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Descriptions of Available Positions:
The Associate Director assists in oversight of National Board and works closely with the Executive Director. This position acts as the National Board liaison to the Board of Directors and Conference Committee. The Associate Director will also work with the Executive Director in the creation of the upcoming year’s overall budget for the National Board. If the Executive Director cannot attend a meeting, the Associate Director must attend. In addition, in the event National Board Executive Director is unable to fulfill his/her duties, the Associate Director will be promoted to serve as National Board Executive Director until the next election.
The Director of Development leads the Development Team and goals, is responsible of overseeing grants, maintaining the sponsorship relationships of ECAASU, and creating the fundraising campaigns and projects. This position will be in charge of making sure ECAASU has the proper funding for its projects and events. A few of the current projects are the Artist Directory and ECAASU Concert. The Director will also work closely with the Executive Team in the creation of the upcoming year’s budget.
The Development Manager will search for grants that would apply to ECAASU’s objectives, write grant proposals, keep record of grant applications and statuses, work with other teams and teammates on making sure the objectives of grants and ECAASU’s projects/programs are met.
The Fundraising Coordinator will create Sponsorship Packets for the events ECAASU hosts such as Youth Summit, Campus Fall Tours, and Conference. This position will keep record of sponsors and activities, search for potential sponsors, and keep track of the objectives set by sponsors and ECAASU in the sponsored event(s) or project(s). This position will also be responsible for organizing fundraising events, if they should arise.
The Director of Advocacy leads the Advocacy Team and goals. This position is expected to keep up-to-date with AAPI issues and public policies that may affect the AAPI student community, act as a proactive advisor for the National Board for AAPI issues, and supervise the creation of any statements made by ECAASU. As a liaison to the community, this position will maintain relationships with Asian American Studies Departments and student organizations and pursue any civic engagement projects (i.e. voter registration, etc….) as they develop.
The Advocacy Coordinator will keep up-to-date with AAPI issues and public policies that may affect the Asian American student community and seek out more information of specific topics that ECAASU will focus on. The coordinator will write fact sheets on the specific topics and statements on specific stances on events, topics, and etc. The Advocacy Coordinator may also pursue projects to further advance the goals and mission of ECAASU and civic engagement.
The Asian American Studies Initiative Manager is the point of contact for students and/or student organizations that seek out assistance with strengthening their Asian American Studies movement. This position will develop and maintain an Asian American Studies Council with the previously mentioned students. The manager will continue the growth and development of the National Asian American Studies Honor Society (NAASHS), oversee the development and launch of the Asian American Studies Resource website, and oversee the website’s content and direction.
The Policy & Research Analyst will track public policy issues that may affect the AAPI community and research and provide reports and recommendations to National Board and Board of Directors. The policy & research analyst will also develop public research reports for dissemination to ECAASU’s community members. This position also include writing statements of support and fact sheets on policy issues that affect the AAPI community.
The Policy & Research Analyst will track public policy issues that may affect the AAPI community and research and provide reports and recommendations to National Board and Board of Directors. The policy & research analyst will also develop public research reports for dissemination to ECAASU’s community members. This position also include writing statements of support and fact sheets on policy issues that affect the AAPI community.
The Director of Communications leads the Communications Team and goals and reviews all public communications such social media posts, blog posts, and email blasts. This position will create a Public Relations plan for the year, which will include how to increase the following of ECAASU’s social media and email list and an editorial calendar.
The Public Relations Manager will develop a template and create digest/newsletter. The Public Relations Manager will also be responsible for creating and distributing press materials. This position will manage logistics and planning for press and internal events both local and at remote locations. This person will also be responsible for editing and proofreading all documents for grammar, style, organization and consistency.
The Blog Writer will create content for the ECAASU blog, lead a group of writers, and post ECAASU and other opportunities on blog. This position will monitor content that needs to be placed in social media and email blasts and respond to comments/questions on the ECAASU Blog. This person will work closely with the Social Media Coordinator.
The Web Developer/Graphic Designer will upkeep the website, creates graphics, gather web statistics, and handle administrative responsibilities.
The Social Media Coordinator will create and/or collect social media posts, post social media posts on a schedule and respond to comments/questions. This person will work closely with the Blog Writer.
The Director of Outreach leads the Outreach Team and goals and maintains relationships with Campus Ambassadors, Affiliate Organizations, and other partners. This position focuses on further developing current programs.
The Campus Tour Coordinator oversees the application process of the Campus Tour, works with organizations to piece together tour, and works to train National Board members if they are part of the tour.
