Students and Campuses
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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.
Date of first Azine posting:12/10/2009 -
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.
Date of first Azine posting:09/19/2009 -
Tufts University Korean American Students Settlement Agreement with Assailant
Tufts Korean Student Associaton
Date of first Azine posting:04/28/2009 -
Racist Incident at Tufts U.
4/10/09
update 4/15/09
Tufts students are organizing a public rally for
Thursday, April 16, 2009, from 12:30-1:30 PM
Tisch Patio at the Medford campus.
Date of first Azine posting:04/10/2009 -
Rutgers Students Push for Asian American Studies
Rutgers University is between New York and Philly is 24% Asian American. It’s close as the highest concentration of South Asians in the U.S. and high concentrations of Koreans and Chinese. With the slogan "Jersey Roots, Global Reach," Rutgers wants to reach a broad audience. However, Asian American Studies is not offered beyond a few inconsistent courses.
Date of first Azine posting:04/01/2009 -
Lessons from Activist Students (Part II)
This December, API Movement brought together student activists again from various campuses to share organizing lessons from their work. Among the most important issues was building continuity in the organizing work. Often, a politically aware class will build a new level of activity on campus. This activity fails to sustain itself when these students graduate. The continuity problem is compounded with the prevalence of junior year abroad programs for third-year students at many universities.
Date of first Azine posting:12/30/2008 -
Today’s Student Organizers
API Movement hosted a group of Asian American student organizers this summer who discussed the state of organizing on their campuses. These organizers give a cross section of the ongoing organizing work continuing on campuses nation-wide. A new generation of student activists is trying various methods of organizing APA students.
The students came from Stanford, UCLA, Rutgers, Brandeis, Boston University, Tufts, and Harvard. Current organizing efforts include:
Date of first Azine posting:09/10/2008 -
Advocating for an Identity
By Todd Kushigemachi, Special to the Pacific Citizen
Published July 25, 2008
This article is republished under an exchange agreement with Pacific Citizen
Stephanie, 22, has had to take several quarters off of school to earn money for her education at UCLA. She has been a housekeeper, transcribed for writers and even made cardboard boxes.
Date of first Azine posting:08/01/2008 -
Shut Up II - Pathetic English-Only Commencements in La.
How ridiculous is this? School officials in Terrebonne Parish, LA are considering a policy banning any part of a commencement speech not in English.
Date of first Azine posting:06/30/2008 -
Shutting Up Uppity Asian Student
In Linwood, NJ, graduating senior Jennifer Chau found out that speech is not that free. At her graduation ceremonies at Mainland Regional High School, her principal cut off her microphone while she was giving her salutatorian speech because she didn’t want to limit herself to pablum.
Date of first Azine posting:06/26/2008
