Photographer: Christian Gella
Group photo of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center's founders, their families, alumni, former and current staff members, and student volunteers taken during the 50th Anniversary Founders Reunion event at James West Alumni Center, UCLA on Saturday, July 13, 2019.
On Saturday, July 13th, the Center hosted the Founders Reunion, which brought together many of the organizers, students, staff, and community supporters of AASC in the 60s and 70s. Guests reconnected, learned about AASC's current work, and joined the Center in reliving old memories, creating new ones, and imagining how to bring the Center into the future.
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Speakers: Judy Chu, Alan Nishio, Karen Umemoto
Co-Directors: Janet Chen & Emory Johnson
Producer: Janet Chen
Camera & Editor: Emory Johnson
Production Sound & Interview / Additional Editing: Melody Chen
Photographs courtesy of Abraham Ferrer & AASC Staff
Executive Producers: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Kenyon Chan, Helen and Morgan Chu, Karen Umemoto
Special Thanks to all the founders of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Asian American Studies Center Staff and Faculty, and UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications
All Rights Reserved. Copyrights: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Los Angeles, California
Producer: Janet Chen Contributors: UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for EthnoCommunications
The Collective Memories Project video was shown during the Founders Reunion and features interviews from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center's founders, donors, and former staff, including former director Alan Nishio, founders and strong supporters Helen and Morgan Chu, former Gidra staff Carol Mochizuki, Samahang Pilipino co-founder Casimiro Tolentino, and Visual Communications co-founder Duane Kubo. They talk about their Asian American identity "a-ha" moments as well as the beginnings of the Center and its community ties. The video also features a montage of selected interviews from the Collective Memories Project.
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Photographs courtesy of Abraham Ferrer & AASC Staff
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