USC APASA

APASA Fall Recap 2025 🍂

From building community to celebrating culture, here’s a look back at a semester full of connection, collaboration, and unforgettable memories ✨

Cultural Collective 🏮✨
Our very own involvement fair with our amazing member organizations and partnerships with Tower28 and Weee! 💄🛍️

Meet Your Neighbors 🧺🌿
As a way to connect with our local community, we partnered with Midnight Missions to host a picnic with delicious food and games! 🍉🎲

Community Dinner 🍽️🤝
Our annual professional networking dinner, but with a twist! We invited unique professionals with multidisciplinary experiences or in underrepresented fields to share their stories! 🌟📣

Night Market 🌙🏮
Reminiscent of night markets in Asia, we hosted our signature APASA Night Market where our member organizations, USG assemblies, and partners filled the night with amazing food, games, freebies, prizes, and performances! 🎶🍢🎁

CALLING ALL MODELS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND STYLISTS 👀 We want YOU for our collaborative photoshoot! APASA × BSA are bringing together USC students to create art rooted in cultural expression, fashion, and visual storytelling.

This shoot is open to Black & Asian students, with no experience necessary. Participants will style themselves, and both traditional and experimental fashion are encouraged. If you’re interested in modeling, photography, styling, or just being part of a creative space, this is for you!!

Weekend shoots will take place between January and February/March. Scan the QR code or use the link in our LinkTree to the interest form to get involved.

CALLING ALL MODELS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND STYLISTS 👀 We want YOU for our collaborative photoshoot! APASA × BSA are bringing together Black & Asian USC students to create art rooted in cultural expression, fashion, and visual storytelling.

This shoot is open to Black & Asian students, with no experience necessary. Participants will style themselves, and both traditional and experimental fashion are encouraged. If you’re interested in modeling, photography, styling, or just being part of a creative space, this is for you 🎨

Weekend shoots will take place between January and February/March. Scan the QR code or use the link in our LinkTree to the interest form to get involved ✨

Join APASA and BSA in honoring interconnected histories, challenging stereotypes, and building solidarity through conversation and collaborative art. This open GM aims to create space for dialogue, creativity, and visual storytelling that explores the shared influences between Black and Asian cultures.

There will be free snacks and tote bag decorating 😋🎨 This event is open to all, we hope to see you there~

📍 TCC Forum
📅 February 2nd
🕕 6–7 PM

* Individuals with disabilities who need
accommodations to attend this event may contact [email protected]. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

* This program is open to all eligible individuals. APASA operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, s*x, ethnicity, s*xual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

😤Night Market FAQ: Your Quintessential Guide for a Quality Experience!

Get ready to immerse yourself in incredible activities and performances, earning exciting prizes,
and delicious food at Night Market, happening TONIGHT! 🏮 Whether you’re a first-timer, a
seasoned visitor, or anything in between , we’ve got you covered with the answers you need to
all your burning questions 🔥 Check out this FAQ, and let’s make your experience
unforgettable! 🎊💃🎇

🗓 December 4th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 McCarthy Quad
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*Individuals with disabilities who need accomodations to attend this event may contact
[email protected]. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids
such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days
prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations
in an effective and timely manner.

🎼Get ready for a round of applause for this year’s performing groups at Night Market! 🎙️🎶💃

From music 🎵, to dance 🕺🪩, to cultural performances 🥋🥁, we got it all! Look forward to performances 🎆 from ADAA, Asli Baat, Chaotic 3, CreSCendo, Hawai’i Club, Kazan Taiko, USC Kung Fu, TCD, and Trogons A Capella 🎤🥁🎇, and guest performers USC Shinkendo, and Band Kori! 🎸🤺👀

🗓️ December 4th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 McCarthy Quad

Now announcing…this year’s PRIZES!!

GRAND PRIZES:
💫 Tower 28 Gift Basket
🌿 Anua Gift Basket
(TWO lucky winners this year!! 🏆)
Here’s how it works:
By signing into the event, you will automatically be entered into the raffle for our ANUA gift basket grand prize.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ To enter the raffle for the TOWER 28 skincare gift basket grand prize, all you have to do is TAG 5 FRIENDS below on the comments of this post! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
During the event, visit our booths throughout the night to earn tickets for every activity, or game you participate in! Our prizes are tiered from 5 all the way to 50 tickets each! The more you explore, the more tickets you can rack up 💪 Use your tickets to buy our exciting ticketed prizes 🎟️🎟️🎟️
🗓️ December 4th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 McCarthy Quad
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*Individuals with disabilities who need accomodations to attend this event may contact [email protected]. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

🍽️ Are we feeling…HUNGRY for some DELICIOUS FOOD from our AMAZING VENDORS? 🍽️ This night market your tastebuds will be swept away in colorful, delicious, and mouthwatering flavors with this upcoming lineup of food at our very own Night Market! We are so excited (and craving) to announce our vendors Emporium Thai, Dollar Hits, Nong La Vietnamese Cafe, LA Rose Cafe, and Urban Masala.

🥭Emporium Thai 🍚 is Los Angeles’ very own top ranked Thai restaurant located in Westwood, created in inspiration of the owner’s Thai heritage and homeland into Los Angeles. From various traditional dishes, we are excited to say their delicious Mango Sticky Rice will be present both in the event, and in our stomachs! 

🌃 What’s a night market without some classic street foods? 💵 Dollar Hits 💵 will be serving some classic Filipino street desserts this year that you won’t want to miss! Turon combines the soft texture of banana 🍌 with a crispy spring roll wrapper 🎁 and sweet sugar coating 🍬 For a refreshing treat, try their buko pandan, where coconut and pandan harmonize with bouncy jellies ⛹️ and cooling cream 🥛Stop by for a treat! 

Need something to CHEer you up? Look no further than Nong Lá Vietnamese Cafe, a sibling-run restaurant honoring their mother’s cooking. On the menu 📝chè ba màu, or tri-color dessert 🍧 . Layers of red beans, yellow mung bean, and green water chestnut jelly pile up over crushed ice and coconut cream to make a cooling, not-too-sweet treat ❤️💛💚🤍

Beloved Filipino restaurant 🌹 LA Rose Cafe 🌹 is coming to USC to share some of their top hits ‼️Grab a savory bite 🍗 like pork, chicken, or veggie empanadas, some pancit miki bihon, or eggrolls 🤤 Then, switch over to some sweet treats 🍰 like food for the gods, cassava cake, and mango-pineapple or ube cheese rolls! 

🏙️Urban Masala 🌆 didn’t come to play with their masala bowls. Look forward to classic flavors including non-veg options like chicken vindaloo or chicken tikka, or veg offerings of saag paneer, chana masala, and daal makhani.

🗓️ December 4th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 McCarthy Quad

NIGHT. MARKET. IS. BACK. 🔥🔥🔥
Clear your calendars, and join us on December 4th from 7–9 PM at McCarthy Quad for a night of FIRE food 🍛🍡🧋, LIVE performances 💃🎤, and AMAZING vibes all around 🔥 from APASA’s biggest event of the year.
Inspired by the bustling street markets across Southeast and East Asia 🌏, Night Market brings together the heart of APIDA culture through food 🍢, fun 🥳, prizes 🏆, and unforgettable performances 🎇 all ran by our amazing member organizations ❤️‍🔥✨
Bring your friends, bring your appetite, and don’t miss the night everyone’s gonna be talking about 🫵🔥
🗓️ December 4th
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 McCarthy Quad
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*Individuals with disabilities who need accomodations to attend this event may contact [email protected]. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.