2008-2009 Events | Asian American Studies

10/27/2008: Agent Orange Justice Tour: Justice for Vietnamese Agent Orange victims
10/29/2008: Fil-I-Am: Filipino American in hip-hop and the B-Box project
10/30/2008: IDAAS/IDAS/IDCS Joint Open House
11/6/2008: Keith Osajima talk on “Teaching as Social Change”
11/20/2008: ASAM 111 Forum, “Where Are We Now?” After 10 years in existence, what is the current state of Asian American Studies at the 5-Cs? Where should we go with Asian American Studies in the future?
12/2/2008: Spring 2009 Course Info Session: Open forum to present IDAAS courses for the upcoming spring semester
12/3/2008: Awareness & Action workshops: Understanding migration and development in today’s economic crisis
12/5/2008: Awareness & Action workshops: Art as an instrument for social change
1/28/2009: Enlace Seafood Workers Justice Tour: Hear stories of workers’ struggle against transnational companies
1/29/2009: Daniel Ho & Friends concert at Cal Poly Pomona
2/18/2009: Jane Bai talk on social justice in POLI 128 class
3/26/2009: Years of Infamy teach-in: National reading campaign
4/1/2009: Mini-Festival of recent Asian American films: Hollywood Chinese (2007) presents a little-known chapter of cinema history – the Chinese in American feature films, from the very first independent Chinese American film produced in 1916 to Ang Lee’s triumphant Brokeback Mountain
4/3/2009: Theater for Social Change workshop: Soul of Justice workshop employs dramatic enactments, song and movement, and small and large group inquiries in order to provide a context for the exploration of multi-cultural differences
4/4/2009: Theater for Social Change workshops: Healing the Wounds of History workshop involves the telling of personal stories and different drama therapy structures
4/5/2009: Theater for Social Change workshops: Playback Theater workshop teaches the subtleties of the Playback Theater form, refine acting and improvisation skills, and share in the often profound experience of hearing each other’s stories and bringing them to life
4/8/2009: Helen Zia talk: She shares her personal observations and stories to explore these dynamic times and how each of us can challenge old beliefs to bring diverse communities together for social justice and out common humanity
4/8/2009: Mini-Festival of recent Asian American films: Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown (2008) shows behind-the-scenes of the 2003 Los Angeles Miss Chinatown pageant, delving into the lives of two pageant contestants, as well as that of a Miss Chinatown imposter
4/10/2009: Asian American Studies Senior Thesis Presentations
4/21/2009: Fall 2009 Course Info Session: Open forum to present IDAAS courses for the upcoming fall semester
4/21/2009: Karen Chen talk in PSYC 153AA class
4/22/2009: Mini-Festival of recent Asian American films: Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru (2008) tells the story of four inspiring Peruvian visual artists who teach us what it means to persevere and make art in a country like Peru
4/25/2009: Sketch comedy group from Projeckt Newspeak: Production company whose mission is to provide an accessible outlet for exciting, thought-provoking Asian American artists and to create innovative, edgy, and entertaining art that speaks to the hearts and minds of all people
4/25/2009: Manzanar Pilgrimage: Annual pilgrimage to learn and remember the lessons from Manzanar and other WWII Japanese American concentration camps
4/27/2009: Sophia Cheng talk in POLI 128 class: Lead a discussion on community- organizing on the Claremont Colleges and the transition to working in communities in Los Angeles
4/29/2009: Mini-Festival of recent Asian American films: Chants of Lotus/Perempuan Punya Cerita (2008) consists of four different stories about lives of marginalized women in Indonesia, exploring issues including teenage sexuality, human trafficking, mental illness, and AIDS/HIV.
5/2/2009: Labor/Community Strategy Center community event centered around social justice and the future of community work in both Los Angeles and around the world
5/4/2009: Vijay Prashad talk: Presents a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian and global movement – the idea of the Third World