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[justinm at ucr.edu]

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justin

    From: Srida Moua <srida.moua at gmail.com>


    Subject:  Southeast Asian Intercollegiate Summit, "SEA Changes: Continuing the Dialogue, Igniting Action"

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    Dear Community Leader,

    We are writing on behalf of the Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) at the University of California, Berkeley.  SASC is working collaboratively with UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, CSU Fresno, University of the Pacific, Stanford and UVSA 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, "SEA Changes: Continuing the Dialogue, Igniting Action"

    WHAT:          A 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 California (but also open to out-of-state participants)
    - Various educational institutions: community colleges, state colleges, state universities, private school, etc.
    - Various ethnic communities: Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Mien, Vietnamese, etc.
    WHEN:          Friday, 9 January 2009 to Sunday, 11 January 2009
    WHERE:        UC Berkeley campus

    Please Register by 18 November 2008 at: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sasc/registration.php
     
    Some goals we'd like to accomplish are:
    - Provide a space to share and update knowledge about 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
    - Institutionalize a similar summit for the future

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

    In Solidarity,

    Larry Bach & Nora Chandara
    External Chairs
    Intercollegiate Summit Planning Committee

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    Southeast Asian Student Coalition
    University of California, Berkeley
    Ethnic Studies Department
    506 Barrows Hall
    Berkeley, CA 94720-2570
    sea.ics 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."
 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu