Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration (APIAHC) Calendar
Upcoming events!
May 1 | Sharing Our Invisible Histories Blog Posts
Our ongoing blog series takes a look at Asian and Pacific Islander American folks and events, providing a highlight for different - often untold - experiences in our history. Posts will go out throughout the month of May on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
For more information, please visit https://apimedaatucsd.wordpress.com/.
Sponsored: APIMEDA Programs & Services
May 1 | Book Display: Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Come to the UCSD Women's Center to check out some of the library books we have related to Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month! They will be on display around the center, and they are available for checkout as well. Loan periods are three weeks, with two week renewal periods.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: UC San Diego Women's Center
For more information or questions please mail us at women@ucsd.edu, or find us on Instagram @ucsdwc!
Sponsored by: UC San Diego Women's Center
May 3 | Identity Film Series "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Join us as we come together, as collaborators, listeners, and friends to celebrate the vastly, culturally diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, creativity, and pop culture representations through films and discussions.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: The Loft
To reserve, please fill out https://forms.gle/VaMjgffFBwuU3tj69.
Sponsored by: PISA, APSA, Sangam SD, and The Loft
May 8 | Closer to Liberation: Pin[a/x]y Activism in Theory and Practice
Come join us to celebrate the publication of the anthology Closer to Liberation: Pin[a/x]y Activism in Theory and Practice! Co-editors Amanda Solomon Amorao and DJ Kuttin Kandi will share the theoretical framework of the anthology and how the chapters illuminate the multiple pathways we can take in the name of Fiipina/x American feminism to get us all closer to liberation.
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Sixth College Lodge
To RSVP ,please fill out https://forms.gle/8QUJ5qpZZdFYhzfd8.
Sponsored by: Thurgood Marshall College, Dimensions of Culture, History Department, AAPI Studies Program and APIMEDA Program
May 8 | Community Time: Sharing Our Invisible Histories - Telling APIA Stories
Please join us to celebrate the APIAH month and learn more about APIMEDA figures from our blod series, sharing our invisible histories.
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Sixth College Lodge
Sponsored by: APIMEDA Programs & Services
May 10 | 17th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration and Scholarship Awards
Please join us for the 17th Annual Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration and Scholarship Awards. This year's keynote speaker is Manny Crisostomo, Pulitzer Prize winning, multimedia photo journalist. Entertainment provided by UC San Diego's hip-hop dance group, KOTX.
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Price Center West Ballroom
To reserve a table or purchase tickets, please contact apiahcelebration@ucsd.edu.
Sponsored by: Equity Diveristy and Inclusion office
May 10 | Cross-Cultural Center Art Reception Wayfinding: My Personal Pacifika
Join us for an Artist Reception featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning CHamoru multimedia photojournalist, Manny Crisostomo. The photo series "Wayfinding: My Personal Pacifika" highlights methods of wayfinding of the islands of the Pacific and his life journey of cultural identity through photography . The gallery will be on display throughout Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month. During the Artist Reception Manny Crisostomo will share more about his journey and works. Light refreshments will be provided.
Our quarterly Artist Reception features Pulitzer Prize-winning CHamoru multimedia photojournalist, Manny Crisostomo. The photo series "Wayfinding: My Personal Pacifika" highlights methods of wayfinding the islands of the Pacific and dance. Manny shares that photography has assisted his life journey of cultural identity and his work is a stunning display of the rich culture. During the Artist Reception Manny Crisostomo will share more about his journey and works. Light refreshments will be provided.
The gallery will be on display throughout Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Location: Cross Cultural Center
Sponsored by: CCC
May 10 | Identity Film Series "Moana"
Join us as we come together, as collaborators, listeners, and friends to celebrate the vastly, culturally diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, creativity, and pop culture representations through films and discussions.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Price Center Theater
To reserve, please fill out https://forms.gle/VaMjgffFBwuU3tj69.
Sponsored by: PISA, APSA, Sangam SD, and The Loft
May 11 | Connie Han Trio
Pianist and provocateur Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut CRIME ZONE. At 26, this young lioness is on a fast-climbing trajectory to jazz stardom with rave reviews from the New York Times, Jazziz magazine, Downbeat magazine, and more. The New York Times describes her as “the rare musician with fearsome technical chops, a breadth of historical knowledge and enough originality to write tunes that absorb your ear easily.” Weaving in and out of the
tradition, Han pays tribute to McCoy Tyner, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Kirkland with her own unique edge and fire at the piano.
Time: 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Location: The Loft
To learn more, please visit https://artpower.ucsd.edu/event/connie-han-trio/.
Sponsored by: ArtPower
