Asian American & Pacific Islander Alums
Building AA & PI Futures at Berkeley and Beyond
Come together with Asian American & Pacific Islander students, staff, faculty, and alumni as we celebrate the legacies of AA & PI communities on our campus. Hear from Chancellor Lyons about what it means to thrive at Berkeley. Meet Jeff Chang ’89, an award-winning author and national thought leader in cultural politics, who will be speaking about his acclaimed new cultural biography of Bruce Lee called Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner) and its implications for Asian America.
On October 1, Jeff also will speaking with Pulitzer finalist Cathy Park Hong (Minor Feelings), acclaimed poet Terisa Siagatonu (We The Gathered Heat), and renowned scholar Colleen Lye (After Marx) about the role of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists and thinkers in reimagining culture, politics, and solidarity in a changing world. "Craft In A Time of Crisis: Asian American and Pacific Islander Writers on Meeting the Moment" will take place at the David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way, Berkeley) on October 1 at 6 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Asian American & Pacific Islander Standing Committee (AAPISC), the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA), the Division of Equity & Inclusion (E & I), Filipinx Faculty and Staff Association (FFSA), Honoring Ancestry and Uniting Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans (HAUPIAA), and the Office of Alumni Engagement.
Hosted by Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Asian American Research Center
Speakers:
Jeff Chang ’89 is the author of four acclaimed books, a podcast host, and a cultural organizer known for his work in culture, politics, the arts, and music. His new book is a cultural biography called Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner). He hosts two podcasts: the Signal Award-winning Edge of Reason; and Notes From the Edge, produced by KALW Public Media.
Dr. Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is a professor of ethnic studies and Asian American and Asian diaspora studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her areas of research include studies of tourism and militarism, transnational cultural studies, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, and cultural studies with a focus on Asia and the Pacific.
Dr. Colleen Lye is the chair of the Asian American Research Center (AARC) and a professor in the department of English where she teaches courses in Asian American literature and critical theory. She is the author of America’s Asia, an award-winning book about the influence that American works of fiction had on Asian exclusionist policy in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Dr. Lisa Hirai Tsuchitani teaches in the Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies (AAADS) Program of the Department of Ethnic Studies. A recipient of the Chancellor’s Public Service Award for Community Engaged Teaching and the Spirit of 1868 Award, Dr. Tsuchitani is a member of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA) Higher Education Committee Advisory Board.