Southeast Asian Heritage Week
Grains of Rice - Seeds of Change
Photo Gallery
South Asian Heritage Week Co-Programmers
Alexander Vang’10
Elyse VyVy Trinh ’11 l
Thursday, November 6th
Pan Asian Queers (PAQ) Confidential Discussion Group
Third World Center, Informal Lounge, 8pm
Come have a discussion regarding the unique intersection of being Asian and
LGBTQ.
Monday, November 10th
Convocation: “We Have Every Right to Be Against this War”
Salomon 001, 7-9 pm
Pre-convocation Dinner Faculty Advising Fellow Home 22 Benevolent Street, 5-6:30 (RSVP to miles_hovis@brown.edu)
Chhaya Choum of CAAAV (Organizing Asian Communities in New York City) speaks about her experience as a war refugee in the US and why people of color, especially Southeast Asians, must be at the forefront of the anti-war movement
Tuesday, November 11th
YELLOW, BROWN, and BLACK: Resisting Xenophobia, Fighting Raids and Deportation
Panel (6-8pm) Salomon 001, 6-9 pm
Action Meeting (8-9pm) Faculty Fellow Home on 38 Charlesfield
A two part event: First, a cross-cultural panel of immigrants' rights organizers, lawyers, anti-deportation activists, and family members of deportees in order in a dialog about our country's increasing xenophobia and anti-immigrant legislation. Second, a student immigrant organizer leads an action meeting to begin organizing Brown students against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Thursday, November 13th
Burma: One Year after the Saffron Revolution
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 7-9 pm
Doctor, writer, and ex-political prisoner Ma Thida teams up with Patrick Cook-Deegan of US Campaign for Burma to give a talk focusing on the Burmese junta, the effects of recent cyclone, and the resistance movement by Burmese and American students.
Friday, November 14th
Legends of the SEA (featuring MAGNETIC NORTH)
Salomon 101, 8-10 pm
A show where Southeast Asian students perform alongside renowned guest artists and local artists: Magnetic North, Fresh Traditions (Hmong-American Tou Saiko Lee weaves spoken word with his grandmother Youa Chang’s traditional folk-singing), and a local Laotian dance group.