The Asian Pacific American Caucus ("APAC," also known as the "Asian and Pacific Islander American Caucus") is a conference group of individuals who meet annually during professional meetings. Membership is free and open to all who share an interest in the teaching and learning of Asian Pacific American political affairs and community-based activism. Our members are typically affiliated with colleges and universities as faculty, staff, or graduate/undergraduate students. We also welcome partnership with community activists and organizational leaders. The APAC was co-founded in 1999 by Professors Andrew Aoki and Pei-te Lien as a related group of the American Political Science Association(APSA) that has a close relationship to the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the APSA. Starting in 2012, with the preparation and founding of the WPSA Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession, we have held a mini-conference on APA politics during WPSA meetings.
Announcements:
The Asian and Pacific Islander American (APAC) Caucus would like to invite you to a special event. See APAC Evite for event and RSVP information.
APAC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
Date: Thursday, August 29, 2019
Time: 4:00 -7: 00 pm
Location: Marriot Wardman Park Hotel in Washington DC
Event Agenda:
Symposium 4:00 – 5:15 pm: Reflections on & New Directions for the Asian Pacific American Caucus at 20 yrs
Field Update 5:15 – 6:00 pm: Lightning Presentations on New Work in Asian American Politics
Reception 6:00 – 7:00 pm: Food and Drink/Recognitions/Awards
The upcoming APSA 2019 annual meeting (August 29 – September 1, 2019) in Washington DC will mark APAC's 20th anniversary. Many of you will be in attendance at APSA annual meeting or in the DC area otherwise, and we hope that you will join us for this special celebration. If you are unable to RSVP earlier or have last minute changes to your RSVP, please feel free to click the Evite and make changes through the date of the event. All are welcome.
#IMREADY Movement Conference
Date: September 20, 2019
Location: Oakland, CA
The #IMREADY Movement Conference, which is open to the public and will take place in Oakland, CA on September 20, 2019, sounds great and APAC wanted to let readers know about it. The event focuses on violence, healing, and solidarity affecting APIAs and is open to the public.
More information including how to register for the conference can be found here. https://www.imreadymovement.org/2019
The #IMREADY Movement Conference is organized by AAPI Women Lead and #ImReady Movement.** More information can be found here https://www.imreadymovement.org/
**Note that APAC Is not an organizer for this event
We welcome new members to APAC and encourage you to join our google group or contact an officer below!
Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) is teaching/talking about affirmative action and is generously sharing the following resources if helpful:
1) Research on what people understand - and do not- about affirmative action
2) The personal rating and the Harvard Case - 10 reasons not to fall for penalty narrative
3) AAPI Data Blog Post on Affirmative Action trends
4) AAPI Blog Post - Deep dive into framing and affirmative action
A virtual special issue of Politics, Groups and Identities (2018) features state-of-the-art research on Asian American politics and is available here and free to access until February of 2019.
Contact APAC Officers
Co-Chair Dr. Loan Le
President, Institute for Good Government and Inclusion (IGGI)
lkle@thinkiggi.com or thinkiggi.com
Co-Chair Dr. Oki Takeda
Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
otakeda@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp
Secretary Dr. Nicole Filler
Assistant Professor, Highline College
nfiller@highline.edu
Treasurer Vivien Leung
Graduate Student, UCLA
vivienleung@ucla.edu
Website Administrators
Dr. Ngoc Phan
Assistant Professor, Hawaii Pacific University
ntphan@hpu.edu
Dr. Loan Le (see above)
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