15th Biennial Midwest Asian American
Student Conference Schedule
March 7 - 9, 2008

Registration & Late registration on site: Wilder Alcove
2:00 pm - 6:30 pm    March 7th
9:00 am - 5:00 pm     March 8th

Friday March 7th

• Screening of "Second Class Veterans" with discussion to follow
  Jenny C. Lares, A/PA Community Coordinator, Oberlin College
     4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Wilder 101
  
  
• Opening Banquet with Keynote Speaker
  Christine Chen, Executive Director, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote.org)
  Tickets cost: $3 students, $5 general admission & at the door, available at Wilder Desk
     7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Root Room

Saturday March 8th

• The Awkward Turtle: Asian Americans in the Education Access and Equity Debate
  Oiyan Poon, PhD Candidate in Race & Ethnic Studies in Education, UCLA
     10:00 am - 11:00 am | Wilder 101
  
  
• Workshop on Hate Crimes on College Campuses
  Ron Katsuyama, Midwest District Governor, Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
     11:10 am - 12:10 pm | King 101
  
  
• Conference Meet and Greet Lunch
  Tickets cost: $3, available at Wilder Desk
     12:10 pm - 1:30 pm | Third World House Lounge
  
  
• Panel on Sustaining Ethnic Communities
  Panelists: Arnab Mukherjea, Program Director, Health Career Connection
                 Marlan Maralit, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
                 Charu Gupta, The Cleveland Free Times
  Moderator: Shelley Lee, Assistant Professor of History and Comparative American Studies, Oberlin College
     1:45 pm - 3:15 pm | King 106
  
  
• Discussion on Violence Against Women
  Purvi Shah, Executive Director, Sakhi for South Asian Women
     3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Wilder 101
  
  
• Blue Scholars Concert Performance
  Tickets cost: $5, available at Wilder Desk
     10:00pm - 1:00am | Sco
     featuring SPARK

Sunday March 9th

• Mobilizing Communities Workshop *
  Mai Dang, Community Organizer, Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation (MQVN CDC) and National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencied (NAVASA)
     10:00 am - 11:00 am | Wilder 112
  
  
• Oberlin Asian American Student Activism *
  Rashne Limki '05, Masters and PhD candidate in Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego;
  Daniel Domaguin '06, Masters in Social Work, University of Michigan
     11:10 am - 12:10 pm | Wilder 115

*Only open to students