Our Advocacy Chairs Ricca and Emma partnered with USC’s Enviornmental Studies Assembly and SC Garden Club to host Roots to Shoots, focused on environmentalism, sustainability, and their connection to APIDA experiences and culture.
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Welcoming our wonderful 2024-2025 Intern Class! We enjoyed a lovely time at Santa Monica beach where we played fun games to get to know each other and a scavenger hunt!
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We had a splash at Water Fest! Our kick-off event, led by Joshua Placido, our Programming Director, was centered on washing away last year’s misfortune and bringing in good fortune for the year ahead. The water ballon fights and fresh coconut juice made sure we were refreshed for the new school year!
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Love Languages was our first open GM this year, led by our Diversity Chair, Kat Nguyen! Participants reflected on how their own cultural backgrounds influence the way they express and receive love, all through a series of interactive, hands-on stations! It was an event filled with silly handshakes, cute doodles, and lots of love.
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APASA’s 2024 Got Talent was a night to remember! A huge thanks to our Programming Director, Kendal Win, for putting together this stunning show with the help of our Executive Director Yusuf Rahman. Accompanied by our amazing guest judges, we enjoyed a night of spectacular student performances from the USC APIDA community- with an abundance of stunning song, dance, and more!
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An integral part of APASA is the community organizations we partner with! We recently had the chance to meet Vineesha Arora-Sarin, Executive Director and CEO of Women in Showbiz Everywhere (WISE), to discuss her passion for uplifting women in the entertainment industry and her own journey as an APIDA filmmaker.
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Empowering Frame by Frame was led by our Co-Advocacy Chairs, Komal (she/they) and Matt (they/them), along with their committee that included your lovely writers, Emma (she/her) and Kat (she/her). Inspired by how victims capture evidence through polaroids and reclaim their strength through art, Matt and Komal organized an event for people to create zines.
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It was the happiest of times, and it was the saddest of times. Smiles were plentiful, and tears were shed. Late Night Movie Night made its 2023 return, bringing the magic of APIDA storytelling to USC on Thursday, November 2. All snuggled up in the Rosen Family Screening Room, this year’s collection of short films brought life to the audience. The films presented showcased a dedication to diverse talent representation in our communities.
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NIGHTMARKET IS BACK!! As interns, our first year getting involved in this vibrant and community-focused event was thrilling - bringing together APIDA organizations from across campus through a combination of delicious food, performances from dancers, singers, and instrument players, and fun cultural games! Night Market is inspired by the 626 Night Market as well as Night Markets across Asia and seeks to provide a platform for our community to showcase and celebrate themselves on campus.
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In typical RD fashion (AKA like Anjali and Katie), this post is arriving months late to our blog. Recruitment was an arduous, exhausting, grueling, laborious couple of weeks at the beginning of our semester, but looking back (and I suppose, even then), we knew it would all be worth it to find a wonderful class of interns for this year.
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With the start of a new year comes another APASA welcome event, and this year we had Make & Munch! Seeing all the planning and work our amazing Programming Director, Kendal Win, put into this event, I just knew it was going to be a blast. This event was centered around not only welcoming all the new faces to APASA, but also giving them a taste of what this organization is all about.
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When it comes to issues of housing and wealth, the Asian American community has long faced intense discrimination. Today, this history has evolved into something even more sinister: homelessness. As I learned from my mom’s story of being unhoused, we must realize that we are not so far removed from the problem as we might think. By replacing stigma with empathy, we can put an end to the legacy of discrimination we have faced for decades.
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