The following narration represents an actual live, in-person, in-the-moment account of the event in question.
Read MoreSteve Kang serves as the Director of External Affairs at the Koreatown Youth and Community Center, where he is highly active in overseeing Koreatown Community Projects ranging from affordable housing, education, and COVID-19 relief.
Read MoreThe Effects of Mandatory Social Interaction on the Relationships Between APASA Family Members by means of the Tournament of Champions.
Read MoreOver the summer, the possibility of returning to school stood on a knife’s edge… until it (sadly) slipped off that edge and any hopes of an in-person semester were crushed by a single email.
Read MoreThe past week has been eventful, to say the least. I wrote this brief piece amidst the unsettling, racially-targeted wave of hate crimes targeted against Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) individuals, largely due to an unfounded, flagrantly racist association between race and COVID-19.
Read MoreSimply put, APASA feels so much like home and provided me with a family to celebrate the fundamental aspects of my identity.
Read MoreAPASA truly meets its goals of offering inclusive and fun programming for all students, and I knew I had to be a part of it.
Read MoreTo me, being APA means connecting with family.
Read MoreI wanted to be a part of an organization that continued to support APIDA culture and to give back to a community that had nurtured me.
Read MoreEvery member has the freedom to set their own goals and achieve them with the full support of the assembly behind them, all while making close connections and bonds along the way.
Read MoreI would always be the one kid drinking Yakult while the other kids would be drinking Coca-Cola during recess.
Read MoreI want APASA to be a space and platform that acknowledges our individual nuances, while standing in solidarity in our shared experiences.
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