UMD's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

05/23/2016

important message from Janelle Wong:

"Please consider signing on to this letter. If you can sign-on as part of an APA organization, including an Asian American Studies or Ethnic Studies Program, that is especially important. This is urgent because, TODAY (5/23), 100+ Asian American organizations will announce complaints against Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale calling for an end to affirmative action. These are many of the same groups who filed last year's complaint against Harvard.
Race sensitive holistic admissions policies advance equal opportunity in our society for students of color, while also benefiting all students with the promotion of diverse learning environments. We are all in this fight together, and our future is intertwined with other disenfranchised communities. Only together can we provide education as a right for all.
Please take a stand against wedge politics and instead stand together in unity as AANHPIs who support affirmative action to call for equal opportunity in higher education by endorsing this open letter. Please sign on by 12 p.m. PST/3 p.m. EST, TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 24."

URGENT - Please support equal opportunity for all by endorsing the following open letter. We are asking individuals and organizations that serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities to sign on to the following national statement in support of affirmative action n...

04/27/2016

04/19/2016

Talking to Eddy Zheng and Ben Wang about their film BREATHIN': The Eddy Zheng Story. The film was unbelievable!

We are honored that the University of Maryland was the first university to screen the documentary since its release in California earlier this month.

Also, we thank Eddy and Ben for taking the time to answer the audience's questions about the film!

04/12/2016

Critical statistics - learn more at AAPID Womxn's EMPOWER HOUR // DVRP Service Day Training!

Domestic violence and sexual assault are often treated as distinct forms of violence, but in reality, the two are often intertwined: many abusers who are physically abusive also use sexual violence to exert power and control over their intimate parnters.

04/12/2016

Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project will be joining us tomorrow at AAPID Womxn's EMPOWER HOUR // DVRP Service Day Training! Come engage in conversations about intimate partner violence, street harassment, and sexual assault. You can also volunteer at Art as a Voice: Shattering the Silence Surrounding Sexual Violence after you attend this training!

5pm// tomorrow// MICA Conference Room

04/11/2016

The keynote speaker for Wonder Womxn 2016 is Mimi Khúc, a q***r Vietnamese American scholar, teacher, and writer. She writes and teaches on race and religion, q***r of color politics, mental health, and Asian American motherhood. Read her piece "Living Under Siege"!
http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2013/09/living-under-siege/

04/06/2016

04/01/2016

Today marks the beginning of UMD's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Our theme is "Reimagine Everything," inspired by Grace Lee Boggs! Please read her original essay!

From a Speech by Grace Lee Boggs I’m a very old woman. I was born in 1915 in what was later known as the First World War, two years before the Russian Revolution. And because I was born to Chinese immigrant parents and because I was born female—I learned very quickly that the world needed changing.…

05/12/2015

Phil Tajitsu Nash studied Urban Design Studies at NYU and received his JD at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, NJ. Currently he is an adjunct instructor at UMD in Asian American Studies and Latin American Studies Center where he teaches a study abroad class that takes students to the Amazon.

See Mr. Nash's full interview at: http://aapiswhoshaketheworld.tumblr.com/
If you would like to contact Mr. Nash for mentorship, his email is: [email protected]

05/11/2015

Don't miss the Festival of India today on Hornbake from 11-3! The Festival of India is free and fun! All campus citizens are invited to enjoy the free yummy gourmet vegetarian Indian feast and the fun colorful exhibits about yoga, meditation, ancient Indian culture, art and music! Please happily bring your friends! It's a refreshing break from studying. You'll feel like you're having a free mini vacation to India right here conveniently on campus! :)