Asian Pacific American Student Collective

AALDEF Scholarships available for pan-Asian undocumented people. NEW deadline: January 30, 2015. For more information, download the application here.

Time to renew your Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)?

AALDEF has fact sheets in Chinese, Korean, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Press Release: FAQ about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Renewals - AALDEF On June 15, 2012, the Obama Administration announced that it would grant "deferred action" status to young people who qualify as DREAM Act students and provide them with, among other things, relief from deportation.

“Keep expanding your horizon, decolonize your mind, and cross borders.” --Yuri Kochiyama

RSVP for the September 27 New York memorial service for the inspiring Asian American activist at [email protected].

"Who caught Bill O'Reilly's recent "rebuttal" of white privilege yesterday? Consider it a case study in how the model minority myth serves to derail conversations about the realities of white supremacy and anti-blackness in America today."

Who caught Bill O'Reilly's recent "rebuttal" of white privilege yesterday? Consider it a case study in how the model minority myth serves to derail conversations about the realities of white supremacy and anti-blackness in America today.

It's a textbook ex*****on, Bill. But we're not buying it--we choose resistance.

For more, read Scot Nakagawa's ever pertinent "The Model Minority is a Lever of White Supremacy": bit.ly/1piOFKk

-MTP

Two Asian-American Women Honored With National Medals of Arts - NBC News Two Asian-American women will stand among the dozen recipients of the 2013 National Medals of Arts, the nation’s highest honor given for achievements in the ...

Asian Pacific America is not a monolith. It's time for school surveys to acknowledge that.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/campaign-disaggregate-data-ensure-all-students-count-n163536

A Campaign to Disaggregate Data and Ensure All Students Count - NBC News The simple checkbox on the most forms, denoting "Asian" or "Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander," belies the diversity behind those labe...

"The only tool the state has to respond to violence is violence, whether it's the death penalty or incarceration... I've been thinking about Vincent Chin because we need to come up with a better response to violence than to repeat and amplify that violence in the name of justice."

The most insightful commentary I've seen this year around the anniversary of Vincent Chin's death, from 18 Million Rising's Cayden Mak.

http://18millionrising.org/blog/2014/jun/29/search-justice-another-way-remember-vincent-chin/ #

18MillionRising.org | In Search of Justice: Another Way to Remember Vincent Chin Vincent Chin has been on my mind a lot lately. It's not just because he passed away 32 years ago Monday, or that I'm the same age now that he was when he was murdered. It's not just that we both have deep ties to the Detroit area, and that ever since I heard his story I wondered what he and his fami…

"I am not an American."

The U.S. Interior Department received a resounding "no" to the prospect of government-to-government relations with Native Hawaiians at the first stop in its "listening tour" yesterday in Honolulu.

120+ years after the theft of the Hawaiian Kingdom, many Hawaiian's consider this "olive branch" far too little, far too late.

http://www.civilbeat.com/2014/06/kanaka-maoli-to-feds-get-out-of-our-house-go-home/

www.iamvincentchin.tumblr.com

We are saddened to hear the news that Yuri Kochiyama, one of the great forebears of the Asian American movement, has passed. There is no doubt that her work, spirit, and legacy will continue to inform and inspire our generation's work for racial justice in and beyond the Asian American community.

May our movement do justice to her vision.

Tonight we are sad to hear the news that one of our great movement elders has passed on. Rest in power, Yuri Kochiyama. May we continue to honor how you have touched our lives, and continue our work in your spirit.

Don't miss the May 31 deadline for CAAAV's awesome summer program on Asian American history, politics, and community organizing!

Apply now: http://bit.ly/BJBAintensive

Hey students! In NYC this summer? Apply for Caaav: Organizing Asian Communities’s summer intensive to learn about Asian American history, politics, and community organizing.

Applications will be accepted through May 31: http://bit.ly/BJBAintensive