UC Berkeley APASA

Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with a tour of the Ethnic Studies Library. We still have spots available for the 5pm tour!
RSVP now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWm2Dfd-GRYQXPBeiAyNEBplE7WVJrRulrPrA-QJk8FLilBg/viewform

Join us this Thursday, May 2 for our 📚Book Swap! Bring a book, take a book. Co-hosted with the Coalition of Ethnic Staff Organizations, take this opportunity to meet friends old and new across the various Berkeley communities.
5/2 12-1pm | Cesar Chavez Patio
RSVP now! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffbKeJ2NlW98QhHdhFbVEhDhqr15-s9n0xV3tXQGSxaj-Miw/viewform

Join your fellow APASA community members at our Monthly Happy Hour Thursday April 18, 4:30-6pm at Raleigh's Pub!

Look for other APASA members, we'll have name tags on. We'll be near the patio area in the back of the space. No RSVP needed.

Join your APASA community for 🙂Happy Hour at East Bay Spice Company on Thursday March 21, 4pm-6pm. 🧉Drinks and food🥘 will be on your own, no RSVP required. We'll have nametags and the APASA banner to designate an area for us. Join Us!
For questions, contact Joanie Ly, Co-Chair for Community and Social Programs at [email protected]
View the East Bay Spice Co. menu: https://www.eastbayspiceco.com/menu

🗓Reminder: The APASA Book📖 Club will meet virtually on Wednesday, March 20 at Noon. A Zoom link will be sent before the meeting by email.

By popular vote, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo was selected for our first read.

If you haven't finished the book by the meeting, but would still like to join us in community, please do!

If you have any questions or would like to attend, please contact us: https://forms.gle/WNPmd4UPJ1P8uu7GA

Happy Lunar New Year 🧧 from your APASA family!
This week we held our annual LNY Celebration at Berkeley Haas’s Wells Fargo Room. Thank you to the Vietnamese Student Association, who performed a very exciting Lion Dance. Congratulations to our Exceptional Professional Award winners Michelle Radford and Cat Ming Hubbard and this year’s Sunny Low Award recipient Melissa Urbano. Appreciations go to our APASA community members who show up for us. And special thanks to our APASA Steering Committee for another fun event.

Have you eaten yet?
Are you ready for the APASA cookbook? Premiering at the Lunar New Year Celebration this Tuesday, 2/20, Cheit Hall room C420. Meet us there to pick up your copy!

APASA is requesting nominations for the esteemed Sunny Low Award and Exceptional Professional Award. Each award shall honor a staff member at UC Berkeley who has demonstrated outstanding service and commitment to the campus community. The recipient of each award shall have made a positive impact on the AAPI community in the areas of service, mentorship, and equity & inclusion.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024.
Exceptional Professional Award: https://forms.gle/xtXZYzt8XFi4qeTW7
Sunny Low Award: https://forms.gle/Rg55V4WSCHC7zT3q7

Exceptional Professional Award: There may be up to 2 winners. The award recipients will each receive a $200 stipend & a framed certificate.
Sunny Low Award: The recipient will receive a $400 stipend & a plaque.

These awards will be presented at the annual APASA Lunar New Year Celebration on February 20, 2024.

For questions, please contact Phuong Tang, APASA Membership & Assessment Chair at [email protected].

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with your UC Berkeley APASA community!
RSVP and place your lunch order here (by Feb. 12 to ensure that the order is received): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ6OxjbeVBpCfb4OfNfSHfvdcy1RH66sEbD9qmgK1l6yyZMw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Hope to see 👀you there! All are welcome.

APASA is requesting nominations for the esteemed Sunny Low Award and APASA Exceptional Professional Award. Each award shall honor a staff member at UC Berkeley who has demonstrated outstanding service and commitment to the campus community. The recipient of each award shall have made a positive impact on the API community in the areas of service, mentorship, and equity & inclusion.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024.
Exceptional Professional Award: https://forms.gle/xtXZYzt8XFi4qeTW7

Sunny Low Award:
https://forms.gle/Rg55V4WSCHC7zT3q7

These awards will be presented at the annual APASA Lunar New Year & Spring Celebration on February 20, 2024 (more details to come). For questions, please contact Phuong Tang, APASA Membership & Assessment Chair at [email protected].

Nomination form: APASA Exceptional Professional Award
There may be up to 2 winners. The award recipients will each receive a $200 stipend & a framed certificate.
Nomination form: APASA Sunny Low Award
The Sunny Low award recipient will receive a $400 stipend & a plaque.

Award recipients will be announced at the annual APASA Lunar New Year & Spring Celebration.

Spend your lunch hour trading books and bites with members from APASA and the Coalition of Ethnic Staff Organizations. All participants will receive a raffle ticket for our upcoming APASA cookbook.
RSVP with 🔗in bio.

Join us for our first outing of the fall semester! On Sunday, December 3, we’ll meet for lunch at Sam's Eatery at 11:30am then head over to the Asian Art Museum around 1pm for its free-admission Sunday. (The newly opened special exhibition, The Heart of Zen, requires separate admission at $15).

RSVP: https://forms.gle/vbh3WjW1QmsRgt3VA