AAPI policy initiative @ UCLA, with other UCs

I'm goin... see you there!

"Strengthening the AAPI Policy Infrastructure: Community-Based Research, Teaching, and Advocacy"
Saturday, October 15, 2005, 10 am - 4 pm. UCLA School of Public Affairs, Room 2343 (2nd Floor)

** Sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UC Office of the President, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA Department of Public Policy, and the Asian American/Ethnic Studies Departments and Programs at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Santa Cruz
The event is free and open to the public. RSVP requested (email: aascrsvp@aasc.ucla.edu; phone: 310 825-2974). Lunch free to the first 100 RSVPs. Parking: Lot 3 ($8.00 all day)

AGENDA:

9:00 - 9:45 am. Registration. Room 2343 UCLA School of Public Policy

10 am - 10:15 am. Welcome by UCLA Asian American Studies Center and UCLA Department of Public Policy

10:15 am - 12 noon. "Political historical contexts, lessons, and examples of AAPI policy activities and trends"
John Park, UC Santa Barbara (moderator); Lane Hirabayashi, UC Riverside; Dana Takagi, UC Santa Cruz; Jerry Kang, UCLA

12 noon - 1 p.m. Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. "Teaching AAPI policy within a community-based framework at the undergraduate and graduate levels"
Don Nakanishi, UCLA (moderator); Linda Vo, UC Irvine; Mary Anne Foo, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance; Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, UCLA; Lois Takahashi, UCLA

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. "Contemporary AAPI policy advocacy research and legislation"
Yen Espiritu, UC San Diego (moderator); Bill Ong Hing, UC Davis; Luna Yasui, Chinese for Affirmative Action/Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality; Lisa Park, UC San Diego