[Tlc] TLC-SEA Student conference

[justinm at ucr.edu]

My name is Monica Khong Seng Thammarath and I am currently a
graduating fourth year at the University of California,
Berkeley.  I am writing on behalf of the Southeast Asian
community on the University of California, Berkeley campus. 
UC Berkeley's Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) is
working collaboratively with the Berkeley Cambodian Student
Association (BCSA), Laotian American Student Representatives
(LASR), and the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) to plan a
Southeast Asian Intercollegiate Summit that would work towards
the SASC mission statement:

"To unite Southeast Asian communities, particularly those
bounded by the historical context of the Viet Nam War, and to
address the social injustices, the economic inequalities, and
political under representation that they face."

On behalf of our community, I would like to invite you, your
organization, and your community to the Southeast Asian
Intercollegiate Summit: (re)EVALUATING & (re)ACTING to our
"Problems"

· WHAT: A nation-wide gathering of college students and/or
young professionals who are community leaders and activists
organizing on behalf of advancing Southeast Asian communities
in the United States.

· WHO: College students and/or young professionals from
various regions of the United States: west, east, south,
mid-west, etc.; various levels of educational institutions:
city colleges, state colleges, state universities, private
schools, etc.; various ethnic communities: Cambodian, Hmong,
Laotian, Mien, Vietnamese, etc.

· WHEN: Friday, 11 January 2008 to Saturday, 12 January 2008

· WHERE: The campus of the University of California, Berkeley

Please Register by 23 November 2007 at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=M4i3nFpJKdrcrCiearqkow_3d_3d


Some goals we'd like to accomplish or consider are:

Provide a space to share and update knowledge on Southeast
Asians on college campuses and in our respective regions;
Develop a network of college students and organizers in the
community
Discuss issues and "problems" in our community; Work together
on an action plan to tackle some of these issues
Perhaps institutionalize this summit or a summit like this in
the future

For more information, questions, or opportunities to
help/contribute, please email: sasc.summit at gmail.com

In Solidarity,

Monica Khong Seng Thammarath
Southeast Asian Student Coalition Intercollegiate Summit
Planning Committee

PS:  Attached are fliers of the summit.  If you would like
SASC to send you fliers so you can distribute to your
community, please email sasc.summit at gmail.com with your name,
your organization, and your mailing address.  Thanks!

-- 
Southeast Asian Student Coalition
University of California, Berkeley
Ethnic Studies Department
506 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2570
sasc.summit at gmail.com

SASC Mission Statement: "To unite Southeast Asian communities,
particularly those bounded by the historical context of the
Viet Nam War, and to address the social injustices, the
economic inequalities, and political under representation that
they face."  

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu