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Past Events Archive

APIMEDA Programs and Services has had many events in the past and been able to spotlight different speakers.  

Guest Speakers

  • Dr. Marissiko Wheaton & Dr. Mei-Ling Malone - Black + Asian American Solidarities
    • Both Dr. Wheaton and Dr. Malone joined us for a discussion sharing about their own experiences as half Black and half Asian American, in addition to discussing how we can develop critical connections among the Black + Asian American community.
    • Dr. Wheaton completed her Ph.D in Urban Education Policy at University of Southern California.  Her research and practice specialize in equity-oriented leadership, identity development and organizational change.  Above all, she takes pride in her love for family and community and remains engaged through mutual organizing
    • Dr. Malone is a professor of African American studies at California State University, Fullerton and the faculty advisor for the Black Student Union.  Professor Malone is most passionate about motherhood, wellness, and actively creating a more humane world.
  • Yavilah McCoy - Growing a Multi-Faith Campus Movement for Racial Justice Leaders Workshop (co-sponsored with the Cross-Cultural Center, Black Resource Center, UC San Diego Hillel)
    • Yavilah is the CEO of DIMENSIONS Inc. As a Jewish woman and person of color, she has designed numerous tools and methods that enable students and educators to be better citizens of the world.
  • Dr. OiYan Poon - Fractures in AAPI Panethnicity: Racial Politics and Discourses of Demographic Data
    • Dr. Poon is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership in the School of Education at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on racial politics of college access policies, affirmative action, and Asian Americans.  During this talk, Dr. Poon discussed the campaign for ethnically disaggregated data.
  • Film Screenings and Conversation with Filmmaker Quyen Nguyen-Le (co-sponsored with UC San Diego EDI, SPACES, LGBT Resource Center, Cross-Cultural Center)
    • Quyen Nguyen-Le is an award winning queer Vietnamese American filmmaker from Los Angeles, California
  • Student Workshop with Yemen Blues (co-sponsored with ArtPower, Cross-Cultural Center)
    • Yemen Blues is a contemporary music group formed by Ravid Kahalani and Omer Avital in 2010. Yemen Blues combines Yemenite music with funk, blues and jazz.  This event was an interactive workshop with Ravid Kahalani speaking about "New Age Culture Music".