA Law School Room 1357, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Indigenous Self-Determination in Defense of the Earth/Autodeterminación Indígena en Defensa de la Tierra
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
12:10 – 1:30 pm
UCLA Law School, Room 1357
RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/coKw0JX6BtOxD0Kj2
Join us for an illuminating conversation on Indigenous environmental activism in Central America and Los Angeles. Our panelists include Rigoberto Quemé Chay, a Maya-Kiché leader from Guatemala, Angela Mooney D’Arcy from the Sacred Places Institute, and UCLA Law Professor Joseph Berra. Panelists will discuss Indigenous worldview regarding the environment, the threat of extractive industries such as mining to Indigenous communities, and the significance of Indigenous resistance in terms of self-governance. We hope you can join us for this exciting and informative event!
This event is co-sponsored by The UCLA American Indian Studies Center.

Asian American Studies Graduate Student Symposium
2019-03-18 14:00 - 17:00 | 2125 Rolfe Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The Asian American Studies Graduate Student Association (AASGSA) invites you to the Asian American Studies Graduate Student Symposium on Monday, March 18

Please join us for an afternoon workshop of graduate student research (specifically papers to be presented at the 2019 Association of Asian American Studies Conference). The AAS Graduate Student Symposium is an opportunity for students not only to share our research but to practice presenting and receiving feedback on our work among professional colleagues, faculty, staff, and community members. As emerging scholars, we value and welcome your attendance, participation, and insight!

Light refreshments will be provided for this event. Please RSVP via the EventBrite by Tuesday, March 15th.

Kappa Psi Epsilon Presents : Pinay Symposium - Pinay State of Mind
2019-03-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Dodd Hall 78, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The sisters of Kappa Psi Epsilon Sorority Inc. at UCLA Delta Chapter would like to welcome you to our annual Pinay Symposium, “Pinay State of Mind”!
This year’s Pinay Symposium focuses on the intersectionality of mental health on the experiences of Pinays and in the context of our community and personal identity as Asian Americans. By discussing, understanding, and identifying how cultural beliefs and longheld stigmas on mental health play a part in our own mental health struggles, we can begin to find ways to further heal ourselves and our community. “Pinay State of Mind” aims to open honest discussions about mental health within the Asian American community through an inspiring and empowering panel of womxn guest speakers and by providing a safe space to share our struggles.
Join us to engage in activities and dialogue regarding mental health issues in the context of the Asian American community and hear from a panel of strong womxn. Everyone is welcome – you don’t have to be Pinay to support!
We look forward to seeing you there!
WHEN: Week 9 Friday, March 8 @ 6-8 pm
WHERE: Dodd Hall 78
Snacks will be provided! (if you have any allergies/dietary restrictions, please contact Arielle)
For questions, comments, or more information, feel free to contact:
Arielle Shaye Mendoza
(805) 509-7547
amendoza.kpsiedelta@gmail.com

Raising Awareness Through the Arts: Sulong Theatre Collective and Migrant Filipina Workers in Canada
2019-03-07 16:30 - 18:00 | Kinsey Pavillion 1240B, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Raising Awareness Through the Arts: Sulong Theatre Collective and Migrant Filipina Workers in Canada
Speaker: Professor Eleanor Ty, Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair at UC Santa Barbara, Professor of English & Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario

Thursday, March 7, 2019
4:45-5:50pm
Kinsey Pavillion 1240B

RSVP required: jjchun@asianam.ucla.edu

Abstract
Launched by playwright and novelist Catherine Hernandez, Sulong Theatre Collective produced a play called Future Folk for the Carlos Bulosan Theatre in Toronto for its 2009/10 season. The performance uses indigenous Filipino music, dance, interviews with live-in caregivers, humor, poetry, and melodrama to depict the difficulties experienced by migrant domestic workers from the Philippines in Canada. Its aim was to entertain, but also, more importantly, to make people aware of the economic, social, familial and emotional costs to the Filipinas who participate in what Rhacel Parreñas calls the “global exportation of care” (Force of Domesticity 50). This lecture looks at the affective power of art to engage with and raise awareness of the complexity of transnational mothering performed by Filipina domestic workers in Canada through the Live-in Caregivers Program.

