AAFSA - Asian American Faculty and Staff Association

AAFSA LUNAR NEW YEAR

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:28:23 -0800

Come celebrate the Year of the Rat with AAFSA!

Join us for some food, entertainment, door prizes, and silent auction.

February 13, 2008
5:30-8:30pm
May Garden in Costa Mesa

Tickets are available at the Cross Cultural Center and Environmental Health & Safety.
Student $12
AAFSA members $20
non-members $25

For questions email aafsa@uci.edu.

Connecting Communities: The University and Multi-Ethnic Civic Engagement

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:15:59 -0800

This Southern California Regional Symposium at University of California Irvine will bring together scholars, staff, administrators, and graduate students from across disciplines and institutional settings to share ideas and strategies for how to cultivate and sustain civic engagement program and scholarship ventures. The symposium will provide opportunities to:

* Connect civic engagement advocates
* Communicate institutional challenges in civic engagement
* Build a foundation for productive networking around civic engagement work
* Identify resources and best practices for successful civic engagement initiatives

For more information visit Connecting Communities.

Legends of China

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:51:11 -0800

UCI students, faculty, staff, alumni, and family members visit China in the summer of 2008 as ambassadors for peace.

Join U.S. representatives from selected campuses in this 8th annual historical event at which 500 Chinese and 500 Americans will unite on the Great Wall of China celebrating peace.

Visit the Cross Cultural Center website for upcoming dates oninformation sessions.

Judy Q. Luu and AAFSA Scholarships

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:25:37 -0700

Congratulations to the recipients of the Judy Q. Luu and AAFSA Scholarships!

Judi Q. Luu Scholarship:
Amy Thu Le

AAFSA Graduating Senior:
Tan Nguyen
Diana Jou
Christina Lien
Tyler Moore

We appreciate all your hard work and contribution to the Asian American community at UCI.

FACE to FACE

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:31:04 -0800

Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy

December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001: two days that changed the world forever. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, people of Japanese ancestry living in the United States were subjected to the emotional venting of racial hatred and distrust, eventually leading to the incarceration of nearly 120,000 people, most of them U.S. citizens.

Today, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, Arab and Muslim Americans and other citizens of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent fear for their lives, worry about their futures, and question the validity of their constitutional rights. Sixty years have passed, but have things really changed?

Face to Face explores what it means to be an American with the face of the enemy. These are real stories of fear, anger, hatred, loyalty and trust.