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APIDA Student Center Events
APIDA College Day
Each Spring semester, the Asian Pacific Islander Desi College Day offers a full day of workshops, events, and activities to promote early awareness of college and career preparation to Asian Pacific Islander Desi students and their families.
APIDA Leadership Summit
The full-day summit brings together community advocates, policymakers, and organizations to raise students’ awareness about APIDA community history, issues, and current advocacy efforts to create positive change. Students will be able to EXPLORE THEIR IDENTITY, BUILD LEADERSHIP SKILLS & BECOME A BETTER ADVOCATE.
The summit is free to students and held every Spring semester.
APIDA Speaker Series
The Speaker Series reflects the mission of the center to foster the understanding of the social, cultural and educational experiences and issues that impact APIDA students and their communities. Each semester, the series will introduce students to diverse perspectives, open discussion and bring together the campus community to identify solutions and/or opportunities to elevate and advance student success.
The Speaker Series events are free and open to the public.
APIDA Welcome Week
Each Fall semester, the APIDA Welcome Week goal is to promote an appreciation for and education of the complex history, culture and tradition of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American communities and people who represent over forty countries and hundreds of languages among members of the Sacramento State community. Each day during this week of celebration is led by a different community organization to increase students’ community connections as a vehicle to expand resources to support their success.
Taste of Asia and the Pacific
Taste of Asia and the Pacific goal is to promote Asian and Pacific Islander traditions, history, and culture through cuisine from various regions of Asia and Asian Pacific Islander communities in Sacramento. Once a year, restaurants from the region come to campus and are a catalyst for conversations that bring faculty, staff and students together. The Taste of Asia and the Pacific supports the Asian Pacific Islander Desi College Day, an event to promote early awareness of college to high school students and support student scholarships.
The APIDA Student Art Contest
The APIDA Student Art Contest winners were selected by faculty, staff and community members of original works that will be displayed in the APIDA Center. Congratulations to all the submissions.
AAPI Policy Statewide Summit 2024
More information, forthcoming…..
In collaboration with the APIDA center, the California Asian American & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, and the California Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Chao Vang, Assistant Vice President, Educational Equity Programs and Student Success
California State University, Sacramento chao.vang@csus.edu
Isa Whalen, Senate Consultant
California Asian American & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus (AAPILC) Isa.Whalen@sen.ca.gov
Khydeeja Alam, Executive Director
CA Commission on Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA) Khydeeja Alam, Khydeeja.Alam@capiaa.ca.gov