The Professional Development Coordinator develops videos for YouTube and a pipeline for work opportunities to reach the students. This position monitors and keeps conversations on LinkedIn going and responds to comments/questions. The coordinator is the point of contact for potential employers.
The Bid Coordinator is the point of contact for questions regarding hosting the 2015 ECAASU Conference. The Bid Coordinator will help interested bid groups with their inquiries about hosting an ECAASU conference , and maintain contact with potential bid groups in preparation with their presentations at the 2014 Conference.
The Special Events Coordinator is the point of contact for event planning for ECAASU’s special events. These events include the Youth Summit, Benefit concert, etc…The Special Events Coordinator will be responsible for logistics of the special events and work closely with the Fundraising Coordinator, if necessary.
The Campus Ambassador Coordinator oversees the application process of Campus Ambassadors, facilitates Campus Ambassador discussions, and creates the programming of Campus Ambassadors experience. This position is the main point of contact for Campus Ambassadors.
The Affiliate Organizations Coordinator serves as the main point of contact with affiliate organizations. This position is responsible for organizing, tracking and communication with organizations under the Umbrella Group (regional student organizations). This person is also responsible for researching and connecting with new organizations (community groups or student groups) for ECAASU to partner with in the future.
The High School Fellow position is dedicated solely for high school students who are interested in AAPI issue but unsure of what position you would like but would still want to be a part of ECAASU National. You will work with members of the National Board in accomplishing a variety of general tasks including: advocacy, development, outreach, research, and maybe saving the world.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the ECAASU Directorate. E-mail them at directors@ecaasu.org.
If you’re in the Chicago area, be sure to mark your calendars for the Asian American Institute’s 20th Anniversary Milestone Benefit on April 17, 2012 at the Harold Washington Library, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium and the Winter Garden at 400 South State Street, Chicago. Helen Zia will be in attendance, and the entertainment will be provided by Funkadesi.
The Asian American Institute’s mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy, by utilizing education, research, and coalition building.
AAI was established in 1992 by a group of visionary Chicago community activists, academicians, and business leaders in response to the growing need to build a pan-Asian policy agenda among Chicago’s diverse Asian American communities. The Institute projects a united voice on the most pressing issues of concern to Asian Americans in metropolitan Chicago. Its staff and board work closely with a broad network of established community leaders and emerging activists who have bridged ethnic and cultural differences to find solutions to shared concerns.
Specifically, the Institute works to empower the Asian American community by:
- Increasing public understanding about Asian American communities,
- Advocating for policies that promote social, economic, educational and political equity of the community as a whole,
- Encouraging active civic participation through education and advocating for equal rights, and
- Working in partnership with and supporting like-minded organizations and individuals to build positive interracial and inter-ethnic relations.
I wrote recently on higher education and the APIA community. For too long students have been ignored and pushed to the wayside, our issues and hardships left unnoticed. We call on our legislators to sign our pledge in order to bring more transparency and affordability to our public universities.
Register for
Listen to the Silence: Find Your Roots, Derive Your Identity
Where: Cubberley Auditorium
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Mission Statement
The United States is one of the world’s most diverse nations with a wide array of nationalities, races, ethnicities. Because of this, one’s identity can easily come into question. It is not only important to remember our roots, but also to not be afraid to take pride in them. When asked to check a box identifying our ethnicity, many of us feel constrained by the limited options available to us, such as with the 2010 Census. Many found this difficult because our individuality cannot possibly be contained by any general classification. An identity is like a fingerprint: no two are the same.
At this year’s Listen to the Silence conference, we hope you will come to a better understanding of your own identity and the identities of those around you, and how that guides your efforts in advancing equality in your communities. Almost two-thirds of Asian Americans were born in a foreign country, carrying parts of their homeland with them to their experiences in America. We all have our own stories and experiences, seen through the lenses of our respective generations, where we grew up, our gender, sexuality, so there clearly is no formula for this so-called “identity.” However, even though we come from different walks of life, there are many different aspects of self that we all share, united by common causes. With this, we can find a common ground to unite in solidarity, build coalitions within and beyond our ethnic communities, and together, be active participants in advocating for social justice.
Keynote: David Monkawa
David Monkawa is a “2.5” generational Japanese American, born in Japan to a Hawai’i-born Nisei father and Japanese immigrant mother. Culturally growing up as a third generation Sansei, Monkawa became angry at all of the ”accumulated historical oppression against JA’s and working people” throughout history, his own family included. He channeled his angry energy into motivation to help change the system, wanting to help bring the best compensation possible for those wronged. He became Co-Chair of the Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) in the late 1980s and early 90’s. He is inspired most by youth becoming socially aware and committing themselves to bring about fundamental structural change in theUnited States. Monkawa studied at California Institute of the Arts, currently works as an Asst. Organizing Director for the California Nurses Association, and has three children.
