POLITICAL

Mission

• Bring speakers to campus who have relevance to AASA’s mission of Asian American political and social awareness.
• Organize forums for students to discuss Asian American issues (e.g. “AASA Family Talks”).
• Organize voter registration campaigns, possibly in conjunction with other campus groups like Young Democrats and Young Republicans.

2012-13 Accomplishments

• Invited public speakers
  

1. Glenn Magpantay, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund spoke about historical barriers to vote affecting Asian Americans, multilingual ballot reforms, the community’s growing political influence
2. Grace Kao, Professor of Asian American Studies, Sociology and Education at the University of Pennsylvania: Asian American Studies and dating
3. Jacinta Ma, Deputy Director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC): anti-Asian defamation, military hazing, historical violence, affirmative action, and her work on civil rights defense
4. Franklin Odo, worked 1 year at the library of congress to build their section on Asian Americans, otherwise is director of Asian Pacific American Program at the Smithsonian Institution: Spoke on the memorialization of Asian American historic landmarks 

About the Chair

Cailin Hong 

I'm an ORFE major from San Francisco interested in health IT and global health. I joined AASA to learn more about the Asian American identity and have since become fascinated by the complex range of historical, gender, and socioeconomic issues confronted by Asian my brethren and sistren in these great United States. As political projects chair and a member of the Asian American Studies Committee, I hope next year AASA can play a greater role in facilitating a larger conversation about race and power on campus while educating ourselves about the rich history and diverse status quo of Asian America.

Outside of AASA, I'm involved in GlobeMed, the Prince Design Team, and Engineers without Borders.

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