What you get from taking this course:

  • Access to reputable historical, journalistic and scholarly sources (no fake news here!)

  • Knowledge from an expert (she literally wrote the book on the topic!) who is also a highly-regarded community leader with long-time activist and organizing experience

  • A judgement-free space to discuss current struggles and devise strategies to address them

  • Connection with like-minded folks who are committed to social and ecological justice

Course curriculum

This is part 1 of a 2-part course that can go towards the Applied Ethnic Studies certificate. Lectures will begin on July 17th 2025. There will be optional opportunities for in-person lectures and discussions, experiential learning, and/or land-based learning. To earn the Applied Ethnic Studies certificate, 3 additional courses will need to be completed.

    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?

    2. Lecture on "Internationalism"

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

    4. Video: Niko Cababa (BAYAN) - INTERNATIONALISM

    5. Video: BAYAN USA

    6. Internationalism - Suggested Readings List
  • Payment Plan
  • Real-time lectures (on-line)
  • Autographed book from author (the instuctor)

Instructor

Founder Dr. Robyn Rodriguez

Dr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is a highly accomplished researcher as well as a beloved educator and mentor who left her career as a university professor to establish SLE. Shortly after founding SLE, Dr. Rodriguez also founded Remagination Farm, a farm, learning center, healing & arts space. SLE and Remagination are not-for-profit social enterprises that are sibling organizations to the Amado Khaya Initiative, which honors the activist work of the late Amado Khaya Canham Rodriguez, Dr. Rodriguez's eldest son, who passed away at the age of 22 while serving indigenous communities in the Philippines. More about Dr. Rodriguez can be found on her website, drrobynrodriguez.com.

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