2021 (online)
2020 was supposed to happen in Southern California, and in the subsequent year, due to the pandemic, the team decided to do 2021 online. Committee members included Aparna Singhal, Carwai Seto, Chris Chun, Drew Ishii, Joel Sok Sohn, Maria Graciela Alcid, Maria Paz Alegre, Nishat Alikhan, Reanne Young, RK Doering, Stan Lau, and Tuan Nguyen. The Keynote Speaker was Frank H. Wu, an American legal scholar and the president of Queens College of the City University of New York.​
2021 Conference Information
Conference Schedule
Stronger Together: Supporting and Sustaining Ourselves, Our Schools, and Our Communities
Schedule Saturday April 24
(all times are Pacific Time Zone)
9:30a: Opening and Keynote Speaker, Frank Wu
10:30a: Concurrent Workshops Session I
Workshop A: (Justine Ang Fonte) The Weight of Wearing Two Masks: Asian-Americans, Coronavirus, and the responsibility behind an Asian Face
Workshop B: (Morika Tsujimura) YALA GALA - How to Start and Curate a Citywide MS/US APISA Conference
11:30a Student Panels (upper school and middle school)
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​12:20p Closing Wrap-up
Schedule Sunday April 25
(all times are Pacific Time Zone)
9:30a: Opening Session ( Maria Graciela Alcid, Kawai Lai, Reanne Young)Love in the Time of Hate: Making AAPI Solidarity Visible (and Visual)
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10:30a: Concurrent Workshops Session II
Workshop C: (Susan Yao) Showing Up for our Siblings of Color: Building Solidarity
Workshop D: (Tim Rosenwong) "Diversity" in the Canon of Literature: Asian Representation in the Black/White Paradigm of Race
11:30a Leadership Panels and Unconference
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​12:20p Closing Wrap-up
