Congratulations to Professor Min Zhou of Sociology and Asian American Studies for being recognized with the 2020 Contribution to the Field Award by the Asia and Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association. She serves as the director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center and she holds the Walter & Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications at AASC.

This fall, UCLA will offer a minor in Pilipino Studies, after many years of hard work and advocacy from students, faculty, and staff. In a story by Asian Journal, Associate Director Melany De La Cruz-Viesca emphasized the importance of the minor, stating that "a training in Pilipino Studies gives students the historical knowledge and critical thinking skills to imagine how to serve Pilipin[o] communities and fill the gaps in the existing literature, where the history, culture, and contributions of Pilipinos in America is sorely lacking." Students interested in the minor should contact the Asian American Studies Department for more information.

More: A new, interdisciplinary Pilipino Studies minor launching soon (UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies)

Presented by UCLA Asian American Studies 176: the Philippines and its Elsewheres

In celebration of Cornell University's Southeast Asian Studies 70th Year and UCLA's new minor in Pilipino Studies, we invite you to join in the live streaming event of the play adaptation of Carlos Bulosan's short story "The Romance of Magno Rubio," produced by New York's Theater Ma-Yi. Streaming will be followed with Q&A and discussion with Dr. Joi Barrios, Filipino Studies lecturer and award-winning writer, UC Berkeley; actors Jojo Gonzalez, and Ron Domingo. This event honors Dr. Dawn Mabalon who continues to inspire us.

Set in Central Valley, California in the 1930s, the play focuses on Magno Rubio, an illiterate Filipino farmworker and his pen-pal courtship with Clarabelle, a white woman from Arkansas who advertises in the back pages of a "lonely hearts" magazine. Believing he's found the woman of his dreams, Magno fantasizes about their life together, only to soon realize that reality and dreams do not always align.

This recording theatrical production of one of Carlos Bulosan's short stories has been made available by Theater Ma-Yi, a three-decades-old award-winning Asian American Theater company.

Organized by Professors Christine Balance (Cornell U) and Lucy Burns (UCLA); Sponsored by Cornell SEA, UCLA Asian American Studies Dept, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Cornell U Asian American Studies. Co-sponsors Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP), Bulosan Center for Filpino Studies, Bridge + Delta Publishing, UCLA's Vietnamese Student Association.

Register for the webinar:

https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcucOurqTgvG9VphpcWUdjRtdlIS6ShbUgo

Join the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and UCLA School of Nursing to talk about stories from the front lines of COVID-19 and standing against COVID-19 & Anti-Asian racism.

Moderators:

Deborah Koniak-Griffin, Associate Dean, Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, UCLA School of Nursing

Karen Umemoto, Professor & Director UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Speakers:

Emma Cuenca, Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Nursing - "Filipino/a/x and Asian Health Care Workers on the Front Lines"

Shi Zhang, MD, Internal Medicine, Hospitalist, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center & UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica - "Risks and Sacrifices of Health Professionals"

Gilbert Gee, Ph.D. , Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - "Disease and Anti-Asian Racism: How the Past Informs the Present"

Manjusha Kulkarni, JD, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), Co-Founder, STOP AAPI HATE Reporting Center - "What You Can Do to Fight the Hate and Show the Love"

Organized by UCLA School of Nursing & UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Co-Sponsored by: UCLA Public Health, Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON), UCLA Asia Pacific Center, UCLA International Institute, UCLA Institute of American Cultures, UCLA Alumni - Diversity Programs & Initiatives, Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA, Pilipino American Alumni, Asian Pacific Coalition, Pacific Ties Newsmagazine, Pilipino American Graduate Student Association

RSVP: uclahs.fyi/whythehate

Celebrate the end of APIDA History Month with APC

Come celebrate the end of APIDA History Month as we eat, listen, and reflect on this year. We'll be listening to snippets of our podcasts and also looking back on all our social media campaigns.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjjz3qguKotLnEXI6fm861h1Eh5VG4v
_qvIjNH1vwy3hVeIg/viewform

Facebook Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1872475619551665/

Organized by: Asian Pacific Coalition

Next steps for the future: How do we build organizational infrastructure across our APA communities and coalition build with others? What do we need to do to strategically plan for a future where we aren't just responding to threats, but leading toward solutions?

For more information: https://www.riseapa.org/upcoming-events-1/week4

Organized by RISE: Asia Pacific America

Co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and others

Spring Sing is an annual UCLA tradition featuring the musical talents of UCLA students. EJ (freshman) and Cam Chen (Senior) are brothers performing a duet in Spring Sing this year.

Link: https://springsing2020.alumni.ucla.edu

FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/uclaspringsing

A live conversation with author Professor Sean Metzger with Professor Rachel Lee

In The Chinese Atlantic, Sean Metzger charts processes of global circulation across and beyond the Atlantic, exploring how seascapes generate new understandings of Chinese migration, financial networks and artistic production. Moving across film, painting, performance, and installation art, Metzger traces flows of money, culture, and aesthetics to reveal the ways in which routes of commerce stretching back to the Dutch Golden Age have molded and continue to influence the social reproduction of Chineseness. With a particular focus on the Caribbean, Metzger investigates the expressive culture of Chinese migrants and the communities that received these waves of people. He interrogates central issues in the study of similar case studies from South Africa and England to demonstrate how Chinese Atlantic seascapes frame globalization as we experience it today. Frequently focusing on art that interacts directly with the sites in which it is located, Metzger explores how Chinese migrant laborers and entrepreneurs did the same to shape - both physically and culturally - the new spaces in which they found themselves. In this manner, Metzger encourages us to see how artistic imagination and practice interact with migration to produce a new way of framing the global.

Sean Metzger is the Vice Chair, Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Theater. He is a scholar who works at the intersections of several fields: visual culture (art, fashion, film, theater) as well as Asian American, Caribbean, Chinese, film, performance and sexuality studies. His new book is titled: The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and the Theatricality of Globalization (Indiana University Press, 2020) the text complicates discourses of globalization and reimagines geographies through an examination of aesthetic objects and practices situated in cities from Shanghai to Cape Town.

Rachel Lee is Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Professor of Gender Studies, English, and the Institute of Society and Genetics at UCLA. She is the author of The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America: Biopolitics, Biosociality, and Posthuman Ecoloiges (NYU, 2014) and editor of a newly published special issue of Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience (May 2020) on Chemical Entanglements: Gender and Exposure, the introduction of which highlights the work of Hong Kong and Brooklyn-based glassmaker and artist, Jes Fan: https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst

RSVP for webinar link: http://chineseatlantic.eventbrite.com

Sponsored by

UCLA Asian American Studies Center

UCLA Department of Theater

UCLA Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media

Asia Pacific Center

Asian American Studies Department

Center for the Study of Women

Join four APA Bruins who were inspired by their family's heritage to take up the needle and thread to help others during this pandemic.

Join four APA Bruins who were inspired by their family's heritage to take up the needle and thread in an effort to help others during this pandemic. Hear their stories and learn how to make a mask.

You can also purchase a mask making DIY kit (https://unitedwemask.org/workshops) to create your own. Purchases need to be made by Wednesday, May 20 in order to arrive by the May 27 event. You can also purchase the DIY kit later and watch the recording of the demo.

Organized by UCLA Alumni Diversity Programs & Initiatives

Co-Sponsored by Fast at UCLA

Event Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtc-yrqDsqHdwa_YrkNeABnYcjThPyxPIg

For more information, contact snguyen@support.ucla.edu

Learn about LA Chinatown tenants and the importance of anti-eviction over lunch while mobilizing power to protect our community!

You're invited to our virtual Tenant Town Hall happening on May 25th, 2020 from 1PM-2:30PM! This event will be held over Zoom and includes a presentation on the importance of defending renters through the COVID-19 crisis. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in an ongoing campaign led by the Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) on behalf of the 920 Everett Tenants Association, which is a group of immigrants and refugees from Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand who are fending off their third eviction attempt from a predatorial developer using loopholes in California rent control law. We would also really appreciate it if you could help spread the word! Tenants have been hit hard by this pandemic, and the more people supporting them, the better!

