Writer, speaker and playwright Wajahat Ali will lecture on “A Caravan of Unity in the Age of Hate: Building a Multicultural Coalition of the Willing” on April 15.
Celebrated nationally in May, honors and celebrates Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America鈥檚 history and are instrumental in its future success. 黑料不打烊 honors the month in April while the campus community is still together.
鈥淐elebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month is especially significant this year with the rise in Anti-Asian sentiment throughout the country,鈥� says Huey Hsiao, associate director of multicultural affairs and the Kessler Scholars Program and AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee co-chair. 鈥淏ringing these events to the campus community, I believe, is going to create an important wave of awareness and a desire to educate oneself more about the AAPI community.鈥�
Events celebrate and offer educational opportunities surrounding AAPI culture, heritage, histories, cultural diversity, contribution and often underreported challenges of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
鈥淲e wanted to be very intentional in our discussions around intersecting AAPI identities,鈥� says Nicholas Lee G鈥�21, AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee co-chair. 鈥淥ur overall goal for this month is not only encouraging students to examine and make sense of their identities but also to figure out ‘Now that I’ve made sense of my identity, where do I go from here? How can I be a better advocate for my community?’ This is what we hope students will be able to take away from this month.鈥�
The AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee, the and cross-campus partners have combined their efforts to develop thought-provoking and relevant events for the campus community. Explore the complete list of events, learn more and register on the .
鈥淭he inclusivity and AAPI voices amplified during the month is truly empowering,鈥� says Kimberly Ng 鈥�21, president of Asian Students in America (ASIA) and AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee member. 鈥淚t is a space that allows for our shared AAPI experiences as a community while dissecting into our own individual connections to our cultural heritage.鈥�
For more information or to request accommodations, please contact Huey Hsiao, by calling 315.443.9676 or emailing huhsiao@syr.edu.
Story by Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience graduate assistant Alana Boyd G鈥�21, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
