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AASP Events
What Does the AASP Do?
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.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009:
Screening of "VINCENT WHO?" and Q&A with Director Curtis Chin
2 - 4 pm in Hunter West 507
FREE!
In 1982, Vincent
Chin was
murdered in
Detroit by two
white
autoworkers at
the height of
anti-Japanese
sentiments. For
the first time,
Asian Americans
around the
country
galvanized to
form a real
community and
movement. This
documentary,
inspired by a
series of town
halls organized
by Asian Pacific
Americans for
Progress on the
25th anniversary
of the case,
features
interviews with
the key players
at the time, as
well as a whole
new generation
of activists.
"Vincent Who?"
asks how far
Asian Americans
have come since
then and how far
we have yet to
go. Featured
interviews
include: Helen
Zia (lead
activist during
the Chin trial),
Renee Tajima
Pena (director,
"Who Killed
Vincent Chin?"),
Stewart Kwoh
(Executive
Director, Asian
Pacific American
Legal Center),
Lisa Ling
(journalist),
Sumi Pendakur
(Univ. of
Southern
California),
Dale Minami
(civic rights
attorney), Doua
Thor (Executive
Director,
Southeast Asian
Resource Action
Center), and a
group of five
diverse young
APA activists
whose lives were
impacted by
Vincent Chin.
Producer and
co-director
Curtis Chin
(featured in
the
documentary)
is an
award-winning
writer and
producer who
has worked
for ABC,
NBC, Disney
Channel and
more. As a
community
activist, he
co-founded
the Asian
American
Writers
Workshop and
Asian
Pacific
Americans
for
Progress. For more info: www.vincentchin.net
Co-sponsored by AAARI: CUNY Asian American/Asian Research Institute www.aaari.info
More Exciting Events Coming Up in 2009 - 2010!
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Screening of "God Is My Safest Bunker"
Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Lee Wang
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Screening of "Transcending: the Wat Misaka Story"
Followed by Q&A with the Directors.
http://www.watmisaka.com/
SPRING 2010
Screening of "Envisioning Justice: The Journey of a Transgendered Woman" & Discussion with Transgender Activist Pauline Park
SPRING 2010
Student-organized Roundtable Discussion: Ethnic & Gender Studies in Higher Education
SPRING 2010
Asian CineVision Filmmakers' Showcase
Here are some examples of past AASP events:
FEBRUARY 2009 Uproarious Reading with Ed Lin, Author of Waylaid and This Is A Bust (Kaya Press)
To see a video of Ed's reading, please go here
Ed's very cool website
FEBRUARY 2009 "HIV/AIDS in Asian American Communities" Lecture & Discussion with Suki Terada Ports, Executive Director of The Family Health Project
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
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 (Penguin)
Ruth Ozeki at Stanford University, but she was equally fantastic and engaging at Hunter! (Courtesy Stanford Report, May 10 2006)
Ruth's website is here
PS: A Way with Words: Writing & Meditation
May 22 - 17, 2009
Please join Ruth Ozeki for a residential writing and meditation workshop at the Hollyhock Retreat Centre, on Cortes Island, BC.
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).
PS: Justin Lin was then featured in The New York Times' Style Section, and the visit to Hunter was mentioned!
"A Recipe for Success" by Jennifer 8 Lee (NYT September 30, 2007)
Here are links to some of Lin's films:
(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.
