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AASP Events
In addition to our academic course offerings, the AASP frequently sponsors co-curricular campus events, all of which are free and open to the entire campus community. These events include screenings featuring classic and contemporary Asian American films, readings with renowned Asian American authors, as well as guest lectures on timely topics in Asian American life -- Asian American psychology, political participation, higher education, multiracial identities, and much, much more.
Past Events
OCTOBER 29, 2011
BULLYING PREVENTION SUMMIT AT HUNTER COLLEGE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011
Join the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) at an all-day summit with with top administration officials, federal agency representatives and local organizations, MTV, and Facebook to learn how the federal government, local programs, and the private sector are working to protect Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Muslim American youth from bullying.
The event will focus on stories from the community, discussions with anti-bullying experts, and information about federal programs and services focused on stopping bullying. The summit is geared towards for parents, teachers, and students.
Every day, thousands of young people are bullied across the country. Nearly one-third of all school-aged children are bullied each year - about 13 million students. Students affected by bullying are more likely to face challenges in school, abuse drugs and alcohol, and have physical and mental health issues. Bullying is an obstacle to academic achievement and must be addressed to ensure that all of our students are college and career ready.
Keynote Speaker: Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Also featuring speakers from:
* The President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders * Facebook * MTV * Common Sense Media * U.S. Department of Health & Human Services * U.S. Department of Education * U.S. Department of Justice
Questions? Please email whitehouseaapi@ed.gov with "Bullying Prevention" in the subject line.
The WHIAAPI Bullying Prevention Summit is presented in partnership with the Asian American/Asian Research Institute and Hunter College at the City University of New York.
WHIAAPI Executive Director Kiran Ahuja moderates a panel discussion on bullying and social media (Photo: Corky Lee)
Judge Doris Ling-Cohan, the first Asian American female judge on the NYS Supreme Court (Photo: Corky Lee)
Amardeep Singh, Executive Director of The Sikh Coalition (Photo: Corky Lee)
Asian American students from NY, NC, and PA talk about how young people experience bullying and can take action against it (Photo: Corky Lee)
MARCH 29, 2011
More Than Just a Numbers Game: Asian Americans and Racial Diversity in the Ivory Tower
A presentation and discussion co-hosted by the Hunter College Asian American Studies Program & Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
U.S. colleges and universities have experienced rapid growth in Asian American student enrollment over the last four decades, paralleling growth in the general Asian American population following immigration reform in 1965. In the 1980s and 90s, increased Asian American enrollment at elite institutions was hailed within a discourse of celebrating diversity. At the same time, the increase in Asian American college students also drew fears of an "Asian invasion.” Speakers at this event considered the cultural, demographic, and policy implications of increasing Asian American enrollment in higher education. Photos: Phil Kessler
Dr. OiYan Poon is a research associate at the UMass Boston Institute for Asian American Studies. Her research critically examines racial inequalities and public policies with a focus on how Asian American communities become civically engaged to affect social change. She earned her Ph.D. in education at UCLA with a certificate in Asian American Studies. As a research scholar and as a former education equity advocate, she has been involved with national debates over educational access, racial equity, and Asian Americans over the last ten years. Most recently, she published two articles presenting analysis of the recently approved changes to the University of California's undergraduate admissions eligibility policy.
Dr. Margaret M. Chin (Moderator) is an associate professor of sociology at Hunter College. Her work focuses on new immigrants, working poor families, race and ethnicity, and Asian Americans. She is currently working on a number of projects, which include: research on how Asian ethnic media is used by first and second generation Asians and Asian Americans; a project on the status of low wage immigrant workers and where they turn to for work and assistance during this recession; and a project on differences and similarities among Brooklyn’s Chinatown, Flushing’s Asiantown and Manhattan’s Chinatown.
APRIL 21, 2010
Screening & Discussion with Transgender Activist Pauline Park
MARCH 3, 2010
Screening of Children of Invention with Tze Chun and Mynette Louie
FEBRUARY 2010
Screening of Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story with filmmakers Christine Toy Johnson and Bruce Johnson
NOVEMBER 2009
Screening of Vincent Who? with filmmaker and producer Curtis Chin
APRIL 2009
"The Current State of Asian America in NYC"
Discussion with Wayne Ho, Executive Director of the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
FEBRUARY 2009
Uproarious reading with Ed Lin, author of Waylaid, This Is A Bust, and Snakes Can't Run
Video of Ed's Reading | Ed's Website
FEBRUARY 2009
"HIV/AIDS in Asian American Communities"
Lecture & Discussion with Suki Terada Ports, Executive Director of The Family Health Project
OCTOBER 2008
"Asian American Voting Rights"
Lecture & Discussion with Glenn Magpantay, Staff Attorney at The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
SPRING 2008
"Hybrid Vigor" Reading & Discussion with Ruth Ozeki, Award-Winning Author of My Year of Meats and All Over Creation
Above: Ruth Ozeki at Stanford University (But she was equally fantastic and engaging at Hunter!)
Photo Courtesy of Stanford Report, May 10 2006
SEPTEMBER 2007
Screening and Q&A with Director Justin Lin and the Cast of "Finishing the Game"
Students and faculty turned up in droves to listen to and meet Asian American Director Justin Lin ("Better Luck Tomorrow," "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," "Finishing the Game"). An extra treat was that we all got to meet members of the FTG cast and crew: Julie Asato (Producer); Josh Diamond (Co-Writer); Roger Fan (Actor); Sung Kang (Actor).
After this event, Justin Lin was featured in The New York Times' Style Section, and the visit to Hunter was mentioned! The full article can be found here: "A Recipe for Success" by Jennifer 8 Lee (NYT September 30, 2007)
Other films by Justin Lin:
Finishing the Game
Better Luck Tomorrow
(L to R) Roger Fan, Julie Asato, Josh Richmond, Sung Kang, and Justin Lin. Everyone was game for a lively discussion, and the cast and crew told all of us about how and why they became involved with filmmaking, the perils and pleasures of independent film, and also what they think of the term "Asian American film."
After the discussion and Q&A was over – and they spoke for well over an hour, generously fielding many questions from all the amazing Hunter students who were there – everyone milled about and students got a chance to ask questions one-on-one, and to pose for pictures.
