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The UNC Asian American Center is hosting its first "community-con" on Saturday, February 15th from 10am-2pm at the Graduate Student Center (211a West Cameron Ave). Our goals are to foster connections between our campus community and Asian American-serving organizations in the Triangle, to learn more about community partners' work, and to discuss needs, challenges, and opportunities in Asian American community organizing. We hope that this will be a valuable space. Confirmed speakers as of 1/28 (other participants pending):
Refreshments and lunch will be provided to those that register by Monday, February 10th at 5pm.
Free parking will be available at the nearby Nash Lot on Wilson Street.
Draft schedule:
Audience members are welcome to come and go as their schedules permit. 9:30 Requested arrival for speakers. Issue nametags, answer questions, confirm final line-ups and name pronunciation. 10am Introduction and Welcome. 10:10/10:15: First roundtable. How and Why We Organize. Kiran, Refugee Support Center, NC Hmong Women, Chinese American Friendship Association of NC, Triangle Telangana Association. Lineups are subject to change. Moderator: Samantha Luu, Director of the Campus and Community Coalition, Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership We will ask each participant to identify themselves and their organization. Questions: Each organization please describe your mission, activities, and the community/ies you serve. (2-3 min each) The moderator will go down the line and prompt each of you. How and why was your organization founded? How did you originally gather the communities you serve, and how do you continue to do outreach and build community? What are your most effective outreach efforts? How have they changed since COVID or with social media? What is a favorite event or accomplishment that you look back on? 10:55 Brief break to switch panelists. 11am Second roundtable. Challenges and Looking Ahead. North Carolina Asian Americans Together, Transplanting Traditions, Refugee Community Partnership, Triangle Area Telugu Association. Lineups are subject to change. Moderator: Heidi Kim, Director, UNC Asian American Center We will ask each participant to identify themselves and their organization. Questions: Each organization please describe your mission, activities, and the community/ies you serve. (2-3 min each) The moderator will prompt each of you to go. What have been the challenges in carrying out your mission? How have they changed in the last few years? How are you all being affected by the current executive orders and changes in federal policy, including the funding freezes? What brings you joy and sustains you in this work? 11:55. Brief break. 12 noon. Carolina’s Mission of Service. Moderators: Pratyush Seshadri and Michael Zhang, Visibility Forward 3-4 speakers will present about their projects based at UNC Chapel Hill that serve the Asian American community. Lineup still being finalized. Shilpa Darivemula, South Asian Menstrual Equity Project; Kevin Kim, Southern Mix oral history project; 12:30. Break for selecting lunch. 12:45. Continued lunching and open community conversation. If there are questions or discussion left over from the morning, we can pursue those. Questions below are suggested prompts for a group conversation. Facilitator: Dr. Geni Eng, Professor Emerita, Gillings School of Public Health How can we continue this dialogue and perhaps collaboration among community organizations? What are the types of information and expertise that we can best share? How can the university promote engagement and service with community orgs? 1:30. Summary and Farewell.