Organized by Asian Pacific Coalition, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Chinatown Community for Equitable Development

RSVP: https://forms.gle/6F5Bwv1d4e7pVFmVA

The Ma-Yi Theater Company presents "The Romance of Magno Rubio", streaming for free (with a suggested $5 donation). This performance was filmed in July 2003 at the Cultural Center for the Philippines in Manila before a live audience. Stream at ma-yitheatre.org

On Thursday, June 4th at 3:30pm, AASC is co-sponsoring a live screening party via Zoom, followed by a Q&A discussion with Dr. Joi Barrios (UC Berkeley) and actors Jojo Gonzalez and Ron Domingo.

FilAm Arts presents artistic responses centered around the concept of "Coughing while Asian", as a means to spark discussion within the Asian American Pacific Islander communities and to check in on our mental health and well-being in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic.

"Coughing While Asian", will be moderated by UCLA alum Joel Tan, current social impact director from 1Heart Hub in Hawaii. He will explore the role of the AAPI artist in context to today's COVID19 climate and discuss the role of the cultural practitioner.

Filipino American artists Giovanni Ortega presents his video work "Coyotes that Swing", while Jessica Alampay presents the short film, "Travel is Prohibited". Writer Karen Huie monologue entitled "JUST.LIKE.YOU.", to be read by actress Jennifer Chang. Cultural Bearer and Practitioner Lane Wilcken will present his cultural practice of "batok" and the relevance of cultural empowerment at this time.

After these presentations, panelists from various sectors join the conversation- Dr. Jeannie Celestial, Dr. Christine Catipon, Aqui Soriano of Pilipino Workers Center, actor Dante Basco, Cristal Ami - Chairperson of Andrés Bonifacio Samahan, Broadway actress Diane Phelan, Tremendous PR founder Jeremiah Abraham and more.

It's free to join and stream!

FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/614915839370140/

Upcoming FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/FilAmArtsLA/videos/644192593103950/

What does relief and recovery look like, both socially and economically? What do our communities and vital institutions need at this time, to come back from its direct impact, to reframe the narrative about who we are as a people, and to ensure resilience in future crises?

For more information: https://www.riseapa.org/upcoming-events-1/week3

Organized by RISE: Asia Pacific America

Co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and others

Film Quarterly marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a webinar discussion of its special dossier (Spring 2020) celebrating fifty years of Asian American film, media, and institutions. The dossier co-editor Brian Hu and FQ’s editor B. Ruby Rich moderate a conversation on the landmark anniversary and ongoing legacy. With dossier contributors Lan Duong, Viola Lasmana, Josslyn Luckett, Melissa Phruksachart, and Oliver Wang. This event was originally a part of the UCLA AASC’s 50th Anniversary Film Festival.

Registration: https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BxD3igfjTwirEimu0QL7YQ

Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA is proud to present a viewing and discussion of the PBS documentary series Asian Americans! We will be streaming the first episode of the series and then have a discussion with panelists including:

• Stewart Kwoh '70, J.D. '74 - Founder, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
• Professor Karen Umemoto M.A. '89 - Director of the UCLA Asian Americans Studies Center
• Donald Young - Center for Asian American Media

Schedule:
5 - 5:10 p.m. - Introduction and opening remarks
5:10 - 6:10 p.m. - Asian Americans Episode 1 - 'Breaking Ground'
6:10PM - 6:45 p.m. - Panelist discussion

RSVP: https://alumni.ucla.edu/event/asian-pacific-alumni-of-ucla-pbs-asian-americans-viewing-and-panel/

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UCLA's Asian Greek Council is proud to announce our 3rd Annual Asian American Mental Health Awareness Week: "TAKING A CLOSER LOOK" (AAHMAW).

Mental health is a part of everyone's life and can create unique challenges for us depending on our environment, cultures, and experiences. With such a large scope provided by the topic of mental health and this week we hope to narrow it down and address how it manifests itself within the Asian American community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to increase awareness by providing information, support, and a safe space.