Speaker bio
Eleanor Ty is Professor of English & Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. She is the Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair 2018-2019 at the University of California Santa Barbara where she is teaching a course on Asian American Graphic Novels. She has published books on cultural memory, Asian North American, and on 18th Century literature. Her most recent book, Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority (U of Illinois P, 2017) won the APALA (Asian Pacific American Librarians Association) Adult Non-Fiction award for 2017.

Organized for AASD M119, Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues
Sponsors: Asian American Studies Department, Asian American Studies Center

Asian American Studies Center: Wikithon Event
2019-03-04 11:00 - 13:30 | Campbell Hall 3232, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Come celebrate and document Asian American and Pacific Islander history together! The Asian American Studies Center will be hosting a Wiki-edit-thon event for students to edit or create a Wikipedia page that is related to AAPI history. It is an open event, so everyone is welcome to attend. All you need to do is bring in your own laptops and we will provide you with free refreshments (Hawaiian food!). We hope to see you all there.

Date: Monday, March 4
Time: 11:00am to 1:30pm
Location: Campbell Hall 3232

Skidrow Food Drive Initiative
2019-03-01 00:00 - 2019-03-02 00:00
Wheat a second! Yes, I said wheat for all the sandwiches that FDI makes but wheat a second for real the FDI’s 2nd Skidrow event is next week!
Yes we are back! Join the FDI (pun intended) on March 1st & 2nd! Ya that’s right, it is a two day event and you have so many options on how you can contribute:

A) Attend March 1st – help with sandwich preparations
B) Attend March 2nd – help with food distributions in Skidrow
C) Attend both days
D) Venmo a donation to @FoodDriveInitiative
E) All of the above

Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, February 27th at midnight
Please fill out the google form: https://goo.gl/forms/bRnLfeEzXYgm44Tv2
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2583084111917946/?__mref=mb

Etiquette Dinner for Grad Students & Postdocs
2019-02-28 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Faculty Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Asian American Studies Alumni Career Panel
2019-02-25 18:30 - 21:00 | James West Alumni Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Dean Saranillio Book Talk
2019-02-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Bunche Hall 10383, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Bio: Dean Itsuji Saranillio is an assistant professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. His teaching and research interests are in settler colonialism, alternative futures from the settler state, Asian American and Pacific Island histories, and Native Pacific cultural studies. He has published in numerous journals and anthologies and his first book, Unsustainable Empire: Alternative Histories of Hawai‘i Statehood (Duke University Press, 2008), thinks through the possibilities that might emerge when non-Native peoples work in place-based affinity with Native movements.

Talk description: Dean Saranillio shows that Hawai’i’s admission as a U.S. state was neither the expansion of U.S. democracy nor a strong nation swallowing a weak and feeble island nation, but the result of a U.S. nation whose economy was unsustainable without enacting a more aggressive policy of imperialism. This talk provides a more complicated understanding of Hawai‘i’s admission as the fiftieth state and why Native Hawaiian place-based alternatives to U.S. empire are urgently needed.

We will also be hosting a graduate student talk at the Asian American Studies Center conference room from 3-5 pm.

Global Borderlands
2019-02-13 16:00 - 17:30 | 10383 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Global Borderlands
Speaker: Victoria Reyes, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Riverside.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
https://international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13621
Description: The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country’s colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, Victoria Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings. For some, it is a symbol of imperialism and inequality, while for others, it projects utopian visions of wealth and status.
Drawing on archival and ethnographic data, Reyes describes the everyday experiences of people living and working in Subic Bay, and makes a case for critically examining similar spaces across the world. These foreign-controlled, semi-autonomous zones of international exchange are what she calls global borderlands. While they can take many forms, ranging from overseas military bases to tourist resorts, they all have key features in common. This new unit of globalization provides a window into broader economic and political relations, the consequences of legal ambiguity, and the continuously reimagined identities of the people living there. Rejecting colonialism as merely a historical backdrop, Reyes demonstrates how it is omnipresent in our modern world.

