CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Edition: Volume 10, Number 2, Spring/Summer Quarter, 1986
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• The English Only Must Be Defeated
  This November, Californians will be voting on Proposition 63, the "English Only" initiative. This initiative is an admendment to the State Constitution and if passed, will have damanging implications.
• No Torch of Liberty in the All-American City
  On June 3, at 1:30 AM, the torch of liberty was extinguished in Monterey Park, as the City Council surreptiously passed Resolution 9004.
• The Three C's: Career, Community and Consciousness
  Balancing a career with community involvement, maintaining a contemporary Asian Pacific indentity, and continuing the struggle for equality of Asian pacific Americans, minorties and women, were the issues discussed at a three-day Asian Pacific Student Conference which was held May 2 - 4, 1986, and was sponsored by the UCLA Asian Coalition and the Student/Community Projects unit of the Asian American Studies Center.
• The First Steps Toward a Korean Studies Program
  The Korean language petition drive that was initiated in teh winter of 1985 has finally come to fruition.
• UCLA Asian pacific American Voter Registration Project
  It has become increasingly important for Asian Pacific Americans to be more involved in electoral politics.

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