Students
ECAASU HAS BECOME A NEOCOLONIAL INSTITUTION! ASIAN PEOPLE MUST TAKE IT BACK!
This is a repost from the blog "The Fuckin' Loudest Asians" by permssion of the author
a.k.a. why is Vijay Prashad speaking at a conference funded by the US military?
By HTT
Student Vigil Forces Retraction of Anti-Immigrant Provisions
A two week long 24-hour immigrant student vigil led Massachusetts state legislative bodies to moderate anti-immigrant amendments attached to a State budget draft. The legislature's conference committee removed measures to create a hotline reporting on undocumented immigrants and the denial of in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities to undocumented sutdents. The state Senate had attached the measures.
S. Philly High Asian Students End Boycott - Their Statement
Asian Americans students ended their boycott of South Philly High School on Wednesday.
South Philly High Students Speak Out, Target Ed Staff
At a hearing at school district headquarters yesterday, Asian students testified to a long history of violence against them at South Philadelphia High School and the indifference of school personnel.
RACISM IS – HATE INDICATORS SPIKE
by Mike Liu
Thanks fot Martha Ta and Zenobial Lai
Racism has spiked up. On Campus, Asian Law Caucus has reported that at Stanford and Duke University, there have been new anti-Asian incidents. More revelations about Darmouth's five years of anti-Asian hate tolerance (see note in Dartmouth section). A poll commissioned by the Committee of 100 during the first half of March reports that most Americans look at Chinese Americans negatively. This jump has been exacerbated by the US spy plane incident
Duke:
BRANDEIS STUDENTS RALLY AFTER ASIAN AND WOMEN HATE ACTS
Thanks to Doug Brugge
taken from Brandeis student press release
Concerned students staged a noon rally in front of the Usdan Student Center, spurred by recent harassment targeting Asian- American women on Brandeis University campus. The rally provided a safe space for students voices to be heard and solidarity in the fight against all forms of intolerance and discrimination.
BAASIC Student Conference Seeks to Reconnect Students to Activism
BAASIC has been a vehicle over the past serveral years to connect the Asian American student community more into local communities and issues while nurturing the social and cultural interests that most students have. BAASIC 2009 is a major step forward in building the reach of the conference.
