FRIDAY, MAY 2APAAM Closing CeremonyGreat music, free food, a $200 A|X gift card (yea, that's right)Where: Lerner Party Space
When: 7-9pm
Join APAAM in celebrating the end of an amazing month!
An outdoor concert featuring:*Alfa Garciahttp://www.alfa-music.com/*Annie Linhttp://www.annielin.com/*Cynthia Linhttp://www.cynthialin.com/*Magnetic Northhttp://www.magnetichiphop.com/Did we mention that we'll be raffling off a $200 gift card to Armani Exchange? $200!! Every person who attends the concert will be awarded one raffle ticket. If you've been to previous APAAM events and picked up our official stamp card, you will get an additional raffle ticket for every stamp you've received!
So if you like music, free food or $200 to spend at A|X - we'll see you on Friday, May 2nd @ 7pm at Lerner Party Space!
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WEDNESDAY, 4/30Asian American Writers Panel Presented by APAAM and co-sponsored by Liga Filipina and HapaWhere: Sulzberger Hall North Suite
When: 7pm
Please join us in a diverse panel of Asian American writers, including Ed Lin (Columbia Alum), David Yoo, Thad Rutkowski and Bino Realuyo, on a discussion concerning writers and Asian American issues.
Ed Lin: author of Waylaid- Michael Kang The Motel was adapted from- which won the Members' Choice Award from the Asian American Writers Workshop in 2003 and his most recent release is This is a Bust
edlinforpresident.com David Yoo: author of Girls for Breakfast, his first novel.
daveyoo.comThad Rutkowski: author of the novels Tetched and Roughhouse. Both books were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award.
thaddeusrutkowski.comBino Realuyo: an author and a poet. His first novel, The Umbrella Country, was one of the nominees for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award in 2000, ranked in the Booklist's Top Ten First Novels of 1999, and a recipient of an Asian American's "Member Choice" Literary Award. His first collection of poetry, The God We Worship Lives Next Door was a recipient of the 2005 Agha Shahid Ali Prize for poetry. Realuyo has finished a novel-in-stories titled, The F.L.I.P Show, about Filipinos on the east coast.
binoarealuyo.comFree dinner from Indian Cafe will be served.------------------------------------------------------------
Fall of Saigon Commemoration Presented by Vietnamese Students Association Where: Lerner 569
When: 7pm
What is the significance of April 30th, and its relevance to the Vietnamese American community today?
Come to explore this and more at our discussion about April 30, 1975--known more commonly as the Fall of Saigon--with the Vietnamese Students Association.
Dinner will be served.
WEDNESDAY, 4/23American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii Screening + Q&ALearn about the Hawaiian hula diaspora throughout AmericaWhere: Wallach Lounge (Location changed)
When: 8-10pm
Come join us for the screening of Lisette Flanary's, PBS aired, documentary "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii" about the Hula diaspora throughout America as well as throughout the Asian Pacific American Community. There will be a Q&A session to follow.
MONDAY, 4/21Geishas and Geeks: Asian American Gender Roles Presented by APAAM Where: 616 Hamilton
When: 8-10pm
Why are Asian American men stereotyped as effeminate and weak? Why are Asian American women often portrayed as submissive and exotic? How can reclamations of Asian American "masculinity" become sexist and homophobic?
Through this intimate discussion, we seek to understand Asian American gender roles and stereotypes not, as stereotypes are sometimes argued for, "rooted in truth," but as socially constructed and markers of subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) racism against Asian American communities. Also, in challenging these gender roles, how can we create a culture and understanding of Asian American sexuality that respects all people's genders and sexual orientations?
MONDAY, 4/14APAAM Intergroup Texas Hold'Em Poker TournamentPresented by APAAM and Kappa Phi Lambda Where: Lerner 569
When: 8-10pm
Two prizes at every table!PRIZES: Gift cards and CultureShock tickets!
ADMISSION: $5
All proceeds will go to the National Asian Women's Health Organization.------------------------------------------------------------------
HOW IT WILL WORK:There will be a 40 person CAP-OFF. There will be four tables. At each table, there will be one first prize and one second place winner!
Selectivity of eligible players: Priority will go to APAAM board and members of Asian-American interest groups, then to the rest of the student body on a first come first serve basis.
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SATURDAY, 4/12Redefine: New York City Asian American Student Conference (NYCAASC)AAA's annual Asian American regional student conference that registers over 400 attendees a year.Where: Kimmel Center (60 Washington Square South), New York University
When: 9:30am - All Day
A joint effort between students at a number of New York City schools (Columbia, NYU, Hunter College, CUNY Baruch, Fordham, and more) the New York City Asian American Students Conference (
NYCAASC) is an annual, one-day gathering of Asian American students from around NYC to meet, network, and learn from one another. Through a series of informative and entertaining speakers, workshops, and performances, NYCAASC works to encourage Asian American students to explore their identities and the issues that face our communities.
The theme of this year's conference is "Redefine." Through our conference, we hope to bring all our voices—new and old, heard and unheard—into dialogue with each other, while acknowledging the differences and conflicts that are rooted in divergent experiences and shape vast and rich histories. Over the course of the day, we plan to showcase the stories of Asian American artists, activists, professionals, scholars, and more. We invite you to join us in our celebration and struggle, so that we may not forget our responsibilities to each other, but empower each other to redefine our identities.
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WEDNESDAY, 4/9Total Denial ScreeningFree Burmese Food!Presented by APAAM and Burma 88This is the story of two WESTERN CORPORATIONS, UNOCAL/TOTAL oil pipeline making business deals with a junta infamous for HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. Fifteen plaintiffs who've never left the Burmese jungle will battle head-to-head with two corporate giants in a US courtroom, shocking the world with its revelations. As documented by wanted man Ka Hsaw Wa and award winning filmmaker, Milena Kaneva.
Burma 88:The Burma 88 Coalition is a Columbia University student group devoted to advocating for human rights in Burma. Last fall, when the Saffron Revolution took to the streets in Burma, demanding an end to military rule, we coordinated Columbia’s response.
Our work is not over.
Join us at this meeting to find out how you can fight for human rights in Burma.
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