Asian American Cultural Center at Yale

Despite the uncertainties of 2025, our community has consistently remained a steadfast pillar. As the pandemic prevented a full celebration of our 40th anniversary, we are enthusiastically planning to commemorate our 45th anniversary in 2026. We anticipate a strong alumni presence on campus this Fall. For further details as they become available, please subscribe to our alumni newsletter at https://aacc.yale.edu/alumni-engagement. With love, AACC 💙

We are delighted with the level of engagement so many have had with PAAHM 2023 events thus far this March and hope to see you at our next one!
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On Feb 24, join Yale Student Groups and The China Project for their conference at Yale University on journalistic integrity in the face of political retaliation featuring distinguished journalists, scholars and storytellers from Hong Kong, mainland China, and the United States.

Our speakers include:

🎤 Vicky Xu, senior fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute known for her role in exposing the systematic forced Uyghur labor in China
🎤 Tin Shui Yeung, independent editor and journalist who documented the social movements in Hong Kong from 2014 to 2020
🎤 Muyi Xiao, visual investigation reporter for The New York Times
🎤 Yangyang Cheng, writer and research scholar at Yale Law School
🎤 Zeyi Yang, China Tech reporter at MIT Technology Review
🎤 Shirley Ka Lai Leung, independent journalist and former reporter for Apple Daily Hong Kong
🎤 Justine Yan, audio producer for NPR
🎤 Jin Ding, Chief of Staff at The Center for Public Integrity

Opening remarks by The China Project Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Goldkorn and Yale University Elihu Professor of History Arne Westad.

The event will be open to the public and held in person at Yale University. Co-sponsored by The Poynter Institute, Asian American Cultural Center at Yale & Committee to Protect Journalists

Register for free and get more details here:

About the Conference | Journalism and Free Speech: The China Stories Stories about China dominate international headlines, and journalism is an essential—sometimes the only — channel through which people can learn about the country and understand its global impact. However, knowledge about China, the concept of “China” itself, and what’s worthy of reporting...

Congratulations to former AACC student staffer, Liz Lee '11 on becoming the first woman and Hmong legislator to represent her home turf–St. Paul’s East Side–in the Minnesota House of Representatives!!! 🤩

Liz Lee wins state House seat representing St. Paul’s East Side Liz Lee is the first woman and Hmong legislator to represent District 67A. She beat Republican Scott Hesselgrave.

All are welcome to join the AACC student staff meeting on 10/31 at 6-7 pm for the Affirmative Action Teach-In. Please register on Yale Connect beforehand if you plan to come in person!

The AACC’s first weekly newsletter of the academic year was sent out today! Did you receive it? If not, please feel free to subscribe: https://subscribe.yale.edu/browse?search=aacc+newsletter for the latest events and info from us 😊

The AACC is hiring First-Year Coordinators for the 2022-23 academic year! If you are a Yale College Class of 2026 student who is interested in building community, celebrating and educating others about the Asian diaspora through events and initiatives, submit your application materials by Tuesday, August 2nd, 11:59pm EST. This is a part-time, hourly, paid position. To apply visit www.yalestudentjobs.org and search for Job ID: 21690.

Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas - Yale Fieldtrip to New York City on June 11, 2022

Visiting Professor Anjanette Chan Tack (Yale, Department of Sociology) in collaboration with the Institute for Belonging at Yale is offering students the opportunity to go on a fieldtrip to NYC to visit Everything Slackens in a Wreck, a Ford Foundation Art Exhibit. Wreck is the first art exhibit in the United States that centers the work of artists from the Caribbean's South and East Asian diasporas.

During the fieldtrip, students will have the opportunity to meet the curator, to visit Afro-Asian Caribbean neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, and to speak with West Indian artists, writers, and activists working on issues of social justice, empire, and their afterlives through a cross-racial collaborative framework.

Yale's Belonging grant will cover transportation and meals. The opportunity is open to any student at Yale, including undergraduate, graduate, and the professional school students. Contact Professor Chan Tack via email at [email protected] to sign up!

Note: Yale will cover costs for transportation to NYC up to around $70 regardless of where students are coming from. So this is open to students who are not currently residing in New Haven. It is also open to recently graduated seniors (Yale 2022 grads).

We want to share with you an opportunity to apply for the Prism Foundation scholarship.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Prism Foundation is dedicated to exploring critical issues that affect the Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQ+ community and supporting innovative programs and individuals seeking solutions to those issues.

Currently, they provide academic scholarships to empower current and incoming undergraduate and graduate students who are making an impact in the API and LGBTQ+ communities. The scholarship awards up to $5000, and applications are due by Sunday, June 5, 2022.

For more information please or to apply please visit www.theprismfoundation.org/scholarships.

Great news that's long overdue! K(no)w history, k(no)w self 💙

Thank you to all the parents, students, teachers, legislators, and neighbors who advocated on behalf of Make Us Visible CT’s bill!! House Bill 5282 to include AAPI History in K-12 had 94 cosponsors including legislative leaders from both political parties. Language from HB 5282 was included in Senate Bill 1, becoming the CT Senate’s #1 priority. SB 1 includes other measures tackling children’s mental and physical health in schools. SB 1 passed the Senate and House with overwhelming bipartisan support! The bill now heads to the Governor’s desk for his signature. We look forward to the continued development and implementation of localized AAPI history curriculum in CT classrooms!! 💛🎉

Join us today at 5pm ET for a virtual conversation with storyteller and photographer, Mike Keo, who will be talking about his work as co-founder of Make Us Visible CT and founder of IAMNOTAVIRUS. ASL interpretation services will be provided. All are welcome. Register here for the Zoom link: https://cglink.me/2dA/r1542754.

This annual Day of Remembrance marks 80 years since Executive Order 9066 set into motion the forced removal and incarceration of some 125,000 Japanese Americans. In an effort to honor the memory of those unjustly imprisoned and fight against the repetition of this dark history, the AACC Satoda Scholar Program awards two $500 research grants annually to Yale students conducting original research related to Japanese American Incarceration or Incarceration Studies more broadly. Applications are due March 19th, 2022. Learn more and access the form here: https://aacc.yalecollege.yale.edu/resources/asian-american-cultural-center-satoda-scholars-program