Last year we focused on "finding your voice," given how commonly the topic of mental health is silenced in the Asian American community. This year, our goal is to take "a closer look" and dig deeper into what mental health looks like in our daily lives in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In lieu of the suspension of in-person meetings on campus, the student leaders of AGC Board have worked hard to adapt AAMHAW into a completely virtual and online forum, while trying our best to retain the personalized and safe environments of our previous in-person events. Join us in our daily events this week as we explore and dig deeper into our mental health journey as a community.

Remember, you are not alone. Together we can dig deeper to #breakthestigma.

FB Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/242142120216498/

Organized by UCLA's Asian Greek Council

Our history, our roots: literary, sociological and community-based voices on the larger historical context of anti-Asian discrimination. Is what's happening familiar from a big-picture perspective? How has harm against our community manifested in the past? With former U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, historian Erika Lee (author, America for Americans), John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Kevin Nadal, and others.

For more information: https://www.riseapa.org/upcoming-events-1/week2

Organized by RISE: Asia Pacific America

Co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and others

Need a break from midterms studying? Want a chance to win an Amazon gift card while celebrating Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) history with fellow students and faculty? Say no more!

The Department of Asian American Studies and the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA are proud to present our Spring Quarter Undergraduate Check-in: APIDA Bingo Night! Join us on Wednesday, May 13th from 7pm-8:30pm via Zoom for an evening of fun and friendly competition with a chance to win some BIG PRIZES. We'll be playing a game of APIDA-themed bingo with key figures, events, and ideas from Asian American Studies, all while quizzing each other on random facts and trivia from our field. Who says studying can't be fun?

In addition, we are excited to have our very own Student Advisory Officer Greg Pancho joining us for drop-in advising sessions from 6:30pm-7pm. If you have any questions about being an Asian American Studies major or minor, stop by to chat with Greg before our event (and make sure to stay for Bingo Night too)!

If you are interested in participating in our event, please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/328o6iWbPaeJQBPn6. For security reasons, we will only be giving the Zoom link to those who have RSVPed.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/328o6iWbPaeJQBPn6

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2955918627776793/

Organized by the Department of Asian American Studies and the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA

Additional airing dates and online streaming of episodes can be found on PBS.org

ASIAN AMERICANS is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse—and more divided—while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played in shaping the nation's story. Asian Americans is a production of WETA Washington, DC and the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) for PBS, in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS), Flash Cuts, and Tajima-Peña Productions. Professor Renee Tajima-Peña serves as the series producer.

More information: https://www.pbs.org/asianamericans

Why we feel this conversation is necessary, and an overview by diverse voices of what's happening across the country — hate crimes, anti-Asian sentiment, communities struck both by COVID-19 and the virus of racism.

With guests David Henry Hwang (acclaimed playwright, M. Butterfly and Soft Power), Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize winner for The Sympathizer), Jenny Yang (writer and comedian), Cynthia Choi (Chinese for Affirmative Action and Stop Anti-AAPI Hate), Dale Minami (Minami Tamaki LLP and lead counsel for Korematsu v. United States) and Bo Thao-Urabe (Coalition of Asian American Leaders and former Obama appointee to the White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders).

For more information: https://www.riseapa.org/upcoming-events-1/week1

Organized by RISE: Asia Pacific America

Co-sponsored by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and others

Parents and caretakers get a break during this community-base, storytime event.

May is here and that officially means it's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! At Advancing Justice-LA we're kicking off the month with a fun virtual community event - #StorytimeWithStewart!

As students and families are working from home and having to juggle school activities during the safer at home order, we wanted to take a moment to connect with our community, especially our younger students - while hopefully giving a much-needed break to the parents or encouraging some fun family time.

Join Stewart Kwoh on Tuesday, May 5 at 2:00 PM PT as he reads Dim Sum For Everyone, by Grace Lin, and What Makes us Unique? Our First Talk About Diversity by Dr. Jillian Roberts. All that you need to do is sign up here, a Zoom link will be shared the day before.

Organized by Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles

APA UCLA invites Bruins and friends to a UCLA themed trivia night. Hop on Zoom with us to unwind and show off your UCLA knowledge.

RSVP: https://alumni.ucla.edu/event/apa-ucla-virtual-trivia-night/

Organized by Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA