CrossCurrents: Newsmagazine of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Edition: Volume 19, Number 2, Fall/Winter 1996
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What's News?

• Affirmative Action Controversy in California
  Asian american Join African American, Latino Americans, and Women in Opposing Proposition 209, bu the Ballot Measure Ending Affirmative Action Passes, 54% to 46%
• Welfare Reform Bill = Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Asian Sentiment
  I am just coming out of shock after hearing the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill that was signed by teh President.
• Defending Our rights and Cleansing Our Souls
  On August 4, 1996 at a rally marking the lastday of our five-day fast to protest the welfare "reform" legislation - I learned how to cry.
• UCLA Students, Staff, adn Faculty Mour Death of Prof. Julie Rogue
  UCLA students, faculty, and staff mourned the passing in October of Urban Planning Assistant Professor Julie Roque age 38.
• Changing Welfare Policy through Research
  As we grapple with the aftermath of welfare reform legislation passed this fall, UCLA Economics Professor Wei-Yin Hu is poised to arm immigrant rights advocates with the lastest research on the impact immigrants have on welfare programs in this country.
• Angie Kwon Memorial Scholarships for 1996
  The Angie Kwon Memorial Scholarships were set up by family and friends of the UCLA undergraduate who died in a tragic accident in January 1993.
• Heed the Call of the Dreamer
  I'd like to tell you a story. this story is about some people very dear to my heart, about 80 Thai men and women who had dreams.
• UCLA and Community Groups to Hold First Korean American Studies Conference
  The first National Korean American Studies Conference will be held April 25-26, 1997, at th eRadisson-Whilshire Hotel in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
• Civil Liberties Public Education Grant Proposals Due December 13
  A grant program targeted towards educating the public about the lessons from the wartime internment of Japanese Americans was established recently by the Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund.
• Former UCLA Student leader Murdered in Hate Crime
  Tragedy befell the Vietnamese community on January 29, 1996, when thien Minh Ly, a 24-year-old Vietnamese man and graduate of UCLA, was murdered while rollerblading in his tustin hometown high school tennis court. Ly was found lyin gin a pool of blood of hte following meorning by a janitor, mained by an excessive number of stabbing wounds to various parts of his body, as well as slashing wounds to this throat.
• Los Angeles times Focuses on Korean American Fascination for Harvard College
  The fascination of Harvard College for Korean Americans was the focus of a front-page article in teh September 15, 196, edition of the Los Angeles Times by staff writer K. Connie Kang.
• Center Unveils New Asian American CD-ROM
  "The Asian-American Journaey" is the title of a new CD_ROM developed by Primary Source Media and the Asian American Studies Center. The project is part of Primary Source's "American Journey" series.
• UCLA Law Professor Jerry Kang CoAuthors Comprehensive Report on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action
  Professor Jerry Kang of the UCLA Law School joined with three other Asian American law professors to aproduce a comprehensive report analyzing the impact of afffirmative action on Asian Pacific Americans.
• Center's Web Site Has a New Look!
  The UCLA Asian American Studies Center has a new web page design created by new webmaster Gene Moy, a graduate student in our master's program.

More News...

• Institute of American Cultures Offers Postdoctoral Fellowships
• New Agraduate Course Addresses Asian Pacific Americans' Role incommunity Development
• George and Sakya Aratani Community Fellowship for 1996
• Chidori Aiso Memorial Scholarship for 1996
• Levin Sy Wins Sam Law Leadership Award
• Leadership of Asian Pacific Coalition for 1996-97 Plans Big Year of Activities
• Former Scholarship Winner Profiled in Los Angeles Times
• Center's Web Site Moves into "Top Ten" List of UCLA sites
• New book by Fatimah Rony Examines Role of Race in Film
• Pacific ties Begins 20th Year of Publication
• Students Create Asian pacific Community Videos
• Center Begins to Build Filipino American Studies Archive
• Center's New Music Class Probes Asian Pacific Expression
• Artist Darryl Mar Creates New Asian Pacific Mural at Stanford University
• 5 New Pathbreakign Research These Produce by Center Graduates
• UCLA Resources in Asian American Studies
• Center to Collaborate with University of Hawaii Press to Produce New Series
• Amerasia Journal Examines Asian American Panethnicity
• Amerasia Journal Sponsors Symposium on Asian american Religion
• Acclaimed Author N.V.M. Gonzlez Visits UCLA
• Raul Ebio Joins Center Staff as Assitant Coordinator of Reading Room
• Communit Directory Available in January

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