4/21/2012 9:30am~6:30pm

Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for University Life at New York University, located at 60 Washington Square South.

This year the New York City Asian American Student Conference (NYCAASC) would like to invite you to ask yourselves “Who are we as Asian Americans?” While often glossed over in history books and lumped together as a group, we are extremely diverse and have been an integral part in shaping American history. But don’t just take our word for it. By attending NYCAASC and the conference’s workshops, we hope to start a dialogue with you. We hope you’ll gain a better understanding of who you are as an Asian American.

09:30 Registration and Breakfast

10:30 Opening Remarks

11:00 Volume I (Track 1)

Beyond Two Worlds: Transnational Adoptees
Chinatown Under Attack: A Look at Gentrifying Chinatowns and Community Resistance
An Emerging Idol: Linsanity
Professionalism as a Tool of Oppression: Resistance in the Workplace
DREAM ACTivism

012:30 Lunch

01:45 Keynote Speech

Philip Yu

02:15 Volume II (Track 2)

INK-ing Possibility: Agency in the Graphic Novel
How to Change the World in 140 Characters: Using Social Media for Social Good
What Does it Feel Like to Be a Problem?: NYPD Surveillance of Muslim Students and Social Justice Groups
Racial Melanchloia and Asian American Identity
Asian Americans and Civic Engagement: Voting Rights and Redistricting
In the Line of Duty: Private Danny Chen

03:45 Talent Show with Refreshments Served

05:00 Volume III (Track 3)

The Uploaded Generation: Asian American Entertainers and YouTube
Changing the Culinary Landscape: Asian Americans in the Food Industry
Beauty, Gender, Nation – Deconstructing the Westernization of Asian American Beauty Standards
But Where are You REALLY From?: Microgressions – Subconscious Biases in a ‘Post Racial’ World
Walk, Talk, and Slam Your Way Through: Queering Space

06:30 Closing Remarks and Talent Show Results with Refreshments Served

For more: http://www.nycaasc.com