ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

Run by members of AASA's PAC, AAPI Georgetown aims to express the Asian-American experience through vignettes and short essays.

[DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed on this website are soley those of the original authors and do not necessarily represent the AAPI community or the views of Georgetown University.]

ABOUT GEORGETOWN'S ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (AASA): POLITICAL AWARENESS COMMITTEE (PAC)

AASA’s Political Awareness Committee (PAC) aims to bring the diverse and complex issues facing the AAPI community to light through innovative programming and events. PAC provides a community for those interested in further discussing intersections of AAPI history and identity in relation to today’s political landscape. PAC also creates opportunities for collaboration and solidarity with groups on campus and DC organizations in order to further common goals.

In the past, PAC has tackled issues concerning the exoticization of women of color, representation of AAPIs in media and art, and challenged common AAPI stereotypes through events such as tea discussions, an art exhibition, and the Exposure: Redefined photography project. Here are some examples of previous discussion topics:

Black-Asian solidarity
Gentrification, with a focus on DC’s Chinatown
Immigration and undocumented AAPI experiences
Affirmative action
Asian Americans in professional fields

Initiatives continuing on and being launched in Fall 2017 include:

Tea discussions
Storytelling circles
Book clubs
Exposure: Redefined
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month art exhibition – Through the Eyes of AAPI Georgetown
Political musings
Weekly volunteering trips
APIAVote voter registration and voter education

Interest forms to join PAC are due on September 16, 2017 at 11:59PM (click here for our form). Interviews will be held throughout Sunday, September 17. For general inquiries and more information, please contact Yi Bao (yb118@georgetown.edu) or Jennifer Sugijanto (js4494@georgetown.edu).