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**ACA Agenda**
Friday, March 31, 2006
Topic
I.
Description
Time
Introduction
05 min
a. Packet Distribution
b. Club Goals
II.
Jenn & Sandy
Spring Projects
20 min
a. A.I.R Tour
1. Update
2. Advertising
a. Table Toppers
b. Cookie Push
c. Flyers
d. List-serve
e. Posters
b. Japanese Internment Camp Awareness
1. Purpose
2. Description of activities
a. Propaganda posters
b. Executive Order
c. Suitcase Display
c. History display case
e. Paper Crane
f. Film Showing
c. Asian American Identity
III.
Sandy
Announcements
Jenn
Chelsea
Jessica & Emi
Michelle
Jenn
Jenn
Jenn
Jenn
Emi
Thuy
Ruty
Sandy
05 min
a. Curry Chow-down Update
b. ACA web-page (whitman.edu/aca)
c. Budget Update
Thank you for coming!
Contact Us: Jenn Toy ([email protected]) & Sandy Lam ([email protected])
Geoffrey
Johnny
Tracey
Asian Cultural Association
Club Mission
(Updated September, 2005)
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To explore and bring meaning to the term Asian-American
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To acknowledge and address the issues of stereotypes, prejudices, and racism
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By upholding the true nature of diversity, we aim to conduct safe forums that recognize
and respect all voices, opinions, and ideas in the effort to bring dialogue to these issues.
To celebrate and share Asian culture and heritage
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Notes:
By cultivating a sense of identity, we aim to create a strong, vocal, and present club that
can function as a supportive community within the Whitman campus.
For some of us, by embracing our past and for others by embracing our experiences and
connections to Asian culture, we aim to share the various aspects including religion, food,
art, music, and language with each other and the Whitman community that make Asian
culture so rich.
ASIAN IN ROCK (AIR) TOUR CONCERT
A.I.R Tour
Wednesday, April 12th
7 pm
RCC Ballroom
Public Event
Background:
The tour was organized three years ago with hopes of giving
Asians voice and encouraging creative license in the music scene.
Sponsors:
ACA, Intercultural Center, ASWC Public Events
Featuring: (check out their music!)
Wet Confetti (www.myspace.com/wetconfetti
Mike Park (www.myspace.com/mikepark)
Sanawon (www.myspace.com/sanawon)
Description:
Three indie bands that play to give voice to the often silent "model" minority by broadening
the cookie cutter stereotypes often relegated to Asian Americans, and to inspire Asian youth to
avoid assimilating to mainstream tendencies in their artistry by finding original ways to
articulate their own unique cultural context and identities.
Jenny Choi (Double Zero/Suburban Home Records) conceptualized the Asians In Rock (AIR)
tour to kick off a celebration of Asians who revel in the indie rock subculture and are actively
bringing innovative soundscapes to the forefront of what we consider today as American
music.
JAPANESE INTERNMENT AWARENESS PROJECT
~ About 60 years ago, Japanese Americans were interned in concentration camps. Two-thirds of
these people were American citizens unjustly imprisoned in camps around the western United
States. While the United States viewed this as a precautionary war measure in the aftermath of
the bombing of Pearl Harbor, it was unconstitutional.
To raise awareness about this injustice and to prevent it from happening again...
1) Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry- Poster campaign to raise awareness
==> to make those not imprisoned feel the pain experienced by so many citizens
2) Propaganda display in front of library
3) Display case about Japanese Internment in Library set up by Emi
4) Suitcase Display
5) Film about Internment at Tek
6) Paper Cranes
ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITY PROJECT
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: (Updated 03/31/06)
1. Deadline: Thursday, April 13th
2. Median: Any (paper, prose, poem, collages, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos,
comics, etc. however, display will be in library, so please no audio)
a. Multiple submissions allowed
b. Anonymous work will be accepted
c. Please indicate if we have permission to republish your work for
distribution
3. Submit to: Sandy Lam (campus mail)
4. Showcase dates: Monday, April 17-Sunday, April 30 in the Periodical Room on the main
floor next to the Allen Reading Room.
5. Some brainstorming questions if you’re stuck:
a. What is it like to be Asian American at Whitman?
b. When you hear the words “Asian American,” what comes to your mind?
c. What it is like to be an Asian American woman/man?
d. When did you first realize you were Asian American?
e. Have you ever felt discriminated against as an Asian American?
f. What was it like growing up as an Asian American?
g. Do you relate more with non-Asian Americans or Asian-Americans?
SIGN UP SHEET
A.I.R. TOUR
Table Topper Distribution: Saturday, April 1’st
Chelsea, Michelle, Johnny, and Tracey
Cookie Making: Sunday, April 9th /
Cookie Distribution: Sunday, April 9th
Emi, Thuy, Jenn, and Thu
Geoffrey, Jessica, and Ruty
Downtown Flyer Distribution: Before weekend of concert
Jenn
RCC/Tennis Court Poster: Posted by Sunday, April 9th
(NONE)
JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMP AWARENESS
Paper Crane: April 10-15th
Monday:
Michelle, Jenn, and Thu
Tuesday:
Geoffrey and Jessica
Wednesday:
Liezel and Thu
Thursday:
Michael
Friday:
Thu
Poster-Sign Making:
Ruty
ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITY PROJECT
Display Set-Up: Sunday, April 16th
Jenn and Sandy