Event

ASAM invites you to "Whose University? Complicity, Possibility, and Social Movements Now" a symposium organized by the Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellows in Asian American Studies at Penn , Sonya Chen, and Mark Tseng-Putterman.

The program will run from 9:30 am until 2:30 pm. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for the participants. Please RSVP in advanced.

How are students and educators committed to social justice to navigate this critical moment in US politics? How are we to make sense of our positionality embedded within higher education institutions that pledge values of social equity yet are often complicit in systems of exploitation?

Taking cues from the origins of ethnic studies and Asian American studies in community and student activism, this mini-symposium brings together activists, student organizers, and scholars to speak to the possibilities for organizing within and beyond the university during a moment of crisis. The symposium will focus on struggles around gentrification and militarism and consist of a panel conversation and interactive workshop. 

Program

9:30-10:15 am: Breakfast and registration

10:15 am: Opening remarks: Sonya Chen and Mark Tseng-Putterman

10:30-12 pm: Panel Discussion moderated by Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Assistant Professor of History, Duke University

• Keva X. Bui, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Vivian Truong, Assistant Professor of History, Swarthmore College
• Hafiza Khalique, NYC-based youth organizer
• Andrew Lee, Community organizer and author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War

12-1 pm: Lunch Break

1-2:30 pm: Block Printing Workshop by Ginger Arts Center

2:30 pm: Closing remarks