Workshops
9:30 - 10:45 AM:
Born to Gamble? The Hidden Addiction (NICOS Chinese Health Coalition)
A Shattered Reflection: A Lack of Cultural Education (TECC)
Stereotypes and Racial Profiling: Asian Americans in Popular Culture (Alternative Spring Break - Asian American Issues)
Powerlessness: On Reclaiming a Damaged Identity by Overcoming Natural Disasters in the Asian Pacific Rim (Stanford Pilipino American Student Union)
Tracing our Journey- the Vietnamese American Experience (Stanford Vietnamese Student Association)
Bravery In and Out of Combat: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (Stanford University Nikkei)
2:00 - 3:15 PM:
Asian Frat Boys & Sorority Girls - How Asian American Greek Life Has Shaped Our Identities (Lambda Phi Epsilon Fraternity Inc.)
Art, Activism, and the International Hotel (Stanford Asian American Activism Committee)
Dyrty Talk (Queer & Asian @ SJSU)
Asian Americans in Politics and Activism (Stanford Taiwanese Cultural Society)
find hardboiled’s roots. derive the significance of ethnic press (hardboiled, UC Berkeley)
Combating Human Trafficking at the Frontiers of Vietnam (Pacific Links Foundation)
Behind the Curtains- Domestic Violence in the Asian American Community (Sigma Psi Zeta)
3:30 - 4:45 PM:
Where My Queer Asians At? (Queer and Asian at Stanford (Q&A))
Catching the ”Silent Killer” in the API community (Stanford Team HBV)
Character Improv and Comedy (UC Berkeley / Theatre Rice)
Agent Orange in Vietnam, Chemicals in America (VIET Fellows)
Making the News (AAGSA)
Wage Theft (Chinese Progressive Association)
API Movement Building and Asian American History (Stanford Dept. of Asian American Studies)
Higher Education and the APIA Community:
As some of you know, I am extremely involved with the higher education campaign (especially in New York). The organizations I work with most, Save Our SUNY and New York Students Rising, focus on the public education systems in New York City and New York State. When I was at the White House AAPI Initiative briefing earlier this month, I asked the higher education panel about how the failures of America’s higher education institutes affect the APIA community. The response I mostly received was that “higher education is an American issue, not solely an Asian American issue”.
I don’t think that’s right. As I replied back to the panel, the issues of college affordability, program cuts, financial aid, and the quality of the education we receive is very much an APIA issue. By blanketing problems as “American problems”, the crucial factors of how race and ethnicity play into the situation are ignored.
Let’s think back on this year: we’ve had students deliberately not marking ‘Asian’ in order to get into college. We’ve had anti-affirmative action bake sales. We found out that Asians are statistically the most bullied in schools. Asian American studies programs are being cut nationwide.
Speaking on what I know best, the fight to preserve funding for New York’s state schools is just as much about preserving an accessible education for communities of color. By raising tuition in an institution (City Universities of New York for example), blocks out potential students from low income communities. CUNY, which used to be free, was and is sometimes the only chance for people to go to college. The same can be said for California’s CSU system.
Education is a right, not a privilege. It shouldn’t be something that we have to fight for, but reality shows that the road to education access is long and hard. We have great legislation like the DREAM Act that challenges existing notions of who “deserves” an education and fights for our people.
So now let me turn this question to you: do you think higher education is purely an American issue?
Open your eyes. Learn, get involved, and MOVE.
The East Coast Asian American Student Union is a national, nonprofit intercollegiate Asian-Pacific American advocacy organization and is the largest and oldest conference in the country for Asian American students.
Duke University is the proud host of the 2012 conference. The theme this year is Rediscovery: Renaissance. Revolution.
REDISCOVERY. Our central theme, rediscovery, reflects our belief that we must challenge ourselves to re-examine the meaning of Asian American, for ourselves and for our community. Rediscovery asks us to build a new framework with which to think about Asian Americans in the landscape of 21st century America. In doing so, our hope is that our programming provokes critical thought and analysis of the contemporary plight of Asian Americans.
RENAISSANCE. At its core, the notion of rebirth and reinvention epitomizes our notion of renaissance. From Asian American YouTube celebrities to rising stars in the political arena, Asian Americans are beginning to challenge conventional stereotypes that defined our past, locate our present, and write our future.
REVOLUTION. The Civil Rights Movement started with a dream, that things could be different, that change was possible. In this context, we need to ask ourselves what does an Asian American movement look like? What change are we fighting for? At the heart of revolution is the understanding that there could be a new reality, a better one, and that people together can unite to bring it about.
Register today!: http://www.conference.ecaasu.org/
I need to register too! Thanks for the reminder :) It’ll be great to see ECAASU National board and other friends again. (And meet new ones of course!)
I’m so excited! I registered yesterday. I just realized that I’m going to be (hopefully) meeting a lot of the Asian American advocate-bloggers from here at the conference. Look out for me! :)
(Source: lady-jei)
Walter Hang is the founder of Toxic Targeting, a business that reads government data and makes it more accessible for the general public.
You’ve heard about hydrofracking, you’ve heard about the chemicals in the water, you’ve heard about all this rock and all that stuff. All you have to know is Zombies, the only thing you need to know is the gas industry wants to eat us alive! They want two trillion dollars that’s in the ground. You think they care about you, your health, your family? You think they care about property value? You think they care about air, land, water, they don’t. They will do anything to get to it. [No fracking way!] They will do anything to get that gas And in order to get that gas they have to industrialize the Southern Tier, the Catskills, the Finger Lakes, where I live, on a level that will completely blow your mind. They’re going to in effect turn this area into Brooklyn. I mean, it’s going to be more mines more trucks that you can shake a stick at! And his region isn’t ready for that. There’s only one person that’s going to decide our fate, and that’s Andrew Cuomo. So when I first started working on this issue two years ago, everyone said it’s a done deal. The drilling is going to occur in March of 2010. And I showed that there have been hundreds of fires, explosions, contaminated water supply wells. And the most important thing is I got nearly 11,000 people to sign a letter saying that the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement was totally flawed and had to be withdrawn. And we actually got essentially that to happen when David Patterson had one foot out the door. So now as you know there’s this 1,300 page document. If any of you want to read it I invite you to do so. But the rest of you, you don’t have to waste your time. It’s a total piece of crap. It’s a whitewash. It’s a dishonest, lying document and it’s despicable. And we’re going to kill it again! [Frack yeah!] Very very shortly I’m going to drop another big data piano. NYPIRG taught me how to do research. They taught me how to be an advocate. Most importantly, they taught me how to be a community organizer. When I started out I thought there was such a thing as “scientific truth”. There is no such thing as “scientific truth” in these matters. It’s all about political force. Who has the biggest force wins. And we’re gonna win. And you are the biggest force for political change in New York. So get ready! We are in the home stretch. There is not a single horizontal hydrofrack well in New York state’s Marcellus Shale. And there isn’t going to be any horizontal hydrofracking in New York’s Marcellus Shale until a final Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement is adopted. And we’re going to stop that from being adopted. It’s not going to happen in 2012 and if we kill this sucker it could be 5 or 10 years. So you’re going to help us phonebank. You’re going to help us just deluge the governor with misses, letters, pressure and maybe we’ll show up and chant again outside his office as we did, uh, in March. So you’re going to see press coverage shortly. You’re going to see the Department of Environmental Preservation is so pathetic when it comes to safeguarding oil and gas extractions, that the water isn’t even safe for dogs to drink. And so we need a bumper sticker that’s just going to torture our governor into submission. And when you see the press, you help us out, you get ready to call, you get ready to show up, MAKE A POLITICAL STATEMENT! This sky, this land, this water, all these trees: they belong to you. They’re your future. And if you think Andrew Cuomo’s going to protect you, you’re out of your mind. You have to do it for yourselves. And we’re going to help you!
He focuses on hydraulic fracturing, the process by which gas companies drill vertically and then horizontally using high-pressure water to crack the ground open in order to release gas. However, this process creates very contaminated water that ends up poisoning the surrounding environment. There are other effects on land, the air, and the local residents (animals and humans alike) that are devastating. Hydrofracking has destroyed areas of Pennsylvania and is now spreading to New York. If Governor Cuomo approves the gas company’s plan, then drilling will begin in 2012.
You can help by leaving a comment and/or sending an email here
Colorblinding has a great idea:
Stay tuned for an upcoming virtual conference between any Asian-American centered blogs with “daily workshops” addressing specific issues in the Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander community!
Details to come.
This is an urgent issue for the Ithaca College Community. Without an Asian American Studies program, the term ALANA is incomplete. Ithaca College needs to foster an education that does not exclude the Asian community. Please please come to this event. IC needs this.
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