APASA is excited to announce our second Senior Spotlight: Tiffany Chen! Tiffany has been a part of APASA as an intern, Co-Recruitment Director, and this year's Assistant Director. APASA would definitely not the be same with Tiffany!
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Happy summer! We are so excited to shine our Senior Spotlight on Sara Chen, whose hard work and dedication as this year's Programming Director of APASA has made our events so amazing and wonderful. Thank you, Sara, and good luck on your future endeavors!
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Who wouldn’t want to travel to the various countries within Asia-- to experience the vivacious cultures, taste deliciously different foods, and witness the the wondrous scenery and sights? Well, why spend thousands of dollars and take 12+ hour long flights across the Pacific Ocean when we have Asia in our backyard? This year, APASA’s interns tried to push their allotted event budget as much as they could to create “Asia in Our Backyard”, focusing providing awareness about Los Angeles’s various ethnic cultural towns.
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APASA is excited to announce our third APA Leader: Lypheng Kim! Lypheng is currently the water coach for USC Dragon Boat, and has served as an APASS CIRCLE TA and as Diversity Liason on APASA board last year. Read more about Lypheng's APA journey and identity in his interview below!
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The APASA Community Fair + Dinner was part of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, a multi-week celebration of Asian Pacific American (APA) culture. The Community Fair + Dinner occured on Friday, March 30, 2018 in the TCC Forum. It featured a variety of community cultural organizations from the Los Angeles area including: Kizuna, LEAP, Tuesday Night Cafe, APAIT, Little Tokyo Service Center, A3M, Kollaboration, and Satrang. Some notable guests included: Sean Miura (Buzzfeed), Jen Ruggirello (Buzzfeed), and Jonathan Wang (APASS). Guests of the event were able to speak to representatives from community organizations, learning more about their causes and ways to get involved
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Hello frands!! Hope your week is going AMAZING like you :D If not, to be honest, last week was a tad rough for me too but it was totally UPLIFTED when I went to APASA’s Movie Night last Friday on the 23rd!
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APASA is excited to announce our second APA Leader, Russel Hash! Russel is incredibly involved in the APA community as President of Nikkei Student Union, Vice President of MixedSC, a representative for the Intercollegiate Nikkei Council, and an APASS mentor.
Read more about Russel and his impact on the APA community in his interview below!
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APASA is so excited to introduce our first APA Leader of 2018, Isha Sakhalkar!
Isha is the co-president of SCAPE, a CIRCLE TA for APASS, and an intern at the Korea Community and Youth Center. Peers describe her as "someone who strives to lead and make an impact without raising her voice above others or taking up too much space."
Learn more about Isha and her passion for the APA community in this interview below!
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Hey everyone! I’m Amanda, an APASA intern, and I hope you all survived the week to make it to spring break! So, APASA’s Got Talent was last Saturday, and I can honestly say it was one of my favorite events we’ve had all year! We got to see 7 contestants of all different APA backgrounds and identities perform and receive feedback from our 4 celebrity judges, Shawn Halim, Megan Lee, JamieBoy, and Samica! We also had bomb Dulce pastries (my personal favorite was the matcha cream-filled donut).
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Hello, everyone! I hope everyone’s semester is going swell so far. I can’t believe it’s already week 9! While we work our butts off for midterms, I think the world also wants us to freeze our butts off. Honestly California, your 50 degree weather feels like -50 degrees. (LOL, can you tell I’ve lived in SoCal my whole life?) Because I’m not good with the cold, I sometimes enjoy bringing warmth (actually more like flamin’ heat) into my life by consuming spicy food!
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Hey everyone! A few weeks ago, we had a very special guest visit us: Hasan Minhaj! Hasan is known for his role as a Senior Correspondent on the Daily Show, as well as being the guest speaker at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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Our annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival (APAHF) has officially started with our first big kick off event, APAHF Extravaganza. For this event, we had activities, free boba, and live performances from USC students to enjoy and learn more about this year's theme: "Embracing Differences".
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