With February being Black History Month, we have the perfect opportunity to live our vision of Allyship and Coalition Building by partnering with the Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs (CBCSA). This event will feature panel discussions, performances, music, giveaways and food options by Black-owned businesses. APIFSA has pledged to support CBCSA as a … Continue reading Black History Month “Family Reunion”
We are excited to announce the first ever APIFSA Women’s Basketball Event! We have partnered with the USC Athletic Department to provide special pricing and a dedicated block of seats at the Galen Center. Tickets are $15 and include a voucher for either a slice of pizza or a hotdog + 16 oz. drink. To … Continue reading APIFSA Women’s Basketball Event : USC Women’s Basketball vs. Utah
“Industry and Identity” is a USC APIFSA event series that invites USC API staff, faculty, and alumni to speak about their careers. In addition to sharing how their identities have influenced their journeys, guests will explore a variety of professional development topics from mentorship to networking and more. Our inaugural guest is Tracy Tambascia, Professor … Continue reading Industry and Identity: A career conversation with Tracy Tambascia
Happy New Year from the USC APIFSA Programming and Events Committee! Join USC APIFSA to celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a Lunar New Year banner-making workshop. Everyone is welcome to attend this social hour workshop where we will also share Lunar New Year traditions and activities. Continue reading Lunar New Year Celebration
During its Saturday, January 29th game vs Cal, USC Men’s Basketball hosted its first annual Filipino Heritage Celebration. Festivities includes 1 USC Filipino Shirt with each paid admission and a halftime performance by Bay area hip-hop artist Ruby Ibarra. Continue reading USC Men’s Basketball hosted its first annual Filipino Heritage Celebration
Happy Holidays from USC APIFSA! We’ll see you in 2022! Continue reading Happy Holidays from USC APIFSA! We’ll see you in 2022!
APIFSA Book Club had a great first meeting to discuss November’s book, “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner. The APIFSA Book Club was formed to serve as a space for APIFSA members to join together to discuss API literature. Our members shared their thoughts and shared experiences, and we look forward to seeing you … Continue reading APIFSA Book Club had a great first meeting to discuss November’s book, “Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner.
Did you know that Asian Pacific Islanders are America’s most educated group — but the least likely to get promoted in the workplace? For career coach Joy Chen, this reflects a clash of cultural leadership styles — and a call for change. APIFSA hosted a talk with Chen on Thursday, November 18, 2021, as she … Continue reading Career Coach Joy Chen Explains How to Smash the API Glass Ceiling
TGIF APIFSA members! Last weekend we showed our Trojan Spirit at the APIFSA Tailgate for the USC vs BYU game. If you couldn’t make it, we hope that we will see you at another APIFSA event next semester! Continue reading USC APIFSA Tailgate Party
Nov 16 Workshop #1: “Being an AAPI Grad Student” Panel #1: “AAPI in Art, Media $ Cultural Productions” Nov 17 Workshop #2: “Applying for Funding / Grants for AAPI-Related Work” Nov 18 Panel #2: “Social Justice & Activism” Nov 19 Panel #3: “AAPI & Gender(ed) Violence” Continue reading USC AAPI Graduate Student Conference – “UnOther: Navigating/Resisting AAPI Now”
In honor of Filipino American History Month, APIFSA hosted a film screening of the PBS documentary Delano Manongs on October 12, 2021 on the USC campus. The film follows the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who organized The Delano Grape Strike of 1965. The seminal event … Continue reading APIFSA Hosts Screening and Q&A for Delano Manongs Documentary
Attached is the USC REDI report. APIFSA discussed gathering information to help identify what initiatives the entire membership group of APIFSA would like to advocate for – in terms of the processes, policies, and culture that help support the API community at the University. USC REDI-REPORT-3087_ Continue reading Pain, Promise, and Possibility: Toward a more equitable and inclusive USC
The photo of the Japanese Trojan Club tucked into the back of the 1942 yearbook was not so different from the other pictures of young men and women about to start their futures: smiling faces with a world of hope and promise. But by the time the El Rodeo yearbook was circulated, every student of Japanese descent … Continue reading 80 years after being forced to leave USC, a degree of honor for the Nisei
The APIFSA Colleague 2 Colleague (C2C) program will enable USC API faculty and staff to forge relationships with one another across departments and/or schools. C2C is not intended to be a solely career-focused mentorship program. Instead, APIFSA C2C aims to provide safe spaces for individuals to connect on a personal level and build community in … Continue reading Colleague 2 Colleague Kick-Off Event!
To Grace Ryu, the pain was like “suffering in a silo.” That’s how the associate director of the East Asian Studies Center at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences describes the days following a mass shooting in Atlanta in March that targeted Asian women. The attack came a year into a pandemic … Continue reading New group seeks to build community among Asian faculty and staff
For the first time since the pandemic shuttered museums around the country, the USC Pacific Asia Museum is reopening its doors to the public. To mark the historic occasion, the museum is hosting an “Opening and Closing Weekend” starting May 29. The unique event sends off an exhibit of work by women living and working … Continue reading USC Pacific Asia Museum reopens and vows to be a platform for community artists
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and in celebration, the USC Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association (APIFSA), in partnership with the USC Libraries and USC East Asian Studies Center, invited the USC community to a virtual screening of Minari on May 4, along with a pre-recorded Q&A with the director … Continue reading Invitation to “Minari” screening from APIFSA chairs
During a semester abroad in Nanjing, China, Tiara Wilson, then an undergraduate, became fascinated with the proliferation of hip hop in China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. She found the topic so compelling that she made it the focus of her studies when she was accepted to graduate school at the USC Dornsife College … Continue reading Master’s degree student explores race, identity and culture in East Asian hip hop
USC’s AAPI Heritage Month kicked off on May 3, 2021 with a special online event featuring USC President Carol Folt, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, students and faculty. This year, a special focus was on celebrating diversity and coming together to combat the rise of anti-Asian hate. Continue reading USC Celebrates 2021 AAPI Heritage Month
According to a fall 2020 survey published this month by USC, nearly 25% of Asian, Asian American or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students at USC reported experiencing discriminatory or harassing behaviors related to COVID-19 because of their race. Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff at USC urge their fellow Trojans to listen, … Continue reading Recent killings in Georgia raise awareness of ongoing anti-Asian hate and spur calls for action
