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The Asian American Cultural Center's Stop Asian Hate program explores the impact of anti-Asian hate on our community. We discuss the impact of COVID, the history of anti-Asian rhetoric and laws in the US, and anti-racism activism. We offer workshops and education with the goal to build solidarity and trust among the campus community.

Current Events

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Spring 2024
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Food for Thought: Surstaviving Japanese American Incarceration: Striving for Equality & Eliminating Racism

  • Date: February 20, 2024
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Alice Murata, Northeastern Illinois University

Food for Thought: Language Identity & Rights: Remember the 50th Anniversary of Lau v. Nichols

  • Date: February 27, 2024
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Trish Morita-Mullaney, Purdue University 

Food for Thought: Beyond Stereotypes" Understanding Student Perceptions of East Asians

  • Date: March 19, 2024
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Angela Lyons, Da Eun Kim, Qiaoyi Nie, UIUC

Food for Thought: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant: A Memoir

  • Date: April 2, 2024
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Curtis Chin, Community Organizer & Documentarian

 

Archive of Past Events

Fall 2023

Food for Thought: Japanese American Activism: From Barbed Wire to Reparations

  • Date: September 12, 2023
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Rob Buscher, Artist-Activist

Food for Thought: Too Muslim to be American: The Racialization of American Muslims

  • Date: October 24, 2023
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Speaker: Asena Karipek, Doctoral Student in the Department of Sociology

Summer 2023

Arts and Asian Americans in a Changing Society

  • Date: June 2, 2023
  • Time: 2pm-3:30pm
  • Location: Zoom
  • Panelists:
    Jay Xu, Director and CEO, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
    Dacia Xu, Founder and Owner of Qualia Contemporary, Palo Alto, CA
    Jason Finkelman, Director of Global Arts Performance Initiatives at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
    Xiaoze Xie, Professor, School of Humanities and Sciences, Department of Art & Art History, Stanford University
  • Moderated by: Dr. Chen Shen, Co-Chief Curator, Art and Culture, Royal Ontario Museum
  • AACC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by Yellow Peril Redux: From Coolies to Concentration Camps, Trade Wars and Coronavirus (Funded by UIUC's Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program)

Fred Korematsu's Fight Against Yellow Peril, Then and Now

  • Date: June 23, 2023
  • Time: 2pm-3pm
  • Location: Zoom
  • Presented by: Dr. Karen Korematsu, Founder and Executive Director, The Fred Korematsu Institute
  • Chaired by: Dr. David Chih, Director, Asian American Cultural Center
  • AACC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by Yellow Peril Redux: From Coolies to Concentration Camps, Trade Wars and Coronavirus (Funded by UIUC's Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program)

Spring 2023

Food for Thought: Nikkeijin Illinois: An Exhibition on the Japanese American Experience

  • Date: February 14, 2023
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Jason Finkelman, Guest Curator, Spurlock Museum

Food for Thought: Anti-Asian Hate and Public Statements

  • Date: March 28, 2023
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Dr. C. Aujean Lee, University of Oklahoma

When Did East Asians Become Yellow?

  • Date: April 14, 2023
  • Time: 11am-12pm
  • Location: Zoom
  • Presented by: Dr. Michael Keevak, National Taiwan University
  • Moderated by: Dr. Craig Koslofsky, University of Illinois
  • AACC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by Yellow Peril Redux: From Coolies to Concentration Camps, Trade Wars and Coronavirus (Funded by UIUC's Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program)

The Attack on DEI in Higher Education: A Teach-In on Affirmative Action

  • Date: April 17, 2023
  • Time: 5:30pm-7pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Will Yepsen, AACC Intern

Redefining Our Narrative: A Dialogue on Asian Identity and Hate in America

  • Date: April 18, 2023
  • Time: 5pm-7pm
  • Location: Burrill Hall 124
  • Panelists: Gina Yu, Dr. Sang Lee, Arielle Alibudbud, Anish Sabnis
  • AACC is a co-sponsor of this event presented by Kappa Pi Beta

 

Fall 2022

Food for Thought: "I Ain't No FOB: Exploring FOBism in the Asian American Community"

  • Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Dr. Kenneth Wang, Fuller Theological Seminary

Stop Asian Hate Panel Discussion: The impact of anti-Asian hate on mental health, families, and our community"

  • Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
  • Time: 5pm-6:15pm
  • Location: Spurlock Museum's Knight Auditorium
  • Moderator: Dr. David Chih, Director of the AACC
  • Panelists:
    • Dr. Russell Jeung, Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University
    • Dr. Teresa Mok, Clinical Psychologist
    • Dr. Kevin Tan, Associate Professor of Social Work and Educational Psychology
    • Gloria Yen, Director of the New American Welcome Center

Food for Thought: "Be Like Water: Combating Anti-Asian Hate During COVID-19"

  • Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Dr. Russell Jeung, Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate

Spring 2022

Food for Thought: Anti-Asian Hate During COVID-19

  • Date: February 15, 2022
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Dr. David Chih, AACC Director

Teach-In: What is Asian Hate?

  • Date: February 17, 2022
  • Time: 6pm-7pm
  • UPDATED LOCATION: Zoom only (due to winter storm/weather)
  • Presented by: Arielle Alibudbud, AACC Intern

Food for Thought: Executive Order 9066 and Japanese Internment

  • Date: February 22, 2022
  • Time: 12pm-1pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Ross Harano

Teach-In: What is Asian Hate?

  • Date: February 22, 2022
  • Time: 6pm-7pm
  • UPDATED LOCATION: Zoom only
  • Presented by: Arielle Alibudbud, AACC Intern

Tabling Event: Spreading Awareness about Stop Asian Hate campaign

  • Date: February 24, 2022
  • POSTPONED: New Date & Location TBA

Film Showing: Vincent Who?

  • Date: February 24, 2022
  • Time: 6pm-7:30pm
  • Location: AACC Lounge
  • Presented by: Dr. Sang Lee, AACC Assistant Director

South Asian American Leadership Conference: When The War Came Home: Reflections on 9/11, Trauma, and South Asian Lives

  • Date: February 28, 2022
  • Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm
  • Location: Zoom
  • Presented by: Dr. Ranjit Bhagwat, Clinical Psychologist