Tanzila Ahmed Talk
2019-02-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Public Affairs 6257, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Lunar New Year Mixer: Explore the World of Sake and Japanese Cuisine
2019-02-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Sake Dojo, 333 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Lunar New Year Mixer

Join the Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA and Bruin Professionals for an exciting evening of sake and Japanese cuisine. As you feast on a menu designed just for you, a sommelier will take you through a journey, providing insider details on the sake making process.
Space is limited. The tasting will start promptly at 7 p.m.
Parking is $3 after 5 p.m. in the parking structure located at 101 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Event Date
Tuesday, Feb. 12
6:30 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Sake tasting begins
Event Location
Sake Dojo
333 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Ethnics & Indigenous Studies Graduate Student Panel
2019-02-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Campbell Hall 1224, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
AAP GMR P P R E S ENT S
Interested in graduate school?
Come meet with graduate students in all 4
of the ethnic studies programs at UCLA
Tuesday February 12th
5:30-7:00 PM
1224 Campbell hall

Upcoming Intergroup Relations (IGR) Dialogues
2019-02-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Student Activity Center Room #5, CA, United States
Intergroup Relations is part of the Bruin Resource Center on campus and our purpose is to bring together UCLA students, faculty, and staff from all across campus to talk about important topics in a way that differs from a classroom setting.

We are hosting two upcoming events. One of which is a dialogue surrounding “What does patriotism mean to you now?” This is a one-time event happening on Friday, February 8th, 12 to 1:30pm.

Here is the RSVP form: tinyurl.com/igrpatriotism

We also have a Mental Health Dialogue Series coming up, which will take place from weeks 6 to 9, every Tuesday from 12 to 1:30pm.
Weeks 6 to 8 will be held in the Student Activities Center (SAC) Room #5, but week 9 will be held in the Student Activities Center (SAC) Room #1.

Here is the RSVP form: tinyurl.com/igrmentalhealth

Please note that lunch will be provided at every single event.

Professors in the Pub With Dr. Ananya Roy
2019-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Maple Block Meat Co., 3973 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA, United States
Ananya Roy, M.C.P., Ph.D., is professor of urban planning, social welfare and geography and director of the Institute of Inequality and Democracy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Dr. Roy participates in the broad-based endeavor to remake the canon of urban studies and planning. Her interventions in critical urban theory foreground urbanisms of the global South and draw on the legacies of postcolonial, feminist and critical race theory. In addition, Dr. Roy is one of several scholars seeking to build what can be called critical poverty studies.

Upcoming Intergroup Relations (IGR) Dialogues
2019-02-08 12:00 - 13:30 | De Neve Sycamore Room, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Woman Entrepreneur Event
2019-02-05 18:00 - 20:00
Startup UCLA invites you to a Fireside Chat with Alice Kao, Founder of Sender One Climbing

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Schedule:

6:00 – 6:30 Check In

6:30 – 7:30 Fireside Chat

7:30 – 8:00 Networking

Carnesale Commons | Malibu Room

In 2012, Alice Kao co-founded Sender One Climbing–the largest indoor rock climbing gym company in the Los Angeles and Orange County metro areas–with her business partners, Wes Chu and Wes Shih (who is also her husband). Sender One has a straightforward mission—to create wondrous spaces where people can discover themselves and connect with others…through climbing.

Prior to joining the climbing industry, Alice had a successful career as an international sales and marketing executive for four separate toy companies and, prior to that, as an investment banker. She discovered climbing in 2008 while living and selling toys in London. Climbing guided her through tough personal times and sparked her closest friendships.

Alice graduated from UCLA in 2001 with a degree in International Economics.
Alice has been a member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization since 2014, serving on its board for three years. She resides in Torrance, CA with Wes and their two daughters, Sydney and Adelaide.

The event will be moderated by Todd Presner. He is Associate Dean of Digital Innovation in the Division of Humanities, Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of Research, Chair of UCLA’s Digital Humanities Program and Professor in the Humanities. He has been an avid rock climber for the past 20 years.
