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Presentation originally made for ECAASU '12 by Carla Navoa and Justin Valas, revamped by Tony Choi for APIA Awakening workshop at University of Florida.
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session. Thank you.
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A Space
for APIA
Youth
Why do we
need our own
space?
Connect with others who
share a similar history.
Photo credit: Tony Choi
Understand cultural values
and community attitudes
Photo credit: Yongho Kim for KRC
Identifying with the people
you share your story
Photo credit: Justin Valas
…it’s our issue too!
Photo credit: Jane Yoo for NAKASEC
Country of Birth 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
All Countries 8,460,000 10,490,000 11,310,000 11,780,000 11,600,000 10,750,000 10,790,000
Mexico 4,680,000 5,970,000 6,570,000 6,980,000 7,030,000 6,650,000 6,640,000
El Salvador 430,000 470,000 510,000 540,000 570,000 530,000 620,000
Guatemala 290,000 370,000 430,000 500,000 430,000 480,000 520,000
Honduras 160,000 180,000 280,000 280,000 300,000 320,000 330,000
Philippines 200,000 210,000 280,000 290,000 300,000 270,000 280,000
India 120,000 280,000 210,000 220,000 160,000 200,000 200,000
Ecuador 110,000 120,000 150,000 160,000 170,000 170,000 180,000
Brazil 100,000 170,000 210,000 190,000 180,000 150,000 180,000
Korea (ROK) 180,000 210,000 230,000 230,000 240,000 200,000 170,000
China 190,000 230,000 170m000 290,000 220,000 120,000 130,000
Other Countries 2,000,000 2,280,000 2,290,000 2,100,000 2,000,000 1,650,000 1,550,000
Country of birth of
#undocumented
immigrants in the U.S. Source: Department
of Homeland Security
Anti-
Immigrant
Anti-Asian
History
Photo credit: Flickr/Terry McCombs
1882
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1907
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1944
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1952
Problems
and
Solutions
America
needs
immigrants.
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It exploits…
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criminalizes…
…and deports them.
Model Minority
Photo credit: Flickr/madaboutasia
This is not
what model
minority is!
Photo credit: (top) UBC Library / (botton) mhonpoo
Perfect
families!
Perfect
students!
We internalize these
narratives and expect
that we are alone in
our struggles.
We internalize these
narratives and expect
that we are alone in
our struggles.
#droptheiword
Forging
New
Pathways
Forward
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Lee video here
Sharing our
stories
#undocumented
#unafraid
#unapologetic
Photo credit: Jani Kim (left) / Keish Kim (right)
Civil
disobedience Photo credit: Ju Hong (left) / Maria Marroquin (right)
ACTION!
Session
Review
We need our
own space.
This is not a
new issue in
our community.
Societal
pressure
shames us! [And it shouldn’t]
TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Presentation by
Tony Choi M.K.,
Carla K. Navoa,
&
Justin Valas
#TeamAngryAsianHulk
Originally made for East Coast Asian American
Student Union Conference ‘12 at Duke University
Feel free to distribute, give credit to where it’s due.
No copyright infringement intended.
For educational purposes only.
Photo credit: Flickr/Slick Vic
