#ethnicstudiesnow

Wouldn't banning these lawmakers make more sense?

Repost from @undocumedia using @RepostRegramApp - Taking a Chican@ Studies class was one of the best decisions of my life 👌🏽💯✊🏾 #EthnicStudiesNow #knowledge #chicano #chicana #chicanx Repost @aztlanflag Would love to take a Chican@ studies class

After today's unprecedented action in Seattle, let's learn a new hashtag: ​#blacklivesmatterinschools

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES NOW ------------- Come voice your SUPPORT for our resolution for an Asian American Studies MAJOR at the Student Assembly meeting TODAY at 4:45 PM in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. We'll have yellow ribbon you can tie on your arm or wrist to show your support! Founded in 1987, the Cornell Asian American Studies Program was the first of its kind in the Ivy League. However, since its creation and despite a growing demand and interest in Asian American Studies in recent years, the Program has remained under-resourced and understaffed as a program that has one of the smallest operating budgets in the College of Arts and Sciences. In this light, we echo the Fall 2015 demands of Black Students United at Cornell University to create a plan for implementing an Asian American Studies major, a Latino Studies major, and an American Indian Studies major by the end of 2016. We call for the establishment of an Asian American Studies Major at Cornell University. BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT: - INTERDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARSHIP because Asian American Studies uses the frameworks of Anthropology, Sociology, History, English and so many other subjects to allow us to understand how societal forces shape the institutions and systems that surround us at the local, national, and global levels. - REPRESENTATION because Asian American Studies is the only place the Asian diaspora can see themselves fully represented in the academic sphere. - EXPRESSION because Asian American Studies is an articulation of the thoughts, experiences, and dynamics of Asian America. - NECESSITY because the pursuit of Asian American Studies is a crucial player in the strengthening of a more inclusive campus and society. - RELEVANCE because Asian American Studies gives students the tools, frameworks, and vocabulary to understand the past, present, and futures in which we live. Read the full letter at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NrBhLliVv3PJ--fyBstdbdnz8ivPGpNWBnjxZnEO0So/edit?usp=sharing Sign your support at: http://tinyurl.com/cornellaasnow Interested in joining the action? Email [email protected]. For more information about the national movement for Asian American Studies, see below: - Cornell's own Asian American Studies Program: http://asianamericanstudies.cornell.edu/ - San Francisco State University's College of Ethnic Studies and the work of the Third World Liberation Front in creating the first program of its kind: http://www.sfsu.edu/news/2008/fall/8.html - Yale Asian American Studies Task Force - Brandeis University's creation of a Faculty-Student Committee for the Establishment of an Asian American Pacific Islander Studies Program in response to the activism of BAATF Brandeis Asian American Task Force: http://www.thejustice.org/article/2016/01/committee-for-asian-american-studies - Northwestern University's recent success for an Asian American Studies Major: http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/asian-american-studies-major-declared-after-20-yea/ - Princeton’s recent commitment to strengthening their Asian American Studies program: https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S44/52/68O97/index.xml?section=featured - University of Illinois’s trajectory in building up their Asian American Studies Program: http://www.asianam.illinois.edu/about/ - Stanford University's Asian American Studies Major and Minor: http://aas.stanford.edu/program.htm