2015 9th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage

APIAHC
2015
UC San Diego’s 9th annual
ASIAN & PACIFIC
ISLANDER AMERICAN
HERITAGE CELEBRATION
Brought to you by:
THE STORIES WE TELL:
ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER EXPERIENCES & IDENTITIES
“Body/Mind Justice: The Art & Practice of Disability Justice” w/ Leah
Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
April 24 | 5:00pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comuindad
“Vietnamese of Orange County” Book Launch & Exhibit
April 29 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
APIAHC Kick Off Lunch w/ Guest Speaker - Dr. Connie Mariano
May 1 | 11:30am-1:30pm | Eleanor Roosevelt College - International House,
Great Hall
Contact: Erlinda Sanchez (esanchez@ucsd.edu)
Latin@ and FIlipin@ United Farmworkers Movement 101
May 6 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Nancy Magpusao (nmagpusao@ucsd.edu)
“Life Support: Biocapital & the New History of Outsourced Labor” Book
Launch w/ Dr. Kalindi Vora (UCSD Ethnic Studies)
May 6 | 3:00pm-4:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
Money-Lei Workshop (RSVP only)
May 8 | 11:30am-1:00pm | Price Center Green Table Room
Contact & RSVP (25 max): Annie Flager (aflager@ucsd.edu)
“Arab American Studies within Asian American Studies” w/ Dr. Rabab
Abdulhadi
May 14 | 3:00pm-4:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Jennifer Mogannam (jmmogann@ucsd.edu)
Comedy of Color: A Screening of Fresh Off the Boat and Black-ish
May 15 | 6:30pm-8:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Library
Contact: Nancy Magpusao, nmagpusao@ucsd.edu
“Native Space & America” w/ Dr. Natchee Blu Barnd
May 20 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
Summer Rolls workshop w/ Jacqueline Vo (RSVP only)
May 21 | 11:30am-1:00pm | International Center Dining Room
Contact & RSVP (25max): Jocelyn Pacheco (jpacheco@ucsd.edu)
Cross-Cultural Center’s 20th Anniversary
May 23 | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Price Center – West Ballroom
Contact: Violeta Gonzales (violetag@ucsd.edu)
Student Affirmative Action Committee’s 40th Anniversary Brunch
May 24 | 10:00am-2:00pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
“Precarious Subjects: Refugees, Adoptees, & the Law” w/ Dr. Kit Myers &
Dr. Ma Vang
May 26 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Comunidad
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
“Dance Among Elephants” Book Launch w/ Krysada Phounsiri
May 27 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Library
Contact: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (jarramirez@ucsd.edu)
“Rabbit on a Bumpy Road” Book Launch w/ Tom Hom
May 28 | 12:00pm-1:30pm | Cross-Cultural Center Library
Contact: Nancy Magpusao, nmagpusao@ucsd.edu
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:
Chancellor’s Office, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Pan-Asian Staff Association, CrossCultural Center, APIMEDA Project, Ethnic Studies, Critical Gender Studies Program, Literature, LGBT Resource Center,
Women’s Center, Asian & Pacific Islander Student Alliance, Kaibigang Pilipin@, Kamalayan Kollective, Coalition
for Critical Asian American Studies, SouthEast Asian Collective, Students for Justice in Palestine, Pan-Arab Student
Association, Hmong Student Association, Coalition of South Asian Peoples, Native American Council, California Native
Day Celebration, Cesar E. Chavez Celebration