Asian American Coalition Committee at the University of Illinois Chicago's upcoming activities
2 upcoming events on April 16th and 17th. There is more information about each after the jump.
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SPEAK OUT FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES!
At the University of Illinois at Chicago, Asian Pacific Americans are the most underrepresented in terms of social services and educational opportunities. It took students at UIC over 15 years to obtain a resource and cultural center, now called the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC). Will it take us another 15 years before this administration views Asian American Studies as a legitimate area of study??? Schools across the country, both private and public, feel that Asian American Studies is important enough to provide resources in order to hire faculty and teach courses. Why doesn't UIC??? Asian Pacific Americans have the right to speak-out for their education! Asian Pacific Americans have the right to learn about themselves!
Join us to speak out for our right to learn our education from OUR perspective!
Monday, April 16th
11am - 2pm
UIC Quad
***If you have ideas for activities during the speak out or would like tovolunteer and help out, please contact Joyce Yin at jyin4@uic.edu or at (415) 680-4447***
"Sentenced Home" Documentary Screening
The award-winning documentary SENTENCED HOME puts a never-before-seen face on current U.S. deportation policy. This feature-length film tells the heartbreaking story of three young Cambodian American men entangled in an impossible web of post 9-11 politics, cultural identity and civil rights. Decades after fleeing to the U.S. as refugees, they find themselves facing deportation, caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future by a system that doesn't offer any second chances. SENTENCED HOME follows them over the course of three years through the deportation process, from the inner-city projects of the U.S., to the rice paddies of Cambodia, capturing for the first time on screen the drama of the deportation process as ithappens. Through their first-person cinema-verité stories, SENTENCED HOME provides a rare insight into the often devastating ways individuals areaffected by current U.S. immigration law.
**Audience Award Winner at the 2006 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival**
**Special Jury Award Winner at the 2006 EBS Documentary Film Festival**
"A thoughtful, visually strong documentary" -Variety
"Bracing "-Village Voice
"Eye-opening proof positive that there's something wrong with America's post-9/11 immigration laws" -San Francisco Bay Guardian
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with one of the Filmmakers, along with Many Uch, one of the deportees.
Tuesday, April 17th
4:30pm - 7:00pm
University of Illinois at Chicago Lecture Center A6
805 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Please contact Joyce Yin at (415) 680-4447 or jyin4@uic.edu with any questions!
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SPEAK OUT FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES!
At the University of Illinois at Chicago, Asian Pacific Americans are the most underrepresented in terms of social services and educational opportunities. It took students at UIC over 15 years to obtain a resource and cultural center, now called the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC). Will it take us another 15 years before this administration views Asian American Studies as a legitimate area of study??? Schools across the country, both private and public, feel that Asian American Studies is important enough to provide resources in order to hire faculty and teach courses. Why doesn't UIC??? Asian Pacific Americans have the right to speak-out for their education! Asian Pacific Americans have the right to learn about themselves!
Join us to speak out for our right to learn our education from OUR perspective!
Monday, April 16th
11am - 2pm
UIC Quad
***If you have ideas for activities during the speak out or would like tovolunteer and help out, please contact Joyce Yin at jyin4@uic.edu or at (415) 680-4447***
"Sentenced Home" Documentary Screening
The award-winning documentary SENTENCED HOME puts a never-before-seen face on current U.S. deportation policy. This feature-length film tells the heartbreaking story of three young Cambodian American men entangled in an impossible web of post 9-11 politics, cultural identity and civil rights. Decades after fleeing to the U.S. as refugees, they find themselves facing deportation, caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future by a system that doesn't offer any second chances. SENTENCED HOME follows them over the course of three years through the deportation process, from the inner-city projects of the U.S., to the rice paddies of Cambodia, capturing for the first time on screen the drama of the deportation process as ithappens. Through their first-person cinema-verité stories, SENTENCED HOME provides a rare insight into the often devastating ways individuals areaffected by current U.S. immigration law.
**Audience Award Winner at the 2006 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival**
**Special Jury Award Winner at the 2006 EBS Documentary Film Festival**
"A thoughtful, visually strong documentary" -Variety
"Bracing "-Village Voice
"Eye-opening proof positive that there's something wrong with America's post-9/11 immigration laws" -San Francisco Bay Guardian
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with one of the Filmmakers, along with Many Uch, one of the deportees.
Tuesday, April 17th
4:30pm - 7:00pm
University of Illinois at Chicago Lecture Center A6
805 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Please contact Joyce Yin at (415) 680-4447 or jyin4@uic.edu with any questions!
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