- Pride Event
- Tuesday, April 4th at 7pm in Genome G010
- The AAC will celebrate APAHM by highlighting Queer Asian American artists; join us to learn more and participate in a community-building activity and discussion.
- Registration: go.unc.edu/AACpride
- Far East, Deep South Screening
- Wednesday, April 12th at 5:30pm in the Hitchcock Room of the Stone Center
- Join us for the screening of Far East, Deep South. The documentary provides a window into a community few even know exists — Chinese immigrants in the Deep South — and reveals how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted the Chiu family for generations. The family also learns about the symbiotic relationship between the Southern Black and Chinese communities during the Jim Crow era.
- Following the screening, filmmakers Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu will join us via Zoom for a discussion.
- Thank you to the The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History for co-sponsoring this event!
- Registration: go.unc.edu/AACfar
- Chandler Lecture Series: The Missing Stories: South Asian American History from the 1700s to Today
- Thursday, April 13th at 7pm in Hyde Hall
- In “The Missing Stories,” SAADA’s Executive Director Samip Mallick will cover how communities come to be excluded from the archival record and how we can address these absences. Samip will provide an introduction to South Asian American history (1700s to present) and will also discuss how community-based archives can become sites for liberatory memory work by introducing the audience to SAADA’s archival collections, programs, and participatory storytelling projects.
- Arts Everywhere Day Gallery Opening
- Friday, April 14th 12-2pm at the AAC
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Celebrate Arts Everywhere Day at the AAC with our APAHM Gallery Opening! We will have on display pieces that are an artistic reflection of an Asian American historical event from the 1950s-present to create a legible narrative of Asian American histories and experiences.
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Registration requested so that we know how much food to order: go.unc.edu/AACarts
- Keynote Speaker David Liu
- Friday, April 21st at 5:30pm in Genome G200
- The Asian American Center celebrates the end of the academic year as well as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) with a reception and alumnus keynote speaker David Liu!
- Registration: go.unc.edu/DavidLiu
- American Football & the “Polynesian Pipeline” Webinar with Dr. Lisa Uperesa
- Wednesday, April 26th at 6pm via Zoom
- Dr. Lisa Uperesa will discuss her book Gridiron Capital: How American Football Became a Samoan Sport
- Co-sponsored by Campus Recreation and Carolina Athletics
- Registration: go.unc.edu/Polynesian
- Alliance Community Book Walk
- Thursday, May 4th from 10am-12pm at the AAC
- Stop by to read Laxmi’s Mooch during National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Registration: go.unc.edu/AACmooch