5-Day
Symposium Celebrates Asian American Voices
 Smith’s
Asian Student Association will host Asian American Voices
2010, a five-day symposium with lectures, performances and
film screenings focusing on issues around Asian and Asian
American life.
The series, which begins Monday,
March 22, will culminate with a concert, on Friday, March
26, featuring bands Beau Sia, Magnetic North + Taiyo Na,
and IlL-Literacy. All event, except the final concert, are
free.
The complete symposium schedule
is as follows:
Keynote
lecture “New
Challenges and Directions for APIA Studies, Organizing and
Activism in the 21st Century.” Diana Wu. 7:30 p.m.,
Neilson Browsing Room
Film screenings Tao
Nakamura's A Song for Ourselves (35 mins.), and Pilgrimage (22
mins.). Topic: Japanese Internment, APIA immigration history/stories.
7:30 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room
Lecture "South
Asian Politics Within the Asian American Community and Afro-Asian
Connections." Sujani Reddy, Five
College assistant professor of Asian Pacific American studies.
7:30-9 p.m., Graham Hall
Open Mic/Poetry
Slam Guest Performer: Taiyo Na on acoustic. Students
are invited to come and share their poems and stories. 7:30-9
p.m., Graham Hall
Grand Finale
Concert Featuring Performances by Beau Sia, Magnetic
North + Taiyo Na, and ilL-Literacy. Tickets, $5 in advance
(available at events during the week), $10 at the door. 7-11
p.m., John M. Greene Hall
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