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Event
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NAPAWF Contacted
April 2004
InSight Co-chairs contact the national board of NAPAWF (National Asian
Pacific American Women's Forum).
Ideas are shared with board representatives through a phone conference.
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Official Establishment
September 2004
InSight becomes officially registered as an undergraduate
organization at Yale University.
InSight also receives official recognition from NAPAWF as an established
college chapter.
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Faculty Advisor & Member Recruitment
October 2004
InSight meets with Dean Saveena Dhall and Professor Sanda Lwin,
who agree to be faculty advisors for the organization. Member
recruitment begins and several organizational meetings take place.
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InSight Informational Dinner
Meeting
October 28th, 7pm - 9pm @ LC 204
InSight holds an informational dinner meeting for prospective members.
Do you want to be part of an Asian Pacific American women’s
movement?
Do you feel compelled to get involved or are involved in issues
affecting APA women,
from domestic violence and trafficking to welfare
reform and fair wages for workers?
Then attend this informational dinner and find out what InSight and
NAPAWF are all about.
Dinner will be catered from Royal India and Seoul Restaurant.
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APA Women's Leadership Workshop and Forum
by Christina Lagdameo, NAPAWF's DC Chapter Representative & InSight's
Liaison
November 6th, 11am - 3pm @ WLH 002
NAPAWF representative Christina Lagdameo visits InSight and speaks to
members at an APA women's leadership workshop and forum.
Workshop on NAPAWF issues and strategic planning.
Forum on APA women's
leadership issue, such as:
* What it means to be an APA Feminist, Activist, and Leader at Yale
University
* What it means to be a part of an APA women's movement
* How you can get involved to support the economic, social and
political empowerment of
APA women and girls
Please see flyer for more information:
www.yale.edu/insight/apa_event.pdf
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Asian Pacific American Women's
Collegiate Conference
November 12th - 13th @ Cornell University
InSight members travel to Cornell University to attend the Asian Pacific
American Women's Collegiate Conference. Shannon, Sallie, and Suraiya
facilitate Workshop Session IV of the conference on "Collegiate APA
Feminist Organizing."
The Asian Pacific American Women's Collegiate Conference, hosted on
Cornell's campus, was the first of its kind, inviting Asian American
females from colleges across the US to create awareness about the issues
they face under this unique identity. The organization that ran this
conference was Cornell University's Asian Pacific Americans for Action (APAA).
More information on InSight at APAWCC
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InSight
General Meeting
February 3rd, 9pm - 10pm @ Branford Common Room
We set goals, shared ideas, planned events for the semester, provided
updates on NAPAWF, distributed fact sheets, and discussed issues.
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Weekly Dinner Meetings Begin
Beginning February 10th, every Thursday, 5:30pm @
Law School Dining Hall
InSight starts weekly dinner meetings as a chance to meet everyone in a
small group and informal setting.
Later in the semester we hope to invite APA women faculty members to
join us (eg. Dean Saveena Dhall, Professor Sanda Lwin, Law School
Professor Jean Koh Peters).
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Cultural Awareness Program
February 4th & 11th @ Celentano and
Prince-Welch Elementary Schools
InSight did a short presentation to two fifth grade classes on the diversity of Asian
countries, cultures, and languages.
Activity consisted of teaching students to speak and write a few words in
different Asian languages.
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NAPAWF Face-to-Face Governing Board Meeting
January 16th @ Washington, DC
Co-Chairs Sallie and Shannon traveled to Washington, DC to attend the
NAPAWF Face-to-Face national board meeting as Yale chapter
representatives.
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East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU)
February 19th @ University of
Pennsylvania
Sallie, Shannon, and Karin attended the annual ECAASU conference held at
University of Pennsylvania.
More information on NAPAWF at ECAASU
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NAPAWF's New York
City Chapter House Party Fundraiser
February 26th, 8pm @ Harlem, New York City
NAPAWF's New York Chapter has invited us to attend their House Party
Fundraiser.
ONGAKU
Creating power for women’s leadership
Weaving progressive politics and music (“ongaku”)
People and community
HOUSE PARTY in HARLEM
FUNdraiser for NAPAWF-New York
Saturday February 26, 2005
8pm-12am
Wine, beer, soda, and hors d’oeuvres served
Free admissions for InSight members
* Come mix and mingle with other progressive folx. Meet
progressive APA sisters and their friends.
* Meet the next generation of leaders from NAPAWF’s
Yale chapter.
* Support our work in developing APA women and girls’
leadership on issues of civil rights,
economic justice, reproductive
justice, human tracking and immigration issues.
* Silent Auction of beautiful jewelry from a local
Brooklyn designer, art, Broadway tix and other goodies!
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InSight's
Editorial in the Yale Daily News
April 14th @ New Haven, CT
InSight Co-Chairs Sallie Kim and Shannon Stockdale published a guest
column in the Opinion Section of the Yale Daily News in response to the
Princeton incident.
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A week ago, InSight, the only Asian-American
women's organization on campus, gathered for a weekly dinner
meeting, and the topic of conversation turned to the prevalence of
the "Asian fetish" in American culture. We discussed the social
significance of this obsessive sexual fixation on Asian women in a
larger context, including the stereotyped portrayal of Asian women
in the media and its relation to the growing mail-order bride
industry.
What we didn't realize at the time of the discussion was the
disgusting form that this fetish had taken on a nearby college
campus. Recently, Princeton graduate student Michael Lohman admitted
to police that he had been silently terrorizing more than 50 Asian
women on campus by clipping snippets of their hair, spraying them
with his urine and pouring his semen or urine in their drinks at
university dining halls when they weren't looking. After three years
of these repulsive acts, investigators finally caught up with and
arrested Lohman last week. They searched his campus apartment and
found stolen underwear and women's hair stuffed into mittens that he
had been using for sexual self-gratification.
Many might discredit this news as an isolated incident of
perversity, but the fact is that there is a pattern in which Asian
women are targeted for sexual fetishes, harassment and assaults,
even on college campuses..." |
Read the rest of the article here:
www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29233
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