May 15 | The Evolution of Asian American Studies at UCSD
In 1986, Professor Jim Lin taught the first course in Asian American Studies at UCSD. He obtained Academic Senate approval for a Minor in Asian American Studies in 1988 and this led to the creation of an Ethnic Studies Department in 1990. Dr. Lin will be discussing the hurdles he faced and why Asian American Studies is relevant today.
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Sixth College Lodge
Sponsored by: APIMEDA Programs & Services, Generating and Reclaiming Our Wisdom (GROW), Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APSA), OCA and OTTA
May 17 | PASA Craft Time
Activity: Ceramics, Block print and Mosaics (Smash Your Stress)
Special Focus: Uplifting Generations through the Spirit of Community
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Craft Center
Sponsored by: PASA
May 17 | Finding Pacific Islander Student Data & Supporting Student Experiences
Did you know that Pacific Islander students are among the smallest populations of students at UC San Diego? Learn more about our PI student popluation, including how to use data to find ways to improve their experience here.
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Location: Sixth College Lodge
Sponsored by:APIMEDA Programs & Services, Indigenous Futures Institute, Intertribal Resource Center
May 17 | Identity Film Series "3 Idiots"
Join us as we come together, as collaborators, listeners, and friends to celebrate the vastly, culturally diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, creativity, and pop culture representations through films and discussions.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Price Center Theater
To RSVP, please fill out https://forms.gle/VaMjgffFBwuU3tj69.
Sponsored by: PISA, APSA, Sangam SD, and The Loft
May 18 | Beyond the Pages Staff Book Club
Come together with fellow staff to read, discuss, and learn from & with each other. This month's read is Crying in HMart by Michelle Zauner.
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Cross-Cultural Center
To RSVP, please fill out tinyurl.com/cccbeyondthepages.
For more information, please visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTeMzYH4Ghp2A9Q1zVuQ-TLme7v3IfhZw4ZadOK62MEjxmEdt2l-yEqc33ACNSPB-gRkmCnY9XkbHDw/pub
Sponsored by: CCC
May 19 | Takae Ohnishi: Spring Night with Vivaldi and Bach
Travel back in time with harpsichordist and UC San Diego lecturer Takae Ohnishi as she teams up with friends from the San Diego Symphony to revel in the joys of a springtime evening in the Baroque era. It is certain to be a lighthearted evening filled with virtuosic performances of some of the great works written for the harpsichord.
Time: 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Location: Department of Music's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
To learn more, please visit https://artpower.ucsd.edu/event/takae-ohnishi-2023/.
Sponsored by: ArtPower
May 24 | LEI Making Class
Join the APIAH Committee for a fun Lei Making class with Adrianne Neves, Kumu of the Huapala Sweetheart Dancers! Refreshments will be provided! Materials fee: $20
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Booker Conf. Suite, Jacobs Hall, 2nd Floor
To RSVP, please contact Chelsea Largoza via email clargoza@eng.ucsd.edu
Sponsored by: APIAH Committee
May 24 | Identity Film Series "Enter the Dragon"
Join us as we come together, as collaborators, listeners, and friends to celebrate the vastly, culturally diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, creativity, and pop culture representations through films and discussions.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: Price Center Theater
To reserve, please fill out https://forms.gle/VaMjgffFBwuU3tj69.
Sponsored by: PISA, APSA, Sangam SD, and The Loft
May 25 | "Breaking Down the API(meda) Umbrella"
This staff facing event aims to educate professional staff on the vast umbrella that is "API(meda)", a non-monolithic community with connecting intersections as well as unique differences. Provost K. Wayne Yang will be presenting a condensed version of his keynote at last years inaugural "Symposium on Enhancing the Experiences of Students of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Middle Eastern Descent" will be presented at Triton Time - a Student Affairs professional development space. As UC San Diego has just received its designation as an Asian and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI), there is value in colleagues gaining a deep understanding of the population of students we currently serve.
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: ZOOM
For more information, please visit https://vcsa.ucsd.edu/staff/professional-development/triton-time.html.
Sponsored by: Triton Time
May 26 | 21st Annual Hō’ike

Location: Price Center West Ballroom
May 27 | Book Launch Party
Join us at a book launch party!
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: UCSD Bookstore
Sponsored by: Bookstore
May 27 | API Alumni Council Mixer

May 30 | Mental Health Panel: Intersections of Identity - Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Women

Location:Dolores Huerta Room
May 31 | Identity Film Series "Vai"
Join us as we come together, as collaborators, listeners, and friends to celebrate the vastly, culturally diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, creativity, and pop culture representations through films and discussions.
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Location: The Loft
To reserve, please fill out https://forms.gle/VaMjgffFBwuU3tj69.
Sponsored by: PISA, APSA, Sangam SD, and The Loft
May 31 | PASA Closing Happy Hour

Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Harland Brewing One Paseo
RSVP at https://forms.gle/Yn979U9XrgHdzqci7
Sponsored by: PASA