Signature Events & Programming

This is a non-exhaustive list of our programming. These events happen quarterly or annually, providing holistic development on your academic journey.

Ask APIMEDA Series

The Ask APIMEDA Series spotlights different members of the APIMEDA community in an event to share their lived experiences. This series also helps to make those groups more accessible, providing an opportunity to connect with staff, faculty, alum, and students at various points in their academic journey. These events are great opportunities to make connections, ask questions, and much more.

Discovering Your Career Compass Workshops

Compass

The Discovering Your Career Compass workshops are meant to help APIMEDA students learn strategies that can help students use what is important to them to find their academic and career paths. You can attend a general workshop, which will give you a sense of some of the strategies and allow you to engage with other students about how you can all learn these strategies. You can also apply to attend a small group workshop, which will provide more specific information related to developing your Career Compass and provide you with opportunities to connect one-on-one with advising and other staff who can help you use the strategies you learned.

Subscribe to the APIMEDA Newsletter or follow us on Instagram for the most up to date information about when these workshops will be held!

APIMEDA LGBTQ Family Gatherings

In collaboration with the LGBT Resource Center, this event is an opportunity to be in community and discuss intersecting identities APIMEDA and LGBT identities.

Note: Please respect that an intentional, safe community space for individuals within the intersecting identities.

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ASCEND Welcome Event

ASCEND

ASCEND is the APIMEDA welcome event designed to help welcome new undergraduates to the campus and to our community. It is a great opportunity for students to gain more information about our campus, get to know the resources on the campus, and meet people from identities similar to their own. Via different activities and discussions, ASCEND hopes to provide new APIMEDA students with a welcoming environment and with a space that allows them to make lasting friendships and connections with people.

“It was very nice to know that there were people like me here at UCSD. It really gave me a sense of community”
―Rabia Syed, 2017 ASCEND Attendee

ASCEND was last held in Fall 2023. Please contact us at apimeda@ucsd.edu if you are interested in connecting with us in another capacity!

Community & Coalition Conference

Community and Coalition

The APIMEDA Community and Coalition Conference is a free, day-long, engaged experience that is designed to provide members of the UC San Diego APIMEDA community strategies for creating coalitions and community within UC San Diego using authentic experiences from your mind, heart, and hands. It is intended for undergraduate students to implement their community and coalition plans with their peers. This conference may help members of different student organizations that fall under APIMEDA gain a much deeper understanding of their commonalities and the ways they can think about their shared experiences.

From the basis of what all participants learn about one another, opportunities are born for students to make better and intentional plans, and with the help of staff who can advise them, they can set practical goals to carry out their ideas that can build stronger communities and coalitions.

“I learned more about what a community means. There are many different implications and definitions a community can have.”
-Fall 2017 participant

“Seeing both parallels and differences in other people's migration patterns gave me a great deal of empathy, and introduced me to commonalities I can build on.”
-Fall 2017 participant

"It had a big impact for me to feel like I'm not alone on this campus and give me connections of support in some trying times."

-Fall 2017 participant

Arab American Heritage Celebration

April is recognized as National Arab American Heritage Month. APIMEDA Programs and Services hosted some events and programs to celebrate Arab Americans, allowing us to celebrate the experiences of the Arab community while exploring intersectional identities of the community.

For 2024, the Call for Programs has closed.

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Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration (APIAHC)

May is recognized as Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Heritage Month. In collaboration with campus partners, APIMEDA Programs and Services hosts events during May to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Americans. Recognizing the history of APIA communities in the United States and spotlighting the different APIA identities allows us to celebrate while continuing to grow our understanding.

Learn more about last year's APIA Heritage Celebration at their Blink page

The Call for Programs for APIAHC is available at: https://tinyurl.com/APIAHC-Call2024