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A great conversation with Te-Ping Chen, author of "Land of Big Numbers," the first book in the center's Summer Book Club lineup. https://datebook.sfchronicle.com//oakland-author-uses-obse There's still time to read the book before our first meeting on June 23! For more information: http://usfblogs.usfca.edu//join-a-community-of-readers-in/

"Land of Big Numbers," the first book in our Summer Book Club lineup, is "a 'stirring and brilliant' debut story collection, offering vivid portrayals of the men and women of modern China and its diaspora, 'both love letter and sharp social criticism,' from a phenomenal new literary talent bringing great 'insight from her years as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal' (Elle). Join us on June 23rd to discuss this fascinating look at contemporary Chinese society! This book is available as an e-book through Gleeson Library. https://usfblogs.usfca.edu//join-a-community-of-readers-i/ #usfca

Join a community of readers interested in the Asia Pacific this summer! We’ve had such fun reading with you in the past, we’ve decided to offer another summer book club. We’ll provide the online link, the moderator, and the community of fellow readers interested in learning more about the Asia Pacific region; you provide the book. We’ve selected three fascinating books ranging from a collection of short stories set in contemporary China to a North Korean’s defector story to t...he memoirs of a Japanese colonist in Manchuria and her homecoming to Japan. Join us for any or all of the book club meetings. Reserve your spot today! https://usfblogs.usfca.edu//join-a-community-of-readers-i/ #usfca See more

We encourage you to attend this event featuring two of our Center’s Merit fellowship recipients and USF History Department’s Professor James Zarsadiaz! Register now for the When YOUth Vote Amplify Asian Voices Summit on May 8th! Connect with Asian youth activists and Asian authors to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander History month and denounce anti-AAPI hate and violence. Everyone is welcome to attend and stand in solidarity with the AAPI community. ... When YOUth Vote Presents: Amplify Asian Voices Saturday, May 8th, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PDT) Online via Zoom Featured Speakers: Ashlyn So, 13 Year Old #StopAsianHate Activist and Fashion Designer, and Evan Mathew Chan, Author of op-ed, Find Strength in the Face of Hate REGISTRATION LINK: https://tinyurl.com/AmplifyAsianVoices When YOUth Vote’s mission is to amplify youth voices and civic engagement in the causes we care most about. Amplify Asian Voices will feature speakers: Ashlyn So, 13 Year Old Activist and Fashion Designer who organized the AAPI rally in San Mateo and Evan Matthew Chan, the author of the op-ed, Asian Americans rise above the fear to find strength in the face of hate which was recently published in the SF Examiner. We will be doing a GIVEAWAY where youth can enter to get funding for their idea or project to increase youth civic engagement or voting! We will be giving away up to $100! To enter, you must attend one full panel in the Google Form we will send during the event. Rules will be explained during the opening remarks. Attendees will be mailed free Amplify Asian Voices and When YOUth Vote stickers. While supplies last and priority given to youth because we are a youth focused organization. The event will feature two amazing panels: Why Act Now?: The Urgency of Activism in 2021 Panelists: Mia Rios, Founder of Triple A Movement, Kaye Chin, Boston University’s Asian Student Union, Mina Fedor, 7th Grader and Founder of AAPI Youth Rising, Priscilla Kim Ong, Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation intern Writing Our Truths: Asian Americans in the Humanities Panelists: Evan Matthew Chan, USF activist and journalist, Valerie Luu, 1/2 of Chinatown Pretty and Rice Paper Scissors, Dr. James Zarsadiaz, Associate

A Thousand Cuts: Film Screening & Discussion Monday, May 3, 2021 5:30 6:30 p.m. Online - Zoom Webinar... RSVP HERE: https://www.usfca.edu//thousand-cuts-film-screening-discus Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/Gy_gWR0dEpY The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies and Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program welcome Dr. Sheila Coronel (Columbia University) for a conversation about the award winning documentary, A Thousand Cuts. The film follows Maria Ressa, Rappler’s CEO and investigative journalist who has become a target of President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on the news media in the Philippines. The conversation will feature Dr. Coronel (consultant on the film) and USF’s James Zarsadiaz, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Yuchengco Philippine Studies Program. We encourage you to watch the film the weekend of April 30th so that you can join in the conversation. Watch the film on PBS Frontline: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/a-thousand-cuts/ About the film: Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free pressand her freedomon the line in defense of truth and democracy. Produced, written and directed by Ramona S. Diaz (IMELDA, MOTHERLAND). https://www.athousandcuts.film/about Sheila Coronel is the Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism; Director, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. #usfca