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Track 5 - Coalition Building
Workshop 1: Foundations for Coalition Building
Facilitators:
Dana Nakano, IBM and University of Pennsylvania alumnus
Brian Redondo, University of Pennsylvania student and ECAASU Conference Chair
Yen Ling Shek, University of Maryland graduate student
Clarence Tong, University of Pennsylvania alumnus and NAASCon Co-Chair
This interactive workshop will provide participants the opportunity to work through real-life scenarios on coalition building. Participants should leave with tangible skills they can apply on campus as they begin to build their own coalitions.
Workshop 2: How Labor, Students and Activists Can Join Force to Fight for Social, Labor and Economic Justice for the Community
Facilitator/Speakers:
Siu Hin Lee, Immigration Solidarity Network
Kent Wong, UCLA Labor Center
TBA, United Students Against Sweatshops
This workshop will engage students in a panel presentation and discussion circle with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), UCLA Labor Center, and Immigrant Solidarity Network (ISN) about how student activism, API labor organizing, and immigrant organizations can effectively unite to fight for social, labor, and economic justice for the community.
Workshop 3: Jesus Freaks and Yellow-Brown Power: Building Bridges between APA Activist and Christian Groups
Facilitator: Julie Park, UCLA Higher Education and Organizational Change graduate student
Every week a big group of Asian American students meet together. They're devoted, supportive, passionate-is it an APA activist's dream or...Bible study?! From California to Tennessee, groups of APA Christians meet together in fellowship on college campuses, often in reluctant co-existence with APA activists. Activist student leaders
may criticize them as apathetic/apolitical, fellowships may look down on students as troublemakers or whiners. Both may be concerned with "the man"...but usually not in the same sense. Is cooperation, let alone collaboration, possible? Can APA Christians be challenged to think about the significance of race and activism, making them more than just a big group of Bible Bangers who just happen to be Asian? Can APA activists support APA fellowships and understand their unique presence in the APA community? Join us for discussion and dialogue on these issues.
Workshop 4: Getting Into "Details": Political and Personal Intersections of GLBT and APA Communities
Facilitator: Ben de Guzman
Organization: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
Despite the emerging visibility of the gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender (glbt) communities, thanks to things like same-sex marriages in Massachusetts and San Francisco, and last year's Supreme Court decision against sodomy, APA communities have yet to fully recognize and acknowledge glbt individuals and families in their midst. This session will explore the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality at work in our communities, and focus on two areas of discussion:
- The critical role glbts play in APA movements for social change
- The critical role APAs play in glbt civil rights
Using the "Details" incident earlier this year as an example of intersections between APA and glbt organizing, participants will identify strategies for further action and resources for increased coalition building.
Workshop 5: Pan-Ethnicity and Its Implications on Coalition Building
Facilitator: Rohini Khanna, University of Pennsylvania senior
This workshop will explore the diverse cultures and origins of the Asian American community and who is included under this umbrella term. Through dialogue and activities we will delve into the difficulties faced in creating a Pan-Asian American community and the value of such an identity.
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