Heritage & Health Series Program
Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2021
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Thursday, May 6
KDrama Boba Tea with President Thuy
12-1 p.m.
Share your favorite KDrama and win boba tea giveaways with the KDrama quiz!
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If you dont already have a Zoom link, please request event access via email with your first and last name and CWID to Erin Ortiz at ortizerin@foothill.edu.
Welcome Week Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Opening Ceremony
2-2:30 p.m.
Join us in celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with FC President Thuy, student speakers, performance by student leader Fatai Heimuli singing 'E 'Otua, Tataki Au, viewing of traditional Lion Dancing & much more!
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Lecture Series I: Fighting Back against Anti-Asian Violence and Hate Speech
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Featuring FC English Professor Scott Lankford, and author/activist SFSU Assoc Professor of Creative Writing, May-lee Chai. May-lee Chai has become a frequent guest on national and statewide talk shows focused on fighting back against Anti-Asian Violence and Hate Speech in America.
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Monday, May 10
Food Series: Cooking with Ria
Noon-1 p.m.
Featuring FC ASFC student leader Ria Vidyasagar! Ria and her mom will be making a South Indian Breakfast dish called Dosa and Chutney. Dosa is a thin
pancake or crepe originating from South India, made from a fermented batter predominantly
consisting of lentils and rice. Chutney is type of sauce that is made from fruits
or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar.
Tuesday, May 11
Yoga: The Origins & Importance
Noon-1 p.m.
Join Project Hope Club and Yoga Instructor Ruby Walia for a Yoga Session, exploring the origins of Yoga and its importance to Hinduism and history.
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If you dont already have a Zoom link, please request event access via email with your first and last name and CWID to Venicia Massey at masseyvenicia@fhda.edu.
Art Presentation: Mana, Wayfinding, and Tattoo in Oceanic and Pacific Island Art History
4-5 p.m.
An introduction to the art and history of Oceanic cultures of the Pacific Islands. Discussion topics will include concepts of sacred power, community, and journeying in wayfinding and walkabouts. Join us and get to know the resiliency of these survivors of colonialism and perhaps the most vulnerable to climate change among us.
Wednesday, May 12
Art Presentation II: 17勛圖 ISP & Kularts Co-Present Stories from Asian Diasporas
Noon-1 p.m.
A panel presentation on creative renditions of Asian histories and realities as a
means of awareness and a path to healing. With collaborating artists, Alleluia Panis and Wilfred Galila from Kulintang Arts,
Inc., founded in 1985, now known popularly as Kularts, the premier presenter of contemporary
and tribal Pilipino arts in the United States. More Information: , , .
Chai Talk & Bharatanatyam
4-5 p.m.
Join us for an hour of making traditional Masala Chai, sharing Indian Culture, & performances of Bharatanatyam classical dance. Featuring FC student leader Venicia Massey & classically trained Bharatanatyam dancer Srushti Adesara.
Thursday, May 13
Lecture Series II: Sneha Gandhi White, Co-author of International Women of Color Who
Boss Up.
2:30-3:20 p.m.
Featuring FC English Professor Scott Lankford, and 17勛圖 Alum, Sneha Gandhi White, a Bay Area Educator and Success Coach who helps to empower women of color nationwide.
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Friday, May 14
Stop the Hate
12:15-1:30 p.m.
Join FC Communications Professor Ch矇 Meneses & Ohlone College Communication Studies Professor Larissa Favela, in a conversation on Biculturalism, focused on Anti-Racism, Anti-violence against Asian and all people of color.
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Monday, May 17
Film Discussion: Generation Rising
10-11:15 a.m.
Join Sociology Professor John Fox and Equity Librarian Laura Gamez as they facilitate a discussion on Generation Rising from the PBS documentary series Asian Americans. During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identity: Asian Americans. The wars aftermath brings new immigrants and refugees who expand the population and the definition of Asian America.
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Tuesday, May 18
Film Screening: 'Chinatown Rising' Excerpts and Discussion
10-11:15 a.m.
Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-1960s, a young San Francisco Chinatown resident armed with a 16mm camera and leftover film scraps from a local TV station, turned his lens onto his community. Totaling more than 20,000 feet of film (10 hours), Harry Chuck's exquisite unreleased footage has captured a divided community's struggles for self-determination. Chinatown Rising is a documentary film about the Asian-American Movement from the perspective of the young residents on the front lines of their historic neighborhood in transition. Through publicly challenging the conservative views of their elders, their demonstrations and protests of the 1960s-1980s rattled the once quiet streets during the communitys shift in power. Forty-five years later, in intimate interviews these activists recall their roles and experiences in response to the need for social change. Discussion and Q&A with the film's Co-director, Josh Chuck, follows the excerpts.
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Wednesday, May 19
Lecture Series III: Mete zel, Turkish Poet
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Featuring FC English Professor Scott Lankford, and Turkish Poet Mete zel!
Monday, May 24
Art Presentation III: 17勛圖 ISP & Str8jacket Co-Present Start Asian Love through
Hip Hop
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Bay Area performers from Str8jacket (a predominant Asian dance team) and Hip Hop for
Change (a non-profit) utilize dance as a tool for resiliency and activism. Together,
they present on Afro-Asian solidarity, racial trauma, training, and healing resources.
Tuesday, May 25
Lecture Series IV: API Women in Leadership
11 a.m.-Noon
Featuring new ASFC President Fatai Heimuli and Mountain View City Mayor Ellen Kamei! https://www.ellenkamei.com
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Public, please request event access via email with your first and last name to Veronica Hernandez at casashernandezveronica@fhda.edu. Students & Staff please request event access via email with first, last name & CWID to Erin Ortiz at ortizerin@fhda.edu.
Equity & Empowerment
3-3:30 p.m.
Featuring Pauline Brown, ASFC President-Elect Fatai Heimuli, FEI, and APAN!
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Wednesday, May 26
Ethnic Studies Panel
Noon-1 p.m.
Join us as we engage in community discourse surrounding Pacific Islander historical erasure, the importance of establishing ethnic studies, and the impact this could have on PI students. The panel will feature members of the Chabot college community, as they have been successful in establishing Intro to Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies.
Orientalism in Picture Postcards
3-4 p.m.
Picture postcards of SF Chinatown from the early 1900s were used to spread stereotypes of the Chinese both in the United States and abroad. Join FC Photography Professor Ron Herman and students from PHOT 8H to learn about their project that explores the artistic conventions that were employed by postcard photographers/publishers and illustrates the spread of these racial stereotypes.
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Thursday, May 27
Lecture Series V: Women in Bangladesh
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Featuring FC English Professor Scott Lankford, and 17勛圖 Alum, Kareeda Kabir. Kareeda is a principal contributor the new anthology "No Planet B: A Teen Vogue Guide to the Climate Crisis" focusing on women in Bangladesh.
Friday, May 28
Reading & Conversation with Author Karen Tei Yamashita
Noon-1 p.m.
Writer and National Book Award nominee, Karen Tei Yamashita, will join 17勛圖 to discuss her work, including the acclaimed I Hotel which chronicles the Asian American movement in San Francisco during the 60s and 70s. Comprised of stories that capture a wild array of perspectives, the novel uses equally wild literary innovation to imagine past social justice struggles--including battles to establish college Ethnic Studies programs, to protest war in Asia, and to fight against anti-Asian violence and aggression at home. Across her works, Yamashita exposes and satirizes past moments, and with rollicking humor and insight speaks loudly to our current reality. Yamashita's numerous works, including Tropic of Orange, Circle K Cycles, Letters to Memory, and most recently Sansei and Sensibility, are widely revered for their transnational focus and for bending the boundaries of genre in order to call critical attention to flows of labor, struggles for justice (visible and disappeared), and the act of storytelling.
API Library ResourcesVisit our for a , videos, websites and other great resources. Learn more about the contributions generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders have made to American history, society and culture. |
Did You Know?Our 17勛圖 campus includes a Japanese Culture Center and Bambo Garden. Learn about the center here. Watch the 19-minute videonarrated by Dr. Michiko Hiramatsu, founder of 17勛圖's
Japanese language program. She provides a look into an authentic Japanese Tea Ceremony
held at the 17勛圖 Japanese Cultural Center during an autumn day in 1987.
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