Asian Pacific Islander Thriving

Advocacy and Leadership

• Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
• APIA Scholars Elevating Leaders Summit
• Rutgers Center for MSIs: ELEVATE

Grant and Partnership Opportunities

• Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grants, internships and partnerships for UCI faculty, staff and students

Research

• Moving Past the Model Minority Myth: UCI as an AAPI Thriving Campus
• National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE)
• UCI Department of Asian American Studies
• UCI Southeast Asian Archive
• Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at UCI

Advocacy and Leadership

• Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
• APIA Scholars Elevating Leaders Summit
• Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions

Grant and Partnership Opportunities

• Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grants, internships and partnerships for UCI faculty, staff and students

Research

• Moving Past the Model Minority Myth: UCI as an Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Campus (March 2016)
• National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE)
• UCI Department of Asian American Studies
• UCI Southeast Asian Archive
• Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at UCI

Staff Organizations at UCI

• Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Staff & Faculty Association

Advocacy and Leadership

• Asian American Pacific Islander Leadership Seminar
• Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
• Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA)
• APIA Scholars Elevating Leaders Summit
• CIEE Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship
• Southeast Asian Retention Through Creating Hxstory
• Southeast Asian Student Association (SASA)
• Southeast Asian Success Youth Conference
• SASA’s 5^th Annual SEA Success Youth Conference
  This conference aims to promote college access and cultural retention for Southeast Asian youth from immigrant and refugee backgrounds.
• UCI Cross-Cultural Center

Research

• Moving Past the Model Minority Myth: UCI as an Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Campus (March 2016)
• National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE)
• UCI Department of Asian American Studies
• UCI Southeast Asian Archive
• Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project at UCI

Scholarships and Internships

• APIA Scholarship Program
• Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) grants, internships and partnerships for UCI faculty, staff and students

Selected Campus Organizations

• Alpha Kappa Delta Phi
• Anteaters Tzu Ching
• Asian American Christian Fellowship at UCI (AACF)
• Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA)
• Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA)
• Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative at UCI
• Cambodian Awareness Organization at UCI
• Câu Lạc Bộ Tiếng Việt - Vietnamese Language Club at UCI
• Chinese Association (CAUCI)
• Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
• Dragon Boat at UC Irvine
• Filipino Catholic Community - Liwanag
• Filipinos Unifying Scientist-Engineers in an Organized Network (FUSION)
• Hansori
• Hmong Student Association
• Hong Kong Student Union (HKSU)
• Indian Sub-Continental Club (ISC)
• Indonesian Students at UCI (ISUCI)
• Japanese Students Association (JSA)
• Jodaiko (Taiko Drumming Ensemble)
• Kababayan (Kaba)
• Kappa Zeta Phi
• Konnect: Korean Cultural Awareness Group
• Korean American Student Association (KASA)
• Korean Graduate Students Association
• Korean Health Association (KHA)
• Korean Job Search Club (KOJOBS UCI)
• Korean-American Campus Mission (KCM)
• Lamba Theta Delta
• Na `Opio O Ka `Aina - Hawai'i Club at UCI
• Pakistani Student Association
• Pilipino Pre-Health Undergraduate Student Organization (PUSO)
• Pilipino-Americans in Social Studies (PASS)
• Sikh Student Association at UCI
• South Asia Student Union (SASU)
• Southeast Asian Student Association (SASA)
• Taiwanese American Organization (TAO)
• Taiwanese Student Association
• Thai Club at UCI
• Tomo No Kai (Tomo)
• Vietnamese Graduation Committee (VGC)
• Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)
• Wushu Club at UCI
• Zamana at UC Irvine

Select Programs & Events

• AAPI Culture Nights (April – May)
  • Cambodian Culture Night
  • Cambodian Awareness Organization at UCI
  • Chinese Culture Night
  • Chinese Association (CAUCI)
  • Hawai’i Lu’au
  • Na `Opio O Ka `Aina - Hawai'i Club at UCI
  • Hmong Culture Night
  • Hmong Student Association
  • Japanese Culture Night
  • Tomo No Kai (Tomo)
  • Korean Culture Night
  • Konnect: Korean Cultural Awareness Group & Korean American Student Association (KASA)
  • Korean Heritage Festival
  • Konnect: Korean Cultural Awareness Group
  • Thai Culture Night
  • Vietnamese Culture Night
  • Vietnamese Student Association (VSA)

• AAPI Graduation Celebrations
  • Pilipinx Graduation Celebration
  • Southeast Asian Graduation Celebration
  • Vietnamese Graduation Celebration

Anti-Asian Discrimination

• Message on Anti-Asian Discrimination
• Resources from the Awaken’s webinar on Challenging Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia during COVID-19
•  Community Impact of COVID-19
• PhotoVoice: An Exhibition and Presentation on the impact of COVID-19 on Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
• Podcasts on Inclusivity in Difficult Times and Seizing Opportunities to Combat Xenophobia
• Southeast Asian Student Association Interview "Seizing Opportunities to Combat Xenophobia"
• Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program
• Report acts of intolerance

Capacity Building

• Materials on DACA and Supporting Undocumented Students
• AANAPISI.net
• Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF)
• Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions

Regional AANAPISI Partners

• Orange County AANAPISI Consortium ( Coastline Community College and Irvine Valley College )
• Mt. San Antonio College

US Department of Education

• Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program
• White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders