Asian American Student Union at UWF

Hello friends :)

Hope everyone has had a happy new year! Are you looking to brush up on your Japanese skills for 2021? UWF Continuing Education has two Japanese classes that will be offered this semester!

These classes will be held virtually and meeting links will be sent to those who register for classes.

💕 Spread some love on Chinese Valentine’s Day! 💕

The Consulate-General of Japan in Miami will be hosting a Virtual Summer Festival series on social media!

Every Friday in August, we will feature a new video and showcase performers of traditional Japanese arts throughout Florida. Tune in each week and experience all the energy and fun of a Japanese festival without ever leaving home! Check out our schedule and featured performers below:

8/7 Fushu Daiko - Taiko
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/cgjmiami/videos/736137933852491/

8/14 Kashimon Dojo- Kyudo, Iaido and Karatedo 樫門道場 - Kyudo
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=328462271852763

8/21 Urasenke Ichimura-kai - Tea Ceremony
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1411940359014543&extid=sUFnBh5Zc0Rzainl

8/28 Matsuriza - Taiko
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/cgjmiami/videos/608244086514043/?extid=qWvYpni6DFStOzl1

Pensacola Buddhist Temple makes thousands of free homemade masks for the public

Pensacola Buddhist Temple makes thousands of free homemade masks for the public The Dieu De Buddhist Temple has sewn 2,400 homemade masks since the beginning of April. They are available to the general public for free pickup.

Pensacola Vietnamese community collects gloves, face masks for local hospitals

Shoutout to our local APIA community for stepping up and supporting our healthcare providers! ❤️

Pensacola Vietnamese community collects gloves, face masks for local hospitals PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Vietnamese community of Pensacola has collected more than 40,000 gloves and 900 face masks to donate to Baptist and Sacred Heart hospitals to help amid the coronavirus. Thu-Hong Nguyen is the woman behind the mission. After seeing the reports about the shortage of protective g...

This weekend, we kicked off Spring Break by volunteering at 2 Japanese community events. These events featured special guest who is a free-lance illustrator known for his work on and among others. 🤩
@ St Sylvester Catholic Church

Photos from Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida's post

TONIGHT! Come see what the AASU fam is all about at our 1st spring GBM! Meeting is from 5:30-6:30pm in the International Center. See you there! 🎏 @ University of West Florida

The Lunar New Year is a special time to celebrate family and remember our ancestors. Wishing good fortune to all in the Year of the Metal Rat! 🐁🧧🎉 @ Downtown Pensacola

This year's Lunar New Year Gallery Night event was a HUGE success thanks to our UWF students and staff! The evening featured dragon dances, an Asian fashion show, a red envelope parade, and so many cultural performances from our local Asian-American community!

Photos taken by Catherine and Tyler of the UWF Photography Club.

That’s a wrap for our Lunar New Year Gallery Night event! Shout out to for letting us share so many amazing Asian cultures with you. And thank you to all of our fantastic UWF volunteers and staff! What a way to ring in the Year of the Rat! 🐁🧧🎉
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@ Downtown Pensacola

One more day until and we couldn’t be more excited! Come check out the all the fantastic events and performances by our Asian-American community!
@ Downtown Pensacola

2 MORE DAYS until we light up Palafox for the Lunar New Year! Don’t miss out on this extraordinary event! Event is 5-9pm in Downtown Pensacola. See you there! 🐁🧧

GOOOOOOOO ARGOS!!!! 🏈

Just a few choice photos from the UWF Center for Asian Studies Launch Party last Friday. What an unforgettable way to end our first semester as the AASU! 🌏
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@ UWF Conference Center & Event Services

Our Korean fan dance group 사랑스런 나비 “The Lovely Butterflies” is ready for their debut performance tomorrow night at the CAS Launch Party! The event starts at 6pm inside the UWF Conference Center. Don’t miss it! 🦋

Just TWO more days until the Center for Asian Studies launch party! We have a ton of performances lined up and a lot of good food prepared for everyone! We hope to see you guys there this Friday from 6-8 in the UWF Conference Center!

TOMORROW NIGHT @ 6pm! Join us for our first Game Night inside the International Center Rm. 136! Bring your party games, board games, Nintendo Switch games and it’s GAME ON!

If you have Kimono, 50% for wearing it at Sake Cafe!

Congratulations to our AASU officers, who walked away with 1st Place and $1000 for their Social Entrepreneurship concept: Poppa T’s Sweet Shop!

Come support the AASU at the Da Vinci Innovation Celebration from 12-3pm in the Commons Auditorium!

Don’t forget to vote for us by either sharing a picture of our board with the hashtag
and tagging on social media! @ UWF Commons Auditorium

Today, our officers visited C.A. Weis Elementary School and taught K-3rd graders about the Japanese Maneki Neko and the tale of Momotaro. 🐈🍑👦
@ C. A. Weis Elementary School

You bring the moves, we’ll teach you the steps! Join us for our FINAL BibimBop class for “Killing Me” this Friday (Nov. 1) from 2-3pm inside the HLS Green Studio! Cost is $5 per session. 🕺🏻