Helen Zia is the author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, a finalist for the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. President Bill Clinton quoted from Asian American Dreams at two separate speeches in the Rose Garden." Read more about Helen Zia.

Ishle Park is a Korean American woman who is the former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York. The New York Times wrote, "Ms. Park has an angelic face and the soul of a rock star." Read more about Ishle Park.

Girls. Gangs. Mango.
One night only.
Barrio Fiesta 2008: Down With Brown.

Doors open 8:30pm. Show starts at 9:00pm.
$7 CUID/$9 non-CUID gets you in to the event of the year and all your favorites: lumpia (spring rolls) & dessert.
Tickets are being sold all week in the Lerner Box Office 12PM-9PM!!

Featuring an original script by Risa Garza.
Choreography by Lee Magpili & Geia Reyes.

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The Hong Kong Students & Scholars Society (HKSSS)'s annual Big 2 Tournament is back! Big 2 is a popular Chinese card game, and a common pastime of the Hong Kong people that has developed many different versions. It's easy to learn and fun to play. So please join us for an exciting night of competition by emailing cu.hksss@gmail.com for advanced tickets. The ultimate winner of the tournament will receive a grand prize of a PLAYSTATION 3!!!

Advance: $10 // At the door: $12 // A BBQ dinner will be served for ticket buyers
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AAA's and TASA's annual joint community service program that mentors adopted youths from China with their native Chinese culture.

CASPY brings together families with adopted Chinese children and Chinese American college students for a day of fun and learning. The program was first conceived at Yale in 2002, and we at Columbia are proud to host the third annual CASPY in New York this year.

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"Total Denial"

This 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.

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.

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.

Join us in a discussion on Asian American image and beauty, where we will reach out beyond the Pacific Ocean, beyond just being skinny, beyond an issue only concerning women, but everyone. Topics include not only what we see in the mirror, but influences from ideals of beauty, stereotypes, clothing, and more.

An audio clip will be presented by Katie Wang

FREE DINNER

AAA's annual showcase & extravaganza, exhibiting Asian American performing talent, visual arts, and fashion for an audience of 600 people. General admission: $10. Doors open at 7:30pm.

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Join us in the celebration of Song Kran or Thai New Year with delicious authentic Thai food, Thai dance, Thai classical music, Thai boxing and raffles to win several prizes. All proceeds go to charity.
Ticket: $3

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The Organization of Pakistani Students presents its annual Mock Pakistani Wedding! Come participate in the wedding of the year and watch as the Groom from NYU arrives on his white horse to take away his beautiful Columbia Bride! Participate in the traditions of a Pakistani wedding, enjoy delicious food, watch the hottest performances from a variety of South Asian CU Dance groups (including an amazing performance from your very own OPS), and dance to the latest Bollywood and Bhangra songs! Everyone is welcome to attend this fun-filled event and ALL are encouraged to dress in traditional Pakistani/South Asian attire!

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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?

Documentarian, Lisette Flanary, will be on campus for the screening of her PBS aired documentary "American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii." There will be a Q&A session with Lisette on the Hawaiian Hula diaspora throughout America as well as throughout the Asian Pacific American Community. Light refreshment will be served.

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.com

Thad Rutkowski: author of the novels Tetched and Roughhouse. Both books were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award.
thaddeusrutkowski.com

Bino 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.com

Refreshment will be served.

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.

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