AACP March 2024 Newsletter

Hello AACP Newsletter Readers.

I hope you had or are having (for those in Hawaii) a Happy Easter! Marhaban Ya Ramadan (Indonesian) or Ramadan Mubarak for those of you that observe Ramadan (March 10 to April 9 in the United States).

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We’ve been working on preparations for the Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education Conference this coming Thursday and Friday (April 4-5). If you are one of the conference goers, we hope to see you there.

We didn’t have much time to work on this newsletter. I didn’t even have time to have our editing staff completely review this newsletter. So please forgive any mistakes that you may find.

I won’t go into a detailed preview of the newsletter in this editor’s message like I usually do. I hope you please go ahead and find things without me enticing you to do so.

One thing that I do want to point out is that Karen Su, who I interviewed for this newsletter, is also doing a signing for us at the APAHE conference. She plans on being there in the morning on Thursday and lunch time on Friday.

We’ll also have author Oliver Chin with us on Thursday and journalist and author William Wong with us on Friday. So please do come and say hello to them.

One last thing, stay tuned for information about our big authors event at the San Mateo Library in May (19th). I hope to have more for you in our next newsletter.

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Thank you Karen Su for doing the interview with us.

Thank you to our student volunteers that came to help out this past week.

Thank you Harrison and the others for your help with this newsletter.

Have a nice Spring!

April 4-5, 2024: Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education Conference (we'll be there)

Marriott Oakland City Center , 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA

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April 27-28, 2024: Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival (we'll be there)

Memorial Park, 21121 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA

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May 11, 2024: Locke Asian Pacific Spring Festival

Walnut Grove, CA

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May 19, 2024: AAPI Heritage Month: Meet the Authors Day (AACP co-hosted event)

San Mateo Main Library, 55 West 3rd Ave., San Mateo, CA

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If you have an event that you would like us to mention and or to participate in, please feel free to let us know.

Interviewed by Leonard Chan

Karen Su is a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago and is director of Undergraduate Studies for the Global Asian Studies department.

She has recently authored four children’s picture books on notable Asian Americans, including Grace Lee Boggs, Philip Vera Cruz, Yuri Kochiyama, and Dalip Singh Saund.

Thank you for agreeing to do this interview Prof. Su.

First off, tell us a little bit about your background and how you got into the field of Asian American Studies. Is there an interesting story about what inspired you to get into this field?

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By Leonard Chan

Have any of you noticed or heard mention of a rare convergence of some significant celebration dates this spring?

Easter is on March 31, Qingming Festival on April 4 (Tomb Sweeping Day, ethnic Chinese observe this in many countries throughout Asia), Eid-Al-Fitr starting on April 9 in the US (the celebration marking the end of Ramadan), the Hindu New Year starting on April 9, and Passover starting on April 22.

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