Event
Wednesday Night with ASAM Alumni: Eugena Oh, CAS'03, and Cliff Bersamira, CAS'03.
Moderator: Angela Shen
Eugena Oh is President & CEO of the “I Have A Dream” Foundation since 2017. Eugena brings a passion for civil rights and social justice, matched with years of experience working in her numerous roles at the “I Have A Dream” Foundation. Prior to joining “I Have A Dream,” Eugena practiced commercial and products liability law, and served in development, strategy, and operations roles within several non-profit organizations, including Teach For America – New York City, Rock The Vote, and Washington State Court Appointed Special Advocates. Eugena received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and her J.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
Cliff Bersamira, PhD, AM (he/him/siya) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health. His research relates to behavioral health policies and services with particular focus in substance use services, recovery-oriented systems, and disparities among Filipino and other AANHPI communities. He identifies as part of the Ilocano diaspora, with family connections in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawai'i--byproducts of his ancestors' migration as agricultural laborers in the early 1900s.
This Spring 2022 semester commemorates 25 years of Asian American Studies at Penn. Join us every Wednesday evening to learn about our history through the personal experiences of our ASAM alums in our new speaker series, Wednesday Nights with ASAM Alumni. Covering a different period each week, we will kick off the chronological series in January 2022 with a close-up look back at Penn and Asian American life in 1996. The series will culminate in May 2022 with a look ahead at 2023. These informal conversations among ASAM friends will be led by the ASAM UAB and will not only be informative but will offer lively memories and shared experiences of undergraduate and graduate life firsthand. A new part of history and new alums each week!
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm EST