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Asian
Pacific American Women's Collegiate Conference
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November 12th - 13th @ Cornell University
InSight members travel to Cornell University to attend the Asian Pacific
American Women's Collegiate Conference. Shannon, Sallie, and Suraiya
facilitate Workshop Session IV of the conference on "Collegiate APA
Feminist Organizing."
The Asian Pacific American Women's Collegiate Conference, hosted on
Cornell's campus, was the first of its kind, inviting Asian American
females from colleges across the US to create awareness about the issues
they face under this unique identity. The organization that ran this
conference was Cornell University's Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA).
(1) InSight organized a trip to Cornell to
attend the conference.
Yale College Dean Saveena Dhall generously funded transportation
costs. Housing was also be free.
(2) InSight also facilitated a workshop forum for Session IV of the
conference.
"Collegiate APA Feminist Organizing"
Workshop Session IV - November 13th, 4.45-5.30pm
Event description: “Being an APA woman affects many facets of your
college experience! Through intense discussion and interaction, we will
sift through and reflect upon our experiences, difficulties, and/or
issues on campus as APA college women. With this, building alliances
that cross gender and ethnic lines will become a necessary question to
make us even more effective as we strengthen ourselves at the campus
level.”
Description:
The theme of this conference is, "Asian
American Women: Road to Self Discovery and Empowerment." We
seek to explore some of the issues that APA college women currently
face. Up until now, we do not feel that we have had the chance to
discuss these issues in depth. Such issues include APA feminism, APA
female student activism, voting, dual identity, body image, depression,
interracial relationships, family expectations, and APA females in the
workplace.
With the onset conference, we plan to bring together Asian American
female leaders in their respective fields, to share their personal
experiences with both Cornell students and other outside college
students. The speakers will focus their discussions on issues they deal
with under this unique, dual identity of a minority woman. We hope that
this conference will motivate and encourage all minority females,
especially Asian American females, to pursue fields where little to no
representation exists.
Friday, November 12, 2004
3:00-5:00pm Hotel Check-In & Conference Registration (at hotel)
5:30-7:00pm Reception/On-Site Registration
7:30-8:30pm Opening Ceremonies / Opening Key Note Speaker
Helen Zia
8:30-10:30pm Entertainment – Vijai Nathan
Saturday, November 13, 2004
9:30-10:30am Breakfast / Speaker @ 09:50am: "APA Feminism"
Kiran Ahuja, NAPAWF National Director
10:45-11:30am Workshop Session I
11:45-12:30pm Workshop Session II
12:45-2:00pm Lunch/Plenary Session "Embracing the Different Sides of
Ourselves"
Stephanie Hsu, Christina Wilson, Candice Dias
2:00-2:30pm Break
2:30-3:15pm Workshop Session III
3:30-4:30pm Afternoon Plenary Session "APA Females in the Political
Framework"
Mee Moua, Rupa Parekh, Lisa Hasegawa
4:45-5:30pm Workshop Session IV
5:30-7:15pm Dinner Break
7:15-8:45pm Closing Ceremonies / Closing Key Note Speaker
Phoebe Eng
9:00-10:00pm Entertainment – Mango Tribe
10:00-10:30pm Break
10:30-2:00am After Conference Gathering
More information can be found at:
http://www.nepenthine.com/apawcc/
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