Course curriculum

This self-paced mini-course provides an overview of Asian American activism historically and in the contemporary moment.

    1. Welcome to the Asian American Activism Course!

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    2. What's in this module? (Required)

    3. Book Talk: "Contemporary Asian American Activism: Building Movements for Liberation" by Dr. Diane C. Fujino & Dr. Robyn M. Rodriguez

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    4. "Model Minority Mutiny" by Soya Jung

    5. "Unmasking Yellow Peril" by 18 Million Rising

    6. "The Legibility of Asian American Activism Studies," by Dr. Diane C. Fujino & Dr. Robyn M. Rodriguez.

    7. Webinar: Unite to Fight (How To Run a Campaign) with Raymond Castillo

    8. Political Education in a Time of Rebellion

    1. What's in this module? (Required)

    2. Presentation: "Nuanced Understandings of Immigration History" by Dr. Rodriguez

    3. Website: A Different Asian American Timeline (Required)

    4. Website: History of Angel Island Immigration Station (Optional)

    5. Asian American History - Suggested Readings List

    1. What's in this module? (Required)

    2. "Politics and Social Movements: An Overview," Presentation by Dr. Rodriguez

    3. "The Rise of the Asian American Movement," Presentation by Dr. Rodriguez

    4. Excerpt from "Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties" by Karen Ishizuka

    5. Book Talk by Karen Ishizuka

    6. The Asian American Movement - Suggested Readings List

    1. What's in this module? (Required)

    2. Video: Student Organizing II

    3. From the archives: Asian American Political Alliance General Statement, 1968

    4. "On Strike! San Francisco State College Strike, 1968-1969: The Role of Asian American Students," by Karen Umemoto

    5. Dr. Ga Young Chung discusses Korean Undocumented Youth Activism (Go to 43:43).

    6. "KNOw History/KNOw Self: Khmer Youth Organizing for Justice in Long Beach," by Monisha Das Gupta

    7. Webinar: "Political Education and Radical Pedagogy" hosted by UCLA Asian American Studies Center

    8. "Are They Political? Examining Asian American College Students' Civic Engagement," by Laura Wray-Lake, Julia Tang, Christine Victorino

    9. "San Francisco's International Hotel Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement" by Estella Habal. Read Pages 14, 23-32, 55–57, 59–63.

    10. "PACE, A Critical Link in Filipino American History" by Juanita Tamayo Lott

    11. PACE [Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor] Statement

    12. Student Organizing - Suggested Readings List

    1. What's in this module? (Required)

    2. Video: Student Organizing I - Cross-Racial Student Organizing in 1990s California

    3. Video: Javaid Tariq - CROSS RACIAL SOLIDARITY

    4. "Race, Struggle and Solidarity in the Time of A Global Pandemic" by People's Collective for Justice and Liberation

    5. "This Tree Needs Water!: A Case Study on the Radical Potential of Afro-Asian Solidarity in the Era of Black Lives Matter" by Jeanelle K. Hope

    6. "#Asians4BlackLives: Notes from the Ground," by May Fu, et al.

    7. Website: #Asians4BlackLives

    8. Cross Racial Solidarity - Suggested Readings List

    1. Lecture on "Internationalism"

    2. "Interracialism, Internationalism, and Intersections of Gender and Race" by Daryl Joji Maeda

    3. Video: Pam Tau Lee - INTERNATIONALISM II

    4. Website: Grassroots Global Justice

    5. Video: Niko Cababa (BAYAN) - INTERNATIONALISM

    6. Video: BAYAN USA

    7. Internationalism - Suggested Readings List

About this course

  • 3 x $53.00
  • 46 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

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