Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month

APIDAHM Presents: ACEC Virtual Cafe Hour, featuring Dr. Jennifer Sano-Franchini

April 1, 2020, 3 - 4 p.m.

• Zoom link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/106015707
• Please join us for the FIRST ACEC Virtual Cafe Hour of the month. Every week in April we will be hosting one on Wednesdays from 3 - 4 p.m. Contact Dr. Nina Ha if you have any questions.

Anti-Asian Panic and the Pandemic: A Virtual Teach-In

April 2, 2020, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

In response to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. political authorities and media sources have increased anti-Chinese and anti-Asian rhetoric. Subsequently, there has been an intensification of anti-Asian harassment and discrimination throughout the United States. Anti-Asian discourse is of course not necessarily new during times of crisis in the United States. Indeed, public health and economic panics of the late nineteenth century was deeply intertwined with anti-Chinese vigilante violence and state legislation, resulting in the infamous 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Anti-Asian rhetoric, therefore, is not merely an expression of xenophobia or bigotry, but has severe systemic and deeply structural consequences, shaping the everyday lives of Asians and Asian Americans in the United States. This teach-in will shed light on how to critically engage with anti-Asian discourse and what kinds of collective and individual strategies Asians and Asian Americans (and allies) can do for our communities during these exceptional and precarious times. Invited speakers include faculty and students from the humanities and sciences.

Zoom Meeting Information:

• Join Zoom Meeting: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/304608745
• Meeting ID: 304 608 745

APIDAHM Presents: Virtual Café Hour/Officer Interest Meeting

April 8, 2020, 3 - 4 p.m.

• Join us here: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/104144021