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Students, alumni, staff, and faculty of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center are planning a year-long array of campus and community activities to mark the 25th anniversary of Asian American Studies on campus.
“Black/Asian Interactions through History” was the title fo a talk by New York activist Yuri Kochiyama at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles on February 26, 1995.
When graduating senior Robb Paulsen dropped by our Center’s main office early Fall Quarter 1994 to declare his major in Asian American Studies, he did not know he was making history.
The Asian American Studies Center has enjoyed a number of mutually beneficial relationship with other campus and community groups during its 25th year history, particularly those in California and the West.
Captain Bruce Yamasita, who waged a five-year battle against the Navy to win his officer’s commission in the U.S. Marine Reserves, credited the success of his discrimination complaint to a pair of UCLA psychologists.
Tosh an Doris Hoshide of Rockville, Maryland recently donated over $100,000 in cash and property to establish scholarships for Japanese American undergraduate and graduate students at UCLA.
On behalf of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Professor Yuji Ichioka gratefully acknowledged receipt of the personal papers of Kaira Fujita,the preeminent Kibei-Nisei writer.
Reflecting the diverse ethnic and geographical roots of today’s Asian Pacific American population, the first-year class in our Masters Degree program i Asian American Studies represents a new generation of community and diasporic scholars.
It’s been a year since Pilipino immigrant labor leader Philip Vera Cruz passed away at 89 in Bakersfield, California.
I grew up very poor. through I lived in a fairly good neighborhood in Orange County, my family’s income was always a sensitive issue.
Ten years ago, I came to America from Korea. I am now a UCLA student, but my road to UCLA was not easy. I had to learn English as a second language.
At a glance, Nelson Canales, a former housekeeper at the New Otani hotel in Little Tokyo, is a kind, thought-provoking individual who does a great deal more listening than he does speaking.
Vivan Tseng (left) and Shingly Lee (right) – two UCLA student leaders – are serving as assistants for Center project this year.
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