Bay Area folks (or those of you down for some driving), check out this free event over the weekend. Our friends over at UC Berkeley's Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) and Asian American Studies program are presenting their 17th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference titled FROM THE GROUND UP: Breaking Barriers, Building Coalitions. And it costs absolutely nothing (on your end, that is).
This is a completely FREE and student-run conference that focuses on current issues affecting the API community with interactive workshops and free Cambodian food. The keynote speaker this year is Lillian Galedo and there will be noon concert with performances by Rey Resurrecccion and Trademark, Braindrops, Connie Lim, and Lijie.
One of our very own editors, Lisa Wong Macbasco, will be conducting a workshop on "Yellow Journalism: Asian Americans and the News Media" where she shares her secret tactics for running an APA publication, along side Belinda Wong, a national organizational development consultant who will be conducting a workshop on leadership development for Asian American women.
For more information on all the different workshops, click here.
The Hyphen team will be there as well, tabling, selling our newest issue and offering subscription discounts. So, make a stop and see us!
As the conference team puts it best, "Attend workshops! Learn about issues! Get (re)educated!"
Cheers to that!
WHEN: Saturday, April 14th, 2007, 9AM - 4PM
WHERE: Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
COST: Free!
HOW: To register, click here.
CONTACT: Susan Fang and Danise Sugita, API Issues Conference Co-Chairs by e-mail or at 510.643.5497.
Posted by lisalee at April 9, 2007 9:51 AM
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