Heads up, Orange County. Saturday, February 8 is the 29th Annual Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference at UC Irvine. This year's theme is LOVE, short for "Listen to Our Voices and Empower." The keynote speakers are Janani Balasubramanian, Beau Sia, and Sumun Pendakur. Here's some more info:
29th Annual Asian Pacific American Awareness ConferenceIt's free for students. You can find more information, including how to register, here.
DATE: February 8, 2014
TIME: 9am-530pm
LOCATION: UCI Student Center
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
**Beau Sia
**Janani Balasubramanian
**Sumun Pendakur
WORKSHOPS:
**Anti-Blackness and Asian Americans
**The Political Position of US-based Diaspora in Dismantling Imperialism and Global Capitalism
**Southeast Asian Narrative
**When Human Isn’t Enough: Statelessness and Human Rights Defined by Borders
**API Identities Caucus: How race intersects with other aspects of our identities
**API and Latinx Solidarity: Remembering Shared Hxstorie
**Undocumented immigrant Asian American students and the Model Minority Myth
... and more !
Registration is FREE for students!
Register at www.apaac2014.weebly.com