Many of our campuses’ APIDA spaces came into being in the wake of student protest and political contention. Decades later, we risk forgetting these histories. The AARC and CAPAS are carrying out archival projects meant to preserve institutional memory and share the history of 5C APIDA student life and organizing.
Tag: Asian American
Preserving our past: A look at the CAPAS Archive Project
On April 21, the Pitzer Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) showcased their student-led Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Archive Project, which collects and preserves APIDA history across the 5Cs.
Dear Roommate: Who am I if not my race?
Having recently joined the Asian American Mentor Program, advice columnist Ellie Chi PO ’28 reflects on affinity groups and the nuances of belonging.
Mid-autumn festival lights up the 5Cs
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a cherished tradition commemorating harvest in many Asian cultures. Held annually on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival fell on Tuesday, Sept. 17 of the Gregorian calendar this year. Students across the 5Cs gathered to celebrate, participating in
APIDA 5C Night Market: Food, Community, and Fun
Around 400 students flocked to the Scripps Bowling Green to enjoy snack-sized Asian food from nine 5C Asian affinity groups at the 5C Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Night Market.
OPINION: Queer Imposter Syndrome as an Asian American
At the 5C’s, the queer experience fills every corner of campus life, but Anjali Suva PO ’27 often finds herself outside of the loop.
Filipinx students revive Tagalog language table at Oldenborg
The Tagalog language table at Pomona College’s Oldenborg dining hall, which stopped operations in 2020, was revived in October following student organizing supported by the Filipinx-American Student Association (Kasama). Originally established in 2013, the language table provides a vital space for Filipinx students and staff to improve their Tagalog skills, connect and build community. Student leaders are advocating for the introduction of Tagalog courses and seeking to further improve Southeast Asian representation at the 7Cs.
OPINION: Stop homogenizing the Asian American experience
Hollywood is witnessing a rise in Asian-American representation — but, according to guest writer Zeean Firmeza PO ’26, there’s still a ways to go.
‘American Dreams/Asian Nightmares’ combats anti-Asian hate through performance
At the Garrison Theater on Saturday, Oct. 29, father-son duo Hao Huang and Micah Huang PZ ’13 performed “American Dreams/Asian Nightmares.”
OPINION: Not speaking your parents’ native language doesn’t make you a bad Asian American
Not speaking our parents’ native language fluently is not a result of our personal failures but rather the result of our circumstances and upbringing, argues Alexander Chao PO